Hetzner is a German hosting provider offering low-cost dedicated servers, cloud VMs, and storage from European and US data centers. Operating since 1997, it runs across six cloud locations with a 99.9% uptime SLA and an emphasis on strong price-to-performance. It appeals to cost-conscious developers and businesses, with no free tier but low entry pricing. Hetzner does not offer a first-party managed Kubernetes control plane, instead favoring open standards, easy data export, and multi-cloud friendliness that keep vendor lock-in low. It is ISO 27001 and GDPR compliant, reflecting its EU base.
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Overview
- Founded
- 1997
- Pricing tier
- Low
- Startup-friendly
- Yes
- Enterprise-ready
- No
Cloud infrastructure
- Starting price
- $4/mo
- Regions
- 6
- SLA uptime
- 99.9%
- Managed Kubernetes
- No
- Helm support
- No
- Free tier
- No
- Vendor lock-in
- Low
- Open standards
- Yes
- Easy data export
- Yes
- Multi-cloud friendly
- Yes
- Org size
- Startup
- Support tier
- Standard
- Ease of use
- 4/5
Categories & compliance
Categories
Compliance
ISO27001GDPR