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Hetzner

German infrastructure provider with low-cost cloud servers, load balancers, volumes and S3-compatible object storage; no managed Kubernetes and no H100/H200/L40S GPUs.

Last verified: Editorial review www.hetzner.com

Full regions
3
Cloud locations in Germany (Falkenstein, Nuremberg), Finland (Helsinki), the United States
GA services
8
of 8 listed
Billing model
Per hour
EUR · USD
H100 / H200 / L40S
0 / 3
GPU models generally available

Overview

Hetzner Online offers Hetzner Cloud (cloud servers, load balancers, volumes, private networks, firewalls, primary and floating IPs, snapshots, backups and S3-compatible object storage) alongside dedicated root servers. Hetzner does not operate a managed Kubernetes control plane; it maintains a cloud-controller-manager and CSI driver for self-managed clusters. GPU capacity is offered as dedicated GEX servers with NVIDIA RTX PRO Blackwell GPUs rather than H100, H200 or L40S. Cloud servers are billed per started hour up to a monthly cap.

Compiled from Hetzner documentation and product pages listed in Sources. Audit-logging capabilities were not assessed and are recorded as unverified. Third-party reviews reported 2026 price increases and order restrictions for some new cloud customers; confirm current terms directly with Hetzner.

Headquarters
Gunzenhausen, Germany
Billing model
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.
Technologies
hcloud APITerraform (hcloud provider)Kubernetes CCM/CSIS3 API

Infrastructure regions

Cloud locations in Germany (Falkenstein, Nuremberg), Finland (Helsinki), the United States and Singapore; none in Türkiye.

Infrastructure regions
Region Location Type Status Notes
Falkenstein fsn1 Falkenstein, Germany Region Generally available
Nuremberg nbg1 Nuremberg, Germany Region Generally available
Helsinki hel1 Helsinki, Finland Region Generally available

Products and services

Compute

Cloud Servers

Generally available

Shared and dedicated vCPU cloud servers (x86 and Arm).

Dedicated resources

Dedicated root servers

Generally available

Bare-metal dedicated servers.

GPU & AI compute

GEX GPU dedicated servers

Generally available

Dedicated servers with NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 / 6000 Blackwell GPUs and setup fees.

Block storage

Volumes

Generally available

Attachable block storage volumes.

Object storage

Object Storage

Generally available

S3-compatible object storage in EU locations.

Backup

Backups and Snapshots

Generally available

Server backups and server snapshots.

Networking

Load Balancers

Generally available

Load balancers for TCP, HTTP and HTTPS.

Networks, Firewalls and Floating IPs

Generally available

Private networks, stateful firewalls, primary and floating IPs.

GPU availability

GPU & AI →
GPU availability
GPU Status Offering List price
NVIDIA H100 Not offered Not offered Not published
NVIDIA H200 Not offered Not offered Not published
NVIDIA L40S Not offered Not offered Not published

Dedicated GEX servers with NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell (24 GB) and RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q (96 GB) GPUs.

Capability matrix

The same criteria are applied to every provider. Values show documented capabilities, not performance scores.

Hetzner capability matrix
Criterion Hetzner
Data residency
Infrastructure located in Türkiye Generally available compute and storage capacity physically located in Türkiye (full region or local zone). No
Compute & GPU
Virtual machine instances Self-service virtual machines with selectable CPU/RAM profiles. Yes
Per-second or per-minute billing Standard compute billed at per-second or per-minute granularity rather than per started hour. No Per started hour with a monthly cap.
Dedicated / single-tenant resources Dedicated hosts, bare metal or organisation-dedicated cloud capacity. Yes Dedicated root servers.
NVIDIA H100 instances On-demand or reservable instances with NVIDIA H100 GPUs. No
NVIDIA H200 instances On-demand or reservable instances with NVIDIA H200 GPUs. No
NVIDIA L40S instances On-demand or reservable instances with NVIDIA L40S GPUs. No
Platform & automation
API and Terraform automation Documented API plus an available Terraform provider for infrastructure as code. Yes
Open-source cloud stack (OpenStack-based) The provider publicly states that its IaaS control plane is built on OpenStack or an equivalent open-source stack. No
Kubernetes
Managed Kubernetes Provider-operated Kubernetes control plane. No CCM and CSI driver for self-managed clusters only.
Kubernetes node autoscaling Worker node count scales automatically within configured limits. Partial Through the upstream cluster autoscaler on self-managed clusters.
Kubernetes LoadBalancer integration Services of type LoadBalancer provision a provider load balancer automatically. Partial Via the Hetzner cloud-controller-manager on self-managed clusters.
Kubernetes storage classes (CSI) Persistent volumes provisioned dynamically through a provider storage class. Partial Via the Hetzner CSI driver on self-managed clusters.
Storage & data
Block storage volumes Persistent, attachable and expandable block volumes. Yes
Volume snapshots Point-in-time snapshots of block volumes. No Server snapshots only; no volume snapshots.
S3-compatible object storage Object storage reachable through the S3 API or an S3-compatible API. Yes EU locations; partial S3 API coverage.
Managed backup service Scheduled backup and restore for instances or volumes managed by the provider. Yes Server backups.
Managed database Provider-operated relational database service. No
Networking
L4 load balancer (TCP/UDP) Transport-layer load balancing. Partial TCP only (no UDP).
L7 load balancer (HTTP/HTTPS) Application-layer load balancing with HTTP health checks. Yes
Reassignable static public IP Static public addresses that can be moved between resources (Floating/Reserved/Elastic IP). Yes
Private networks / VPC Isolated tenant networks with custom CIDR ranges. Yes
Virtual router with NAT Managed router or NAT gateway for egress and inter-subnet routing, including 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 Stateful firewalls.
Security & auditing
Control-plane audit logging A provider service that records management (API/console) operations against cloud resources. Unverified
User identity attribution in audit events Each audit event identifies the authenticated principal that performed the operation. Unverified

Published benchmarks

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Comparisons

Frequently asked questions

Does Hetzner offer managed Kubernetes?

No. Hetzner provides a cloud-controller-manager and CSI driver for clusters you run yourself; the control plane is not managed by Hetzner.

Sources

  1. [1] Hetzner Cloud — Hetzner Official documentation accessed:
  2. [2] Object Storage overview (Hetzner Docs) — Hetzner Official documentation accessed:
  3. [3] Dedicated servers with GPU (GEX) — Hetzner Official documentation accessed:
  4. [4] Hetzner Cloud Review 2026 — C9 Group Secondary source accessed: