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PortvMind Cloud vs Hetzner: managed Kubernetes, GPUs and Türkiye hosting
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Hetzner suits cost-sensitive VM and dedicated-server workloads in Europe where you run Kubernetes yourself. PortvMind Cloud suits teams that need managed Kubernetes, data-centre GPUs for LLM inference, or hosting in Türkiye.
Executive summary
Hetzner is known for low-cost cloud and dedicated servers in Germany, Finland, the United States and Singapore, with S3-compatible object storage and load balancers. It does not offer managed Kubernetes or data-centre GPUs such as H100, H200 or L40S; its GPU servers use RTX PRO Blackwell cards. PortvMind Cloud adds managed Kubernetes (VKE), H100/H200/L40S GPUs, volume snapshots and a virtual router, and hosts in Türkiye.
Key findings
- 01 Hetzner does not offer managed Kubernetes; PortvMind offers VKE with autoscaling, load balancer and storage integration.
- 02 Hetzner lists no H100, H200 or L40S; its GEX dedicated servers use NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 and 6000 Blackwell GPUs.
- 03 Hetzner bills cloud servers per started hour with a monthly cap; PortvMind bills per minute.
- 04 Both offer S3-compatible object storage, floating IPs, private networks and firewalls.
Overview
| PortvMind Cloud | Hetzner | |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | Türkiye | Gunzenhausen, Germany |
| Operator | vMind Bilgi Teknolojileri | Hetzner Online GmbH |
| Regions | Two published regions in Türkiye — İstanbul (tr-ist-01) and Ankara (tr-ank-01). Services are limited to these regions. | Cloud locations in Germany (Falkenstein, Nuremberg), Finland (Helsinki), the United States and Singapore; none in Türkiye. |
| Billing model | Per minute — Per-minute pay-as-you-go. Stopping a resource stops the compute charge; allocated disks and stored data keep accruing. Monthly figures in the calculator are 720-hour estimates, excluding tax. New accounts receive a free usage allowance (published as ₺2,000 on the Turkish site and $45 on the English pricing page). | Per hour — Cloud servers are billed per started hour up to a monthly price cap. Object Storage has an hourly base price with included storage and egress quotas. |
| Documented capabilities | 25 / 26 | 10 / 26 |
| Technologies | OpenStack, Kubernetes, S3 API, Terraform, REST API | hcloud API, Terraform (hcloud provider), Kubernetes CCM/CSI, S3 API |
Availability and regions
PortvMind Cloud
- İstanbul tr-ist-01 Generally available
- Ankara tr-ank-01 Generally available
Hetzner
- Falkenstein fsn1 Generally available
- Nuremberg nbg1 Generally available
- Helsinki hel1 Generally available
Features
| Criterion | PortvMind | Hetzner |
|---|---|---|
| Data residency | ||
| Infrastructure located in Türkiye Generally available compute and storage capacity physically located in Türkiye (full region or local zone). | Yes Full regions in İstanbul (tr-ist-01) and Ankara (tr-ank-01). | No |
| Compute & GPU | ||
| Virtual machine instances Self-service virtual machines with selectable CPU/RAM profiles. | Yes | Yes |
| Per-second or per-minute billing Standard compute billed at per-second or per-minute granularity rather than per started hour. | Yes Per-minute billing. | No Per started hour with a monthly cap. |
| Dedicated / single-tenant resources Dedicated hosts, bare metal or organisation-dedicated cloud capacity. | Yes | Yes Dedicated root servers. |
| NVIDIA H100 instances On-demand or reservable instances with NVIDIA H100 GPUs. | Yes Published prices for 1–4 GPU profiles. | No |
| NVIDIA H200 instances On-demand or reservable instances with NVIDIA H200 GPUs. | Yes Listed option; price not in public table. | No |
| NVIDIA L40S instances On-demand or reservable instances with NVIDIA L40S GPUs. | Yes Listed option; price not in public table. | No |
| Kubernetes | ||
| Managed Kubernetes Provider-operated Kubernetes control plane. | Yes | No CCM and CSI driver for self-managed clusters only. |
| Kubernetes node autoscaling Worker node count scales automatically within configured limits. | Yes | Partial Through the upstream cluster autoscaler on self-managed clusters. |
| Kubernetes LoadBalancer integration Services of type LoadBalancer provision a provider load balancer automatically. | Yes Public and internal load balancers. | Partial Via the Hetzner cloud-controller-manager on self-managed clusters. |
| Kubernetes storage classes (CSI) Persistent volumes provisioned dynamically through a provider storage class. | Yes | Partial Via the Hetzner CSI driver on self-managed clusters. |
