DigitalOcean vs Hetzner

Choose DigitalOcean when you want a bundled Droplet with a dollar price and a simple panel, and you can start on 512 MiB. Choose Hetzner when the server can live in Europe and you want more RAM than a typical low-end Droplet, billed from a euro list price.

DigitalOcean

Droplets with a simple panel and a flat monthly cap

From $4/mo

Strengths

Bundled plans are easy to estimate
Strong docs and a clean control panel

Limits

The smallest Droplet is 512 MiB
Egress beyond the bundle is billed

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Hetzner

European cloud servers with a lot of RAM for the price

EUR list price

Strengths

High included traffic on EU locations
Entry plans include more RAM than typical $5 VPS tiers

Limits

Fewer regions outside Europe and the US
Some plans bill IPv4 separately

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