BEST SUITED FOR
DigitalOcean:Software developers, SaaS backends, DevOps engineers, and growing tech startups
Hetzner Cloud:DevOps engineers, self-hosters, SaaS backends, and developers wanting maximum compute per dollar
PRICING MODEL
Paid (Starts at $4/mo)
Paid (Starts at $4/mo)
ACTIVE DISCOUNT OFFERS
0% OFF (OFFER)
0% OFF (PRICING)
STANDOUT ADVANTAGES
Transparent, predictable pricing without the surprise hidden fees common on AWS World-class developer documentation and thousands of copy-paste community guides App Platform enables deploying Docker containers and code without server maintenance Unmatched price-to-performance ratio: often 4x to 8x cheaper than equivalent AWS or Google Cloud instances 20TB of included outbound traffic eliminates the fear of surprise bandwidth overage bills Fast NVMe disk I/O delivers exceptional database throughput KNOWN SHORTCOMINGS
Does not offer the thousands of niche proprietary services available on AWS or Google Cloud Phone support is restricted to high-tier enterprise enterprise contracts Account verification for non-EU customers includes identity verification to prevent abuse Limited managed services (requires team to manage their own Linux server configuration)