Head-to-head
Netcup vs Hetzner Cloud
Two hosts, side by side. Pricing, features, and the trade-offs that actually matter.
Netcup from $4/mo
German VPS with quiet engineering and surprisingly fast hardware.
HQ DE · founded 2003
Hetzner Cloud from $4.5/mo
European VPS with the best price/performance ratio, period.
HQ DE · founded 1997
Quick verdict
Cheapest: Netcup wins on entry price ($4/mo vs $4.5/mo).
More features: Hetzner Cloud ships more first-party platform features out of the box.
Region: Netcup is HQ'd in DE; Hetzner Cloud in DE.
Cheapest plans, side by side
| Netcup | Hetzner Cloud | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry plan | VPS 200 G11 | CX22 |
| Price | $4/mo | $4.5/mo |
| CPU | 2 vCPU | 2 vCPU (Intel) |
| RAM | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| Disk | 40 GB | 40 GB |
| Bandwidth | unmetered | 20 TB |
Feature parity
| Netcup | Hetzner Cloud | |
|---|---|---|
| Managed Postgres | × | × |
| Managed Redis | × | × |
| Object storage | ✓ | ✓ |
| One-click apps | × | ✓ |
| Private network | × | ✓ |
| IPv6 | ✓ | ✓ |
| DDoS protection | ✓ | ✓ |
| Snapshots | ✓ | ✓ |
| Public API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Terraform | × | ✓ |
Netcup pros
- +AMD EPYC + NVMe across all VPS plans
- +Bandwidth genuinely unmetered up to 2.5 Gbit/s line speed
- +Special "VPS 1000 G11" deals appear quarterly with absurd specs for the price
Netcup cons
- −Signup verification still requires a phone call for some non-EU customers
- −Dashboard (SCP / WCP) is German-first; English translation is workable but quirky
- −No managed services
Hetzner Cloud pros
- +Cheapest credible VPS in the market — €4.51/mo for 2 vCPU + 4 GB RAM
- +AMD EPYC and Intel Sapphire Rapids in newer generations
- +20 TB of bandwidth included on entry-level plans
Hetzner Cloud cons
- −Account verification can take days for non-EU signups
- −No managed Postgres or Redis — you run them yourself
- −No US-east region (closest is Hillsboro, OR or Ashburn, VA)