Comparison

Exoscale vs Hetzner

On the evidence we track, Exoscale leads this comparison with a composite score of 83/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

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★Exoscale83
Hetzner46
Score
vioscaleAI score
Exoscale83 / 100medium · 69%
Hetzner46 / 100low · 32%
Pricing
Free tier
Exoscale✗
Hetzner✗
Model
Exoscalecommercial
Hetznercommercial
Price level
Exoscalelow
Hetznerunknown
Transparent
Exoscale✓
Hetzner✗
Integrations
Count
Exoscale2
Hetzner–
Security
Disclosure policy
Exoscale✓
Hetzner✓
Fedramp
Exoscale✓
Hetzner–
Gdpr
Exoscale✓
Hetzner✓
Hipaa
Exoscale✓
Hetzner–
Iso27001
Exoscale✓
Hetzner–
Pci
Exoscale✓
Hetzner–
Soc2
Exoscale✓
Hetzner–
Trust center
Reliability
Sla pct
Exoscale99.95
Hetzner–
Status page
Exoscale✓
Hetzner✓
Content
Faq
Exoscale7 items
Hetzner5 items

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 hosting and cloud services including bare-metal dedicated servers, flexible cloud instances, managed server solutions, GPU computing, and file storage.

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.

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