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: ~€4.50/mo for 2 vCPU / 4 GB with 20 TB of included EU traffic — a spec competitors price at $24 or more, plus bandwidth. 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 ~€4.50/mo (2 vCPU / 4 GB, 20 TB EU traffic); US locations slightly higher
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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