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Hetzner Cloud
Cloud provider offering virtual servers, storage and networking at low hourly/monthly prices across European, US and Asian regions.
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Hetzner Cloud is the virtual-server product of Hetzner, a German hosting company that runs its own data centers. You rent Linux VMs by the hour, plus the infrastructure around them: block-storage volumes, private networks, firewalls, load balancers, floating IPs and S3-compatible object storage.
The model is plain infrastructure, not a platform: you get a server with root access and install your stack yourself. Plans come either with shared vCPUs, which can burst above a baseline, or with dedicated vCPUs for steady heavy load, on x86 or Arm. Everything in the console is also available through a REST API and the hcloud CLI, with integrations for Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, Python and Go. Servers accept cloud-init at creation, and one-click images include Docker and Coolify.
What matters to a small team: locations in Nuremberg, Falkenstein and Helsinki (Hetzner's own parks), plus Ashburn, Hillsboro and Singapore; automatic daily backups (seven rolling slots) and manual snapshots; firewalls at no extra cost; and a 99.9% uptime SLA with 24/7 email support.
The limits are the flip side of a bare server: databases, deploys, OS updates and monitoring are your job. Some details catch people out: backups and snapshots skip attached volumes, a server can't be rescaled to a plan with a smaller disk, and powered-off servers keep billing until you delete them.
Where it fits
Who uses it
100 makers' products, each linked to the source that shows it.
Keywords EverywhereBrowser extension and API that shows search volume, CPC and competition data on Google,…HostingSubprocessor list +1 · source ↗“Tech Stack - Bunny, Hertzner , TinyBird , Vercel , SupaBase , Business messaging platform - Crisp Affiliate”
HostingMaker says so · source ↗“"mb-3">· Brooce I procure servers from: · Servers.com · SoYouStart · Gorilla Servers · Hetzner What have been the most influential books, podcasts, or other resources? If you want to l…”
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SwipeartDiscover 7000+ Paintings by Swiping“To run the MySQL db and fastapi”
HostingMaker says so · source ↗“Cheap and easy way to get your own server running.”
HostingMaker says so · source ↗“easy and cheap hosting!”
HostingMaker says so · source ↗“Easy affordable VPS Storage”
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Instant SEO AuditCheck Your Website's SEO Score Instantly & Boost Traffic“One of the best and easy to use VPS providers in the world.”
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PixelUnion.euA Google Photos alternative in Europe, based on Immich“By harnessing the flexibility of Hetzner Cloud and the robust performance of their dedicated servers, we are able to maintain highly competitive pricing for our services. Hetzner Cloud's scalable infrastructure allows us to efficiently allocate resources based on demand, ensuring optimal performance without unnecessary costs. Meanwhile, their dedicated servers provide the power and reliability needed to handle intensive workloads, further enhancing our operational efficiency. This combination of flexibility and power enables us to offer cost-effective solutions to our customers, ensuring they receive the best value for their investment.”
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UI ReplicatorClone Any Website With Just One Click“Super cheap and powerful VPS”
HostingMaker says so · source ↗“Incredible prices and great reliability.”
HostingMaker says so · source ↗“Shout out for being cheap and reliable! My classic setup with a Caddy reverse proxy and Docker worked perfectly.”
HostingMaker says so · source ↗“It's been fun to set this up!”
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BlacksmithHosted CI runners marketed as a faster, drop-in replacement for GitHub Actions' own runn…HostingSubprocessor list · source ↗
FeaturebaseProduct feedback suite combining feedback boards, roadmaps, changelogs, and a help desk…HostingSubprocessor list · source ↗
UXAudit.NowAudit, Benchmark, Optimize Your UX with InsightsHostingSubprocessor list · source ↗
RybbitThe open source Google Analytics replacementHostingSubprocessor list · source ↗
Context.devWeb data API for software and agents that scrapes and crawls pages into Markdown, search…HostingSubprocessor list · source ↗
UptimeRobotMonitors websites, APIs and cron jobs for uptime, SSL expiry and performance, with alert…HostingSubprocessor list · source ↗
Brand.devThe brand api for startups.HostingSubprocessor list · source ↗
ManyPISales on AutopilotHostingSubprocessor list · source ↗What makers say
4 makers on why they use Hetzner Cloud, in their own words on Product Hunt.
"mb-3">· Brooce I procure servers from: · Servers.com · SoYouStart · Gorilla Servers · Hetzner What have been the most influential books, podcasts, or other resources? If you want to l…
Tech Stack - Bunny, Hertzner , TinyBird , Vercel , SupaBase , Business messaging platform - Crisp Affiliate
By harnessing the flexibility of Hetzner Cloud and the robust performance of their dedicated servers, we are able to maintain highly competitive pricing for our services. Hetzner Cloud's scalable infrastructure allows us to efficiently allocate resources based on demand, ensuring optimal performance without unnecessary costs. Meanwhile, their dedicated servers provide the power and reliability needed to handle intensive workloads, further enhancing our operational efficiency. This combination of flexibility and power enables us to offer cost-effective solutions to our customers, ensuring they receive the best value for their investment.
PixelUnion.euSep 2026 ↗Shout out for being cheap and reliable! My classic setup with a Caddy reverse proxy and Docker worked perfectly.
Loved and watch-outs
Themes that recur in makers' words and Hacker News comments, each linked to what it summarises, with how Product Hunt tags its reviews.
