When it comes to cloud hosting, most providers either make your wallet cry or your dashboard explode. Hetzner somehow dodges both — offering lightning-fast performance, bare-metal level reliability, and pricing that makes your accountant do a double take. We spun up servers, built environments, broke things (for science), and came away thoroughly impressed. You can try it yourself here — no pressure.
Tech Specs
- Intel & AMD-based VMs with generous core/RAM combos
- NVMe SSDs — even entry-level plans are snappy
- Private networking, floating IPs, and native firewall rules
- Datacentres in Germany and Finland (with more on the way)
- Built-in load balancers, snapshots, backups, and volumes
- Full API access + CLI + Terraform support for infrastructure nerds
What We Loved (and What Made Us Meh)
Like the German engineering cliché — it’s efficient, fast, and no-nonsense.
- Blazing fast provisioning — spin up a VPS in literal seconds
- Exceptional performance for the price (truly)
- Transparent pricing model — no surprise invoices
- Clean, no-frills control panel that just works
- Great for devs, hobbyists, agencies, and full-blown SaaS
- Free DNS hosting, native backups, and friendly API access
It’s not quite cPanel-and-chill.
- No one-click app installs or managed WordPress (DIYers welcome)
- Customer support is efficient but not hand-holdy
- UI is simple — maybe too simple for total beginners
- No data centers outside of Europe (yet)
- Some tools like monitoring require extra setup
- Not ideal if you need managed services out of the box
We used Hetzner to host a staging environment for our review site, test some container-based madness, and even ran a Minecraft server (don’t judge). It held up flawlessly, with consistent CPU performance, ultra-low latency, and zero billing weirdness. Their pricing is seriously unmatched — especially when you compare it to the Big Cloud bros (looking at you, AWS).
Yes, the interface won’t win any design awards, and no, it won’t walk you through your first deployment. But for anyone with a clue — or the willingness to learn — it’s an absolute gem. DevOps teams, indie hackers, and techies will feel right at home.
Verdict
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Incredible performance, dead-simple pricing, and just enough control to feel dangerous.
Would we buy it?
Already have — several times. It’s become our go-to for side projects and live apps.
Value for Money
One of the best deals in cloud hosting — especially for Europe-based projects.