Hetzner Review
Features and Usability
Features not included in the VPS price are marked as missing below.
Last updated on April 29 2018.
| Feature | Value | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Hourly Billing | Yes | |
| DDOS Protection | Yes | https://www.hetzner.de/us/hosting/unternehmen/ddos-schutz "DDoS protection will not cause costs or prices to increase and will be available to all customers. Our system will detect DDoS attacks at all times, and its ability to recognize them will continually improve. Once an attack is recognized, the dynamic DDoS protection tools will immediately go into action and will filter out the attack. Your traffic will usually not be affected by the DDoS protection system due to its dynamic method of mitigating attacks. " |
| Backups | No | Available for a fee (20% of plan cost). |
| Control Panel | Custom | |
| SSH Keys Setup | Yes | |
| Total Number of Datacenters | 3 | |
| Number of Datacenter Continents | 1 | |
| Monitoring Charts | Yes | CPU, Disk throughput, DIsk IOPS, Network Traffic, Network PPS |
| Admin REST API | Yes | |
| Upgrade VPS from admin console | Yes | |
| Mobile Friendly UI | No | |
| Accepted Forms of Payment | Credit cards, Paypal | |
| Hidden CPU Model | Yes | |
| Affiliate Program | No |
In VPSBenchmark's opinion
Hetzner Extra Services
In addition to features included in the VPS plan, Hetzner also offers the following services (possibly for a fee):
| Backups | Block Storage | Object Storage | Load Balancer | Floating Ips |
| Teams | Datastores | Serverless | Ddos Protection |
Admin UI Screenshots
Cloud Storage Prices
For a comparison of storage features and prices from all providers, please check the Cloud Storage page.
| Storage Type | Price / GB / month | Restriction | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snapshots | €0.010 |
These are manual backups and can be created at any time.
https://www.hetzner.com/cloud |
|
| Backups | €0.025 | €0.025 for CS instances. Prices vary depending on instance size. |
20% of instance price. Backups are automatically scheduled. Up to 7 backups can be stored. https://www.hetzner.com/cloud |
| Block | €0.048 | 10GB minimum |
Billed hourly
https://www.hetzner.com/cloud |
Hetzner Plans
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.hetzner.com/cloud |
|---|---|
| Price per month | €4.90 ($5.59) |
| Discount for long term use | No |
| Disk GB | 40 |
| Num Cores | 2 |
| Memory GB | 4.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 20000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests.
Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
Overall Score: 58
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests for Hetzner - CX21. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Test Results
This plan was tested 2 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the CX21 plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | Web Results | Sysbench Results | Avg web response time | P99 web response time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 09 2018 | Web | Sysbench | 91ms | 201ms |
| Mar 18 2018 | Web | Sysbench | 79ms | 187ms |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.hetzner.com/cloud |
|---|---|
| Price per month | €8.90 ($10.15) |
| Discount for long term use | No |
| Disk GB | 80 |
| Num Cores | 2 |
| Memory GB | 8.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 20000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests.
Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
Overall Score: 56
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests for Hetzner - CX31. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Test Results
This plan was tested 2 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the CX31 plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | Web Results | Sysbench Results | Avg web response time | P99 web response time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18 2018 | Web | Sysbench | 75ms | 153ms |
| Apr 29 2018 | Web | Sysbench | 62ms | 140ms |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.hetzner.com/cloud |
|---|---|
| Price per month | €19.90 ($22.69) |
| Discount for long term use | No |
| Disk GB | 80 |
| Num Cores | 2 |
| Memory GB | 8.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 20000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests.
Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
Overall Score: 71
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests for Hetzner - CCX11. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Test Results
This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the CCX11 plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | Web Results | Sysbench Results | Avg web response time | P99 web response time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14 2018 | Web | Sysbench | 55ms | 116ms |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.hetzner.com/cloud |
|---|---|
| Price per month | €3.60 ($4.10) |
| Discount for long term use |
Yes. Discounted monthly price: €2.99 Minimum continuous use for discount: 30 days |
| Disk GB | 20 |
| Num Cores | 1 |
| Memory GB | 2.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 20000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests.
Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
Overall Score: 47
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests for Hetzner - CX11. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Test Results
This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the CX11 plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | Web Results | Sysbench Results | Avg web response time | P99 web response time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25 2019 | Web | Sysbench | 85ms | 295ms |
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