Hetzner Cloud is a low-cost VPS platform with EU-grade GDPR compliance, free DDoS protection, and a full API/CLI to automate servers, volumes, firewalls, load balancers, and more. Plans include Shared vCPU (Intel/AMD), ARM64 Ampere (CAX), and Dedicated vCPU (“General Purpose”).
Quick Facts
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Global regions: Germany (Falkenstein FSN1, Nuremberg NBG1), Finland (HEL1), USA (Ashburn ASH, Hillsboro HIL), Singapore (SIN) — all available for Cloud.
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Traffic included: EU = 20 TB per VPS; US = 1 TB; Singapore = 0.5 TB (egress-only; extra traffic: €1/TB EU/US, €7.40/TB SIN).
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Instance families (examples shown on site): Shared CX/CX3x, ARM64 CAX (e.g., CAX11/CAX31), and Dedicated vCPU; hourly billing with a monthly price cap.
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Block storage (Volumes): SSD network volumes with triple replication; resize anytime.
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Backups & Snapshots: Up to 7 backups per server; snapshots across projects (backups billed at 20% of server price).
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Extras: Load Balancers, Firewalls, Floating IPs, Private Networks, Apps (one-click images), Object Storage (S3-compatible).
What you can do here
For developers / startups
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Pick a region (EU for 20 TB traffic; US/SIN if you need local latency).
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Create a CX/CPX/CAX VPS → attach a Volume if you need extra storage.
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Add Firewall rules and a Load Balancer if you’re running a web app.
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Enable Backups/Snapshots; manage everything by API/CLI.
