Hetzner Cloud pricing

The cheapest mainstream cloud compute by a wide margin, with 20 TB of traffic bundled into every instance. Regions are limited to Germany, Finland, Singapore, and the United States.

List prices checked

By Hetzner · Cloud compute & VPS

Rate card

What Hetzner charges, by billing axis.

AxisPriceApplies to
Entry plan$3.79/moCheapest paid plan or typical entry configuration
Compute$0.0052/vCPU-hrOn-demand, cheapest general-purpose region
Data transfer out$0.0012/GB20 TB included, then metered
Free tierYes20 TB of traffic included with every server

Source: Hetzner pricing (May 2026). Published list prices only — committed-use discounts, regional variation, and per-request charges are not included. Not yet independently re-checked against the vendor’s page.

What it costs per month

Hetzner Cloud billed against three workload profiles, using the rates above. Every line shows its arithmetic.

Side project

A personal site or small app with modest traffic, a few gigabytes of assets, and one small always-on process.

$3.80/mo

  • 730 vCPU-hours at $0.0052/hour$3.80
  • 100 GB used, 20 TB included, 0 GB billable at $0.0012/GB$0

Growing SaaS

A funded product serving a few thousand daily users, with an image-heavy frontend and two application servers.

$7.59/mo

  • 1,460 vCPU-hours at $0.0052/hour$7.59
  • 1 TB used, 20 TB included, 0 GB billable at $0.0012/GB$0

Media-heavy site

A publisher or video product where delivery dominates the bill and compute is almost an afterthought.

$3.80/mo

  • 730 vCPU-hours at $0.0052/hour$3.80
  • 10 TB used, 20 TB included, 0 GB billable at $0.0012/GB$0

Hetzner Cloud vs the alternatives

The closest compute providers on price, with the difference on cloud compute & vps's headline axis.

ServicePer vCPU-hrvs Hetzner CloudCompare
DigitalOcean Droplets$0.00601.1× dearerHead to head
Scaleway Instances$0.00601.2× dearerHead to head
Vultr Cloud Compute$0.00401.3× cheaperHead to head
UpCloud$0.00741.4× dearerHead to head
Linode (Akamai Cloud)$0.00751.4× dearerHead to head
Oracle Cloud Compute$0.0101.9× dearerHead to head

Questions about pricing

How much does Hetzner Cloud cost in 2026?
Hetzner Cloud charges $3.79 per month for the entry plan, per Hetzner's published pricing page. There is also a free tier: 20 TB of traffic included with every server. The tables above break the rate card down by axis and model it against three concrete workloads.
Does Hetzner Cloud have a free tier?
Yes — 20 TB of traffic included with every server. Check whether it is permanent or a trial before you build a budget around it; the two are often presented identically.
What does Hetzner Cloud charge for egress?
$0.0012 per GB, after 20 TB included in the plan. Egress is where providers in this category differ most, so it is worth checking against the alternatives before committing.
Are these Hetzner Cloud prices current?
They were checked against Hetzner's official pricing page and stamped with that date, which is shown at the top of this page and next to every table. Vendors change list prices without notice — the source link is there so you can confirm before you commit.

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