Comparison

Exoscale vs Hetzner

On the evidence we track, Exoscale leads this comparison with a composite score of 84/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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Exoscale84
Hetzner42
Score
Vioscale score
Exoscale84 / 100medium · 72%
Hetzner42 / 100low · 32%
Pricing
Free tier
Exoscale
Hetzner
Model
Exoscalecommercial
Hetznercommercial
Price level
Exoscalelow
Hetznerunknown
Transparent
Exoscale
Hetzner
Integrations
Count
Exoscale4
Hetzner
Security
Disclosure policy
Exoscale
Hetzner
Fedramp
Exoscale
Hetzner
Gdpr
Exoscale
Hetzner
Hipaa
Exoscale
Hetzner
Iso27001
Exoscale
Hetzner
Pci
Exoscale
Hetzner
Soc2
Exoscale
Hetzner
Reliability
Sla pct
Exoscale99.95
Hetzner
Status page
Exoscale
Hetzner

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for cloud infrastructure. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Provider tier
ExoscaleVPS / developer
HetznerRegional / sovereign
Reach
Regions / global footprint
Exoscale5 European regions (Austria, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Germany, Croatia)
Hetzner3 (Nuremberg and Falkenstein in Germany, Helsinki in Finland)
Compute
Bare-metal servers
Exoscale-
Hetzner
GPU / accelerated compute
Exoscale
Hetzner-
Spot / preemptible pricing
Exoscale-
Hetzner-
Storage
Object storage
Exoscale
Hetzner
Block storage
Exoscale
Hetzner-
Managed
Managed Kubernetes
Exoscale
Hetzner
Managed databases
Exoscale
Hetzner-
Serverless / FaaS
Exoscale-
Hetzner-
Network
VPC / private networking
Exoscale-
Hetzner-
Pricing
Free / low egress
Exoscale-
Hetzner-
Compliance
Data-residency / sovereign options
Exoscale-
Hetzner
Ecosystem
Partner marketplace
Exoscale
Hetzner-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Exoscale

Leader

European cloud provider offering compute instances, managed Kubernetes, database services, object and block storage, and GPU servers across multiple European regions.

Independently observed

Hetzner

Hetzner provides cloud servers, dedicated physical hardware, managed hosting, and storage solutions via data centers in Germany and Finland, with monthly billing and 24/7 support. Data is kept within the EU by default.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Exoscale

Leader
from €0.01/moUsage-based

Pay-as-you-go usage-based pricing billed by the second, no upfront costs or commitments. Starting from €0.00729/hour.

  • Standard Micro€0.00729/hour
  • GPU A30 Small€1.226/hour
as of verify ↗

Hetzner

Subscription

Monthly billing; cloud resources billed hourly within monthly invoice. No annual or prepaid options. Auto-renews unless cancelled.

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Exoscale
Hetzner
CLI
Exoscale
Hetzner
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Exoscale
Hetzner

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Exoscale

Leader
4 total
  • Rancher
  • Terraform
  • Kubernetes
  • Karpenter
Independently observed

Hetzner

Not documented yet.

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.