Hetzner Cloud
Top pickTwo to four times the hardware per dollar, 20 TB of traffic included.
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sovereigntyThe price-performance king of European cloud: €5.49/mo (excl. IPv4 and VAT) for 2 vCPU / 4 GB with 20 TB of included EU traffic on its CX23 plan, after Hetzner's 15 June 2026 price rise — a spec DigitalOcean lists at $24, before bandwidth. Hetzner often marks plans unavailable for new orders, so check before you plan around one. Transparent flat pricing, EU and US locations, and the provider half the self-hosting community quietly runs on. It pays Macrostack nothing, which tells you why it's the pick.
SOURCE-AVAILABLEProprietary service
LicenseProprietary service
PricingFrom €5.49/mo excl. IPv4 and VAT (CX23: 2 vCPU / 4 GB, 20 TB EU traffic) since the 15 June 2026 price rise; plans are often marked unavailable for new orders; US locations cost more and include less traffic
Open sourceNo
Self-hostableNo
Local-first dataNo
What it does well
- +Two to four times the compute per dollar of US-priced rivals
- +20 TB of included traffic — bandwidth-heavy apps save $50–100/mo
- +Transparent flat pricing with EU data-protection jurisdiction
Where it falls short
- −Smaller region map (EU, US, Singapore)
- −Fewer managed services than the big platforms
- −New-account vetting can be strict
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