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Hetzner versus Scaleway
Compare	Hetzner	Scaleway
Verdict	Depends	Depends
Best for	Technical teams wanting cheap raw compute	EU startups needing data residency
Who it's not for	Non-technical buyers wanting fully managed hosting	US-centric teams needing AWS ecosystem depth
Privacy	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.^¹	Active trust program with published pentests and CSIRT, but a disclosed 2023 ESXi breach and a Paris-region API/DHCP incident.^⁸
Support quality	No support claims or reviews in evidence.	Users report terrible support and poor incident handling
Public sentiment	No independent user reviews were found in the sources reviewed; all claims come from Hetzner's own marketing pages.^¹	Reviews are polarized: developers praise pricing and the EU focus while others report price hikes, data loss, and weak support.^⁵
Biggest gotcha	Expect unmanaged servers: the page sells hardware and price, not hands-on help.^¹	Price hike announced effective June 1st, 2026^⁷

Pick Hetzner when

Technical teams wanting cheap raw compute
GDPR-sensitive EU workloads
Budget AI/GPU experiments
Self-hosters and homelab builders

When Hetzner is not a fit

Non-technical buyers wanting fully managed hosting
Teams needing phone support and vendor hand-holding
Anyone wanting a one-click PaaS experience
Guess: workloads requiring multi-region global coverage

Pick Scaleway when

EU startups needing data residency
Cost-conscious developers vs AWS pricing
Kubernetes and object storage workloads
AI/GPU experimentation on a budget

When Scaleway is not a fit

US-centric teams needing AWS ecosystem depth
Anyone relying on fast, quality support
Teams burned by surprise price increases
Enterprises requiring long spotless security records

Sources

Hetzner homepagehetzner.com
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Hetzner homepage (variant)hetzner.com.
official
Hetzner security pagehetzner.com
security
Scaleway Seller Reviews . G2g2.com
review
Scaleway Reviews . Trustpilottrustpilot.com
review
Scaleway Object Storage failure thread . Reddit r/DataHoarderreddit.com
review
Price hike announcement . Reddit r/sysadminreddit.com
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ESXi security breach incident . IsDownisdown.app
security
Scaleway Trust Centersecurity.scaleway.com
security
Scaleway Pricingscaleway.com
official
Scaleway . European Alternativeseuropean-alternatives.eu
review
Jumio case studyjumio.com
official
Scaleway financials . GetLatkagetlatka.com
news