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Hetzner vs IBM Cloud

On the evidence we track, IBM Cloud leads this comparison with a composite score of 77/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Hetzner full profile →IBM Cloud full profile →
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Hetzner46
★IBM Cloud77
Score
vioscaleAI score
Hetzner46 / 100low · 32%
IBM Cloud77 / 100medium · 71%
Pricing
Free tier
Hetzner✗
IBM Cloud✓
Model
Hetznercommercial
IBM Cloudfreemium
Price level
Hetznerunknown
IBM Cloudlow
Transparent
Hetzner✗
IBM Cloud✓
Integrations
Count
Hetzner–
IBM Cloud887
Security
Disclosure policy
Hetzner✓
IBM Cloud✓
Fedramp
Hetzner–
IBM Cloud✓
Gdpr
Hetzner✓
IBM Cloud✓
Hipaa
Hetzner–
IBM Cloud✓
Iso27001
Hetzner–
IBM Cloud✓
Pci
Hetzner–
IBM Cloud✓
Soc2
Hetzner–
IBM Cloud✓
Reliability
Status page
Hetzner✓
IBM Cloud✓
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Hetzner5 items
IBM Cloud7 items

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

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

IBM Cloud

Leader

A cloud infrastructure and services platform designed for building and managing applications across on-premises data centers and multiple cloud providers, with built-in security and compliance capabilities for regulated industries.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Hetzner

Subscription

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

as of verify ↗

IBM Cloud

Leader
HybridFree tier30-day trial

Free Lite tier available. Pay-as-you-go, subscription, and committed spending plans.

  • LiteFree
  • Pay-as-you-go-
  • Subscription-
  • Enterprise Savings Plan-
  • Reserved Capacity-
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Hetzner✓
IBM Cloud✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Hetzner✓
IBM Cloud✓
On-premise
Hetzner✗
IBM Cloud✓
Hybrid
Hetzner✗
IBM Cloud✓

Integrations

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

Hetzner

Not documented yet.

IBM Cloud

Leader
35 total
  • Anaplan
  • Apache
  • Elasticsearch
  • IBM Analytics Engine
  • IBM Blockchain Platform
  • IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
  • IBM Cloud Pak for Data
  • IBM Cloud Pak for Integration
  • IBM Cloud Pak for Network Automation
  • IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps
  • IBM Db2 Warehouse
  • IBM InfoSphere Information Server
  • IBM Master Data Management
  • IBM Turbonomic
  • IBM Watson Assistant
  • IBM Watson Discovery
  • IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog
  • IBM Watson Knowledge Studio
  • IBM Watson Language Translator
  • IBM Watson Natural Language Classifier
  • IBM Watson Natural Language Understanding
  • IBM Watson Speech to Text
  • IBM Watson Studio
  • IBM Watson Text to Speech
  • +11 more
Independently observed
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