VPS providers

Hetzner vs Vultr

Choose Hetzner when a European location and more RAM on the entry plan are the point. Choose Vultr when you need one of its many cities and you can accept hourly billing, including the chance that IPv4 raises the $2.50 entry price.

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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Vultr

Cloud compute in a wide set of cities

From $2.50/mo

Strengths

  • Many locations
  • Hourly billing with a monthly cap

Limits

  • The lowest plan is a small IPv6-oriented instance
  • Adding IPv4 can raise the entry price

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