Hetzner
Depends
Confidence: Low
Buy if you're technical and want maximum raw compute per euro in GDPR-compliant German data centers.
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Hetzner and OVHcloud both land on Depends.
Buy if you're technical and want maximum raw compute per euro in GDPR-compliant German data centers.
Buy if you're a hands-on team chasing cheap bare metal or EU data residency and can self-manage.
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| Verdict | Depends | Depends |
| Best for | Technical teams wanting cheap raw compute | Cost-driven infrastructure teams |
| Who it's not for | Non-technical buyers wanting fully managed hosting | Anyone needing responsive support |
| Privacy | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.¹ | Active patcher with public postmortems; 2026 mass-breach claims denied by founder and unresolved.⁹ |
| Support quality | No support claims or reviews in evidence. | G2 users report difficult technical support |
| Public sentiment | No independent user reviews were found in the sources reviewed; all claims come from Hetzner's own marketing pages.¹ | Users praise cheap hardware value but complain about weak support and sudden 2026 price hikes.⁵ |
| Biggest gotcha | Expect unmanaged servers: the page sells hardware and price, not hands-on help.¹ | 87% price hikes announced to cover 'RAMpocalypse' RAM costs . budget accordingly⁷ |