Most loved
- Servers cost a fraction of hyperscaler prices for strong price-to-performance. HNHN 2PH
- Storage Boxes are a cheap offsite target for backups. HNHN 2HN 3HN 4
- As an EU company, it appeals to teams avoiding US hosting. HNHN 2HN 3HN 4
- Dedicated servers deliver very high performance for heavy databases and workloads. HNPH
Who switches
Public pull requests on GitHub since Oct 2024 whose title says "X to Y" — real code changes moving a project from one tool to another, by developers in general. Open a row to see the pull requests.
Vercel → Hetzner Cloud11 PRs
- docs(privacy): update hosting from Vercel to Hetznerfatihbektas76/kuendigung-abfindung · 2026-09-29
- docs(privacy): update hosting from Vercel to Hetznerfatihbektas76/gender-paygap · 2026-09-29
- docs(deploy): plan of action for the Vercel to Hetzner migrationSheesha-Labs/indus-hydraulics · 2026-08-27
- feat: migrate from Vercel+Supabase to Hetzner+Coolify with Postgres 18Dodera-Software/dodera-nextjs · 2026-08-03
- docs: correct stale Vercel deploy references to Hetzner realitybitbaum/orangecat · 2026-07-27
- feat: migrate CAFCO from Vercel to Hetzner production infrastructureestebanealandev/cafco · 2026-07-20
- docs: correct stale Vercel claims to self-hosted Hetzner realitybitbaum/orangecat · 2026-06-16
- chore(crons): move 3 high-frequency crons from Vercel to HetznerEmbassy-of-the-Free-Mind/sourcelibrary-v2 · 2026-05-26
- Move demo from Vercel to Hetznerkasho-io/kasho · 2026-05-16
- Migrate hosting from Vercel to Hetzners92qht225v-creator/ailem-bot · 2026-05-12
Amazon Web Services → Hetzner Cloud8 PRs
- Move the serving stack from AWS to a single Hetzner hostambarshukla/parvum · 2026-09-21
- fix: migrate prod from AWS to Hetznera2f0/tearleads · 2026-06-11
- Move production deployment from AWS EC2 to Hetzner (red-dragon)autarchy-ai/Ground-Control · 2026-05-04
- Migrate from AWS to single-VM Hetzner deploymentsynnottd/sruth · 2026-04-15
- ci: Migrate CI runner from AWS to Hetznerfastxyz/evm-semantics · 2026-03-24
- ci: migrate ARM64 wheel builds from AWS Lambda to Hetzner Incusquestdb/py-questdb-client · 2026-03-24
- Migrate infrastructure from AWS to single Hetzner CX22Comm4nd0/p4td · 2026-03-05
- chore(ci): migrate AWS services to Hetzner (GHCR + SOPS + K3s deploy)stoa-platform/stoa · 2026-02-10
Hetzner Cloud → Amazon Web Services8 PRs
- [release/v2.30] switch dashboard api-e2e cluster-create test from Hetzner to AWSkubermatic/dashboard · 2026-07-23
- switch dashboard api-e2e cluster-create test from Hetzner to AWSkubermatic/dashboard · 2026-07-06
- feat: migrate infrastructure from Hetzner to AWSharoon-code-hub/resume-live · 2026-06-17
- PS-11179: Wire pipeline-parallel-mtr to resolveArmWorker (Hetzner to AWS Graviton fallback)Percona-Lab/ps-build · 2026-05-28
- fix(infra/hetzner): add skip_region_validation to aws provider for Hetzner regions (#135)openova-io/openova · 2026-05-11
- fix: prevent S3 token expiry on Hetzner by adding TTL + retry to AWS client (SKY-8743)Skyvern-AI/skyvern · 2026-04-03
- Add AWS CDK infrastructure for migration from Hetzner VPS to AWSterijaki/vcmuellheim · 2025-07-18
- Move some perf benchmarks from hetzner to aws arm github runnersneondatabase/neon · 2025-06-30
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CoolifyQuestions makers ask about Hetzner Cloud
Where are Hetzner's data centers?
Cloud servers are available in Nuremberg and Falkenstein (Germany), Helsinki (Finland), Ashburn and Hillsboro (USA), and Singapore. Hetzner owns the European parks and uses colocation space in the US and Singapore. source ↗
Is it GDPR-compliant?
Hetzner is headquartered in Germany and describes its cloud hosting as GDPR-compliant, with data protection information published for each location. source ↗
Do I still pay for a server that is switched off?
Yes. Every server that has finished being created is billed, including powered-off ones. To stop paying you have to delete it. source ↗
How do backups work?
Backups are automatic daily copies of the server's disk, with seven slots that rotate out the oldest. Snapshots are taken manually and kept until you delete them. Neither includes attached volumes. source ↗
Can I downsize a server later?
Only if the disk stays the same size. You can't rescale to a plan with a smaller disk, but when scaling up you can choose to keep the current disk so you can move back down later. source ↗
What's the difference between shared and dedicated vCPU plans?
Shared plans split CPU among instances on the same host, with a baseline and short bursts above it. Dedicated plans give each vCPU its own physical thread for steady, predictable performance under production load. source ↗
Can I automate it with Terraform or an API?
Yes. Everything is available through a REST API and a CLI, with integrations for Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes and languages such as Python and Go. source ↗
Is there an uptime guarantee?
Hetzner offers an SLA of 99.9% uptime with defined credits if it's missed, plus 24/7 support by email. source ↗
Is Hetzner Cloud free?
No permanent free tier. source ↗
Is Hetzner Cloud open source or self-hostable?
Not open source, and hosted only.
Can AI coding agents work with Hetzner Cloud?
No llms.txt, official MCP server or CLI found yet.
Who uses Hetzner Cloud?
100 makers' products we track, each with a source. source ↗