Hetzner Review
Hetzner was founded in 1997.
It is headquartered in Germany.
It offers Web, Dedicated and VPS hosting products.
- Finland
- Germany
Features and Usability
Features not included in the VPS price are marked as missing below.
Last updated on August 23 2019.
| 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 | |
| Reverse DNS | Yes | |
| Accepted Forms of Payment | Credit cards, Paypal | |
| Hidden CPU Model | Yes | |
| Affiliate Program | No | |
| Firewall | 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 IP addresses |
| Teams | Managed databases | Serverless | DDoS protection | Kubernetes |
| GPU instances |
VPS Instance Provisioning Time
For each Hetzner VPS trial, we measured how long it took to provision the server.
See also VPS provisioning times for all providers.
| Average Provisioning Time | Min Provisioning Time | Max Provisioning Time | Number of VPS Samples |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31s | 10s | 50s | 6 |
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 | €0.040 | 10GB minimum |
Billed hourly
https://www.hetzner.com/cloud |
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Hetzner Plans
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.hetzner.com/cloud |
|---|---|
| Price per month | €2.99 ($3.32) |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
Surcharge The on-demand price for this plan is €3.60/month, which is 20% more expensive than the monthly price. The surcharge does not apply if the VPS is used for 30 days or more. |
| Disk GB | 20 |
| Num Cores | 1 |
| Memory GB | 2.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 20000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated | 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.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 48
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for Hetzner - CX11. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the CX11 plan
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 | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 25 2019 | Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake, IBRS) | D |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.hetzner.com/cloud |
|---|---|
| Price per month | €4.90 ($5.44) |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short 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 |
| Dedicated | 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.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 68
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for Hetzner - CX21. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the CX21 plan
This plan was tested 3 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 | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 11 2019 | Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake, IBRS) | B |
| Aug 09 2018 | Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake, IBRS) | C |
| Mar 18 2018 | Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake) | C |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.hetzner.com/cloud |
|---|---|
| Price per month | €8.90 ($9.88) |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short 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 |
| Dedicated | 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.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 56
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for Hetzner - CX31. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the CX31 plan
This plan was tested 3 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 | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 30 2019 | Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake, IBRS) | C |
| Oct 18 2018 | Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake, IBRS) | C |
| Apr 29 2018 | Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake) | C |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.hetzner.com/cloud |
|---|---|
| Price per month | €19.90 ($22.09) |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
Surcharge The on-demand price for this plan is €21.60/month, which is 8% more expensive than the monthly price. The surcharge does not apply if the VPS is used for 30 days or more. |
| Disk GB | 80 |
| Num Cores | 2 |
| Memory GB | 8.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 20000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated | Yes |
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.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 59
Performance Test Results
We conducted 6 different types of tests during the latest trial for Hetzner - CCX11. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the CCX11 plan
This plan was tested 2 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 | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 09 2019 | Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake, IBRS) | B |
| Dec 14 2018 | Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake, IBRS) | B |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.hetzner.com/cloud |
|---|---|
| Price per month | €34.90 ($38.74) |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
Surcharge The on-demand price for this plan is €43.20/month, which is 23% more expensive than the monthly price. The surcharge does not apply if the VPS is used for 30 days or more. |
| Disk GB | 160 |
| Num Cores | 4 |
| Memory GB | 16.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 20000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated | Yes |
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.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 78
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for Hetzner - CCX21. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the CCX21 plan
This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the CCX21 plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 29 2019 | Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake, IBRS) | B |
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