Hetzner pricing and limits
iScoreGerman hosting company providing cloud virtual machines and dedicated servers from datacenter locations in Europe, the US and Singapore.
Hetzner pricing at a glance
- Entry paid plan
- €5.99/month for the CX23 (2 vCPU, 4 GB, 40 GB NVMe), including a primary IPv4 address, or €0.0096/hour source ↗
- Pricing model
- Your server's bill will never exceed its monthly price cap source ↗
- Egress over allowance
- €1.00 per TB over the included traffic in Europe and the US; €7.40 per TB in Singapore source ↗
- When you exceed a cap
- Billed automatically — traffic beyond the amount included with the server is billed in blocks of 100MB, rounded up; Hetzner emails at 75%… source ↗
Hetzner plans and prices
| Server type | Per month, excl. IPv4 | Setup fee | Per month in USD | Setup fee in USD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AX41-1-LTD | €57.30 | €0.00 | $67.10 | $0.00 |
| AX42-1 | €97.30 | €49.00 | $117.10 | $59.00 |
| AX102-1 | €257.30 | €129.00 | $302.10 | $149.00 |
| AX162-1 | €612.30 | €304.00 | $722.10 | $359.00 |
Hetzner Price Adjustment 15 June 2026 - Hetzner Docs · read · every row quoted from this page
| Server type | CPU | RAM | Storage |
|---|---|---|---|
| AX41-1-LTD | AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 64 GB DDR4 | 2x 512 GB NVMe SSD |
| AX42-1 | AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8700GE | 64 GB DDR5 | 2x 512 GB NVMe SSD |
| AX102-1 | AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 128 GB DDR5 | 2x 1.92 TB NVMe SSD Datacenter Edition |
| AX162-1 | AMD EPYC 9454P | 128 GB DDR5 ECC reg. | 2x 3.84 TB NVMe SSD Datacenter Edition |
AX Server – Possible configurations and add-ons - Hetzner Docs · read · every row quoted from this page
| Uplink | Traffic |
|---|---|
| 1 Gbit/s (the default) | Unlimited |
| 10 Gbit/s | 20 TB a month included, then €1 ($1.20) per TB |
Traffic - Hetzner Docs · read · every row quoted from this page
Who it suits
Self-managed Linux servers in European and US locations, billed hourly with a monthly cap so a deleted server is only charged for the hours it ran.
Consider something else if…
You want managed deployment from Git, or a managed database service — Hetzner Cloud documents neither.
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Hetzner pricing
Sources (1) →Sources ↓
- Cost-optimized cloud servers — Hetzner ↗
“CX23 [...] 2 Intel®/AMD 4 GB 40 GB NVMe [...] € 5.99 [...] € 0.0096 [...] Price incl. IPv4”
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- FAQ - Hetzner Docs ↗
“Your server's bill will never exceed its monthly price cap. If you delete your cloud server before the end of the billing month, we will only bill you for the hourly rate.”
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- Cloud pricing data — hetzner.com ↗
“"HEL1": { "EUR": { "price": "42.99", "hourPrice": "0.068900", "setupPrice": 0, "traffic": { "0": 0, "20": "1.000000" } } }, "SIN": { "EUR": { "price": "53.99", "traffic": { "0": 0, "1": "7.400000" } } }”
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- FAQ - Hetzner Docs ↗
“If you exceed the traffic included in your package, we will bill you for the over-usage in blocks of 100MB. If you only consume a fraction of 100MB, we will round up to the next full 100MB.”
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Limits
Sources (1) →Sources ↓
- Cost-optimized cloud servers — Hetzner ↗
“CX23 [...] 2 Intel®/AMD 4 GB 40 GB NVMe [...] CAX11 [...] 2 Ampere® 4 GB 40 GB NVMe”
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- Cost-optimized cloud servers — Hetzner ↗
“CX23 [...] 2 Intel®/AMD 4 GB 40 GB NVMe [...] CAX11 [...] 2 Ampere® 4 GB 40 GB NVMe”
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- Overview - Hetzner Docs ↗
“By default, up to 5 servers”
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- Cost-optimized cloud servers — Hetzner ↗
“Traffic inclusive 20 TB [...] Cloud servers located in the EU include at least 20 TB of included traffic.”