| Storage & data | ||
| Block storage volumes Persistent, attachable and expandable block volumes. | Yes | Yes |
| Volume snapshots Point-in-time snapshots of block volumes. | Yes | No Server snapshots only; no volume snapshots. |
| S3-compatible object storage Object storage reachable through the S3 API or an S3-compatible API. | Yes | Yes EU locations; partial S3 API coverage. |
| Managed backup service Scheduled backup and restore for instances or volumes managed by the provider. | Yes Instances, volumes and Kubernetes PVCs. | Yes Server backups. |
| Managed database Provider-operated relational database service. | Planned Announced as coming soon; not generally available. | No |
| Networking | ||
| L4 load balancer (TCP/UDP) Transport-layer load balancing. | Yes NetBalancer (TCP/UDP). | Partial TCP only (no UDP). |
| L7 load balancer (HTTP/HTTPS) Application-layer load balancing with HTTP health checks. | Yes AppBalancer (HTTP/HTTPS). | Yes |
| Reassignable static public IP Static public addresses that can be moved between resources (Floating/Reserved/Elastic IP). | Yes | Yes |
| Private networks / VPC Isolated tenant networks with custom CIDR ranges. | Yes Isolated networks with custom CIDR. | Yes |
| Virtual router with NAT Managed router or NAT gateway for egress and inter-subnet routing, including static routes. | Yes Router with NAT option and static routes. | No Network routes are supported; NAT requires a self-managed gateway server. |
| Security groups / cloud firewall Stateful, API-managed network access rules. | Yes | Yes Stateful firewalls. |
Pricing and GPUs
| Provider | NVIDIA H100 | NVIDIA H200 | NVIDIA L40S | Türkiye infrastructure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PortvMind Cloud | Generally available gpu.h100s / gpu.h100m profiles TRY 195.835 / GPU-h 1, 2, 3 or 4 GPUs per server; 80 GB (81,920 MB) VRAM per GPU; 26 vCPU and 496 GB RAM per GPU; local NVMe disk included. | Generally available GPU / AI Compute (H200 option) Listed as an available GPU option; configurations and prices are not included in the public calculator table and are provided via the console or sales. | Generally available GPU / AI Compute (L40S option) Listed as an available GPU option; configurations and prices are not included in the public calculator table and are provided via the console or sales. | Yes |
| Hetzner | Not offered | Not offered | Not offered | No |
Prices are shown in the currency each provider publishes; no exchange-rate conversion is applied.
Benchmarks
Strengths and limitations
PortvMind Cloud
Strengths
- Managed Kubernetes (VKE)
- Data-centre GPUs (H100, H200, L40S)
- Volume snapshots and a virtual router with NAT
- Hosting in Türkiye
Limitations
- Türkiye-only footprint
- Managed databases not yet generally available
Hetzner
Strengths
- Long-established low-cost cloud and dedicated servers
- Monthly price caps on hourly billing
- Arm and x86 cloud servers
Limitations
- No managed Kubernetes or managed databases
- No H100, H200 or L40S
- No volume snapshots; no location in Türkiye
Use cases
| Scenario | Better fit | Rationale |
|---|---|---|
| Self-managed VMs in Central Europe on a tight budget | Hetzner | Hetzner focuses on low-cost servers in Germany and Finland. |
| LLM inference on H100/H200 | PortvMind | Hetzner does not offer these GPUs. |
| Managed Kubernetes | PortvMind | Hetzner has no managed Kubernetes service. |
Sources
- [1] Hakkında — PortvMind Cloud ve vMind — PortvMind Cloud Provider (first-party) accessed:
- [2] PortvMind Cloud — homepage and calculator price tables — PortvMind Cloud Provider (first-party) accessed:
- [3] PortvMind Cloud — Turkish homepage — PortvMind Cloud Provider (first-party) accessed:
- [4] Cloud pricing approach — PortvMind Cloud Provider (first-party) accessed:
- [5] Services and capability status (llms-full.txt) — PortvMind Cloud Provider (first-party) accessed:
- [6] GPU / AI Compute — PortvMind Cloud Provider (first-party) accessed:
- [7] VKE — managed Kubernetes — PortvMind Cloud Provider (first-party) accessed:
- [8] Agent Cloud — PortvMind Cloud Provider (first-party) accessed:
- [9] Hetzner Cloud — Hetzner Official documentation accessed:
- [10] Object Storage overview (Hetzner Docs) — Hetzner Official documentation accessed:
- [11] Dedicated servers with GPU (GEX) — Hetzner Official documentation accessed:
- [12] Hetzner Cloud Review 2026 — C9 Group Secondary source accessed:
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