Hetzner
German cloud and dedicated server provider with excellent price-performance — European data centers ensure GDPR compliance and data sovereignty.
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Pros
- Exceptional price-performance ratio
- German data centers ensure GDPR compliance
- Reliable infrastructure with 99.9% uptime
- Simple and transparent pricing
- No hidden fees or surprise charges
Cons
- Fewer managed services than AWS or GCP
- Less global coverage — Europe and US only
- Requires more technical setup than PaaS
- Support primarily via tickets, not real-time
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Hetzner — Guide for Agencies
Hetzner has earned a devoted following among European agencies and developers for delivering cloud infrastructure at price-performance ratios that make AWS and GCP look extravagant. With data centers in Germany and Finland, Hetzner provides the GDPR compliance and data sovereignty that European agencies need when hosting client websites, applications, and internal tools — without the cloud cost anxiety that plagues teams on hyperscaler platforms.
For agencies, Hetzner's straightforward pricing model is a breath of fresh air. Cloud servers are billed hourly with clearly published prices, dedicated servers come with predictable monthly costs, and there are no surprise egress fees or hidden charges. This predictability is essential for agencies that need to quote hosting costs to clients or build hosting margins into their service packages. A Hetzner cloud server with 4 vCPUs and 8GB RAM costs a fraction of the equivalent on AWS, making it practical to host even small client projects profitably.
Compared to AWS or Google Cloud, Hetzner offers far fewer managed services and a more limited global footprint, which means agencies need more technical capability to build and maintain their hosting stack. Compared to managed platforms like Vercel or Netlify, Hetzner requires more setup but offers more control and dramatically lower costs at scale. For European agencies with technical staff who want reliable, compliant, cost-effective infrastructure without vendor lock-in, Hetzner is the obvious choice.