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- Overview - Hetzner Docs ↗
“Up to 16 Volumes per server”
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Deployment
Sources (1) →Sources ↓
- Docker CE - Hetzner Docs ↗
“This app contains a ready to use Docker installation.”
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- Docker CE - Hetzner Docs ↗
“This app contains a ready to use Docker installation. You can install it via the Hetzner Console or the Hetzner Cloud API. Docker is an open source project that uses OS-level virtualization to deliver software in packages called containers.”
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Infrastructure
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- Overview - Hetzner Docs ↗
“Cloud servers are virtual machines that run on physical servers”
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- Volumes Overview - Hetzner Docs ↗
“Volumes are used to expand storage capacity. Our Volumes are based on the networked block storage model and every block of data is stored on three different physical servers at our Hetzner data centers.”
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- Billing FAQ — Hetzner Docs ↗
“We will bill you for each cloud server until you choose to delete them. Even if you aren't actively using your server, we will bill you for it. [...] If you are planning to switch off a server for an extended period of time, consider taking a Snapshot of the server and deleting it, then recreating it from the Snapshot at a later point.”
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- Locations - Hetzner Docs ↗
“There are currently four network zones and six locations: eu-central us-east us-west ap-southeast DE Falkenstein fsn1 US Ashburn, VA ash US Hillsboro, OR hil SG Singapore sin DE Nuremberg nbg1 FI Helsinki hel1”
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- Hetzner Cloud ↗
“our performance promise: 99.9% uptime and 24/7 support our performance promises for professional requirements: an SLA with 99.9% guaranteed uptime and clearly defined credits in the event of a malfunction offers you predictable operational reliability.”
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Data
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- Backups/Snapshots — Hetzner Docs ↗
“Backups are copies of a server's disk that are created automatically on a daily basis. Each server has a total of seven Backup slots. You can therefore have up to seven Backups at the same time. Once this limit is reached, the oldest Backup will automatically be deleted as soon as a new Backup is created. [...] Note: Backups and Snapshots do not include any Volumes which are attached to your server.”
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Support
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- Hetzner Cloud ↗
“The new 24/7 support by email ensures that you receive rapid assistance at any time in exceptional cases.”
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Compliance
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- Information security at Hetzner - Hetzner Docs ↗
“The SOC 2 is an information security standard that is most well-known in the USA, and plays a big role there. As an international web hosting company, we at Hetzner place our focus on the ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification because it is more applicable to an international market.”
Read 2026-09-13 · official docs · Report a correction
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- Data Protection Certificates ↗
“Hetzner Online GmbH operates an information security management system (ISMS) certified in accordance with ISO/IEC 27001:2022. The certified scope covers all hosting services and data centers of Hetzner Online GmbH. The certification applies to the sites in Nuremberg, Falkenstein/Vogtland, and Helsinki, Finland.”
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- Data Protection at Hetzner - Hetzner Docs ↗
“The data is processed and stored exclusively within the EU. [...] For our cloud products, the storage location depends on the product location you have chosen. [...] Hetzner processes its own data (e.g. customer master data, contract data, and billing data) exclusively within the EU.”
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- Information security at Hetzner - Hetzner Docs ↗
“Hetzner itself does not store any credit card information. Processing is carried out exclusively by our certified German payment service provider Computop. Credit card details are entered directly into your customer account, which fully complies with the requirements of PCI DSS in its current version 4.0, Revision 1.0.”
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- Data Protection at Hetzner - Hetzner Docs ↗
“Please note that, in accordance with our Data Processing Agreement (DPA), you are responsible for both the data stored on the server and its encryption.”
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- Encrypting data with SSE-C - Hetzner Docs ↗
“when you upload new data, and tell the S3 service to encrypt the data with a key that you provide. To decrypt and view the file after it was uploaded, you have to provide the same key again. [...] Note that