About Hetzner
Hetzner Cloud is a GDPR-compliant cloud hosting platform that provides flexible cloud servers, scalable storage, and networking features. It offers shared, regular, and dedicated plans with vCPU, RAM, NVMe storage, and traffic options across multiple global locations. The service emphasizes high-performance hardware, native APIs (REST/CLI), and transparent billing with a monthly price cap.
Key features
- Flexible cloud servers (shared, regular, dedicated)
- Block Storage Volumes (SSD, up to 10 TB per volume; up to 16 volumes per server)
- Load Balancer, Primary IPs, and private networks
- Stateful Firewalls and DDoS protection
- Snapshots and automatic Backups (up to 7)
- Floating IPs and public IPv4/IPv6 options
- OS images (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, and more) with app support
- REST API and HCLOUD CLI for automation
- Apps marketplace (Docker, WordPress, Nextcloud, etc.)
- Transparent pricing with hourly billing and monthly price cap
- Inclusive data transfer (20 TB EU, 1 TB US, 0.5 TB SG) with overage charges
- GDPR compliance and data protection features
Why choose Hetzner?
- GDPR-compliant with European data protection standards and EU data centers (Germany, Finland)
- Flexible, scalable platform suitable for development and production workloads
- Predictable costs via hourly pricing with a monthly price cap
- Global locations reduce latency for EU, US, and Asia-Pacific users
- Strong security features: firewalls, DDoS protection, and data protection tooling
- Automation-friendly with a robust REST API and CLI, plus prebuilt apps
Pricing
- Billing model: Servers have a monthly price cap and a price per hour; you will be billed hourly but never exceed the monthly cap. If you delete a server mid-month, you’re billed only the hourly rate.
- Included traffic: at EU locations 20 TB, US locations 1 TB, Singapore 0.5 TB; overages €1 per TB in EU/US ($1.20) and €7.40 per TB in SG ($8.49).
- Block storage: €0.044 per GB per month (~$0.0484/GB/month).
- Backups: 20% of instance price; up to 7 backups per server.
- Base plan pricing starts from a few euros per month (e.g., CX23 family) with corresponding hourly rates shown in the plan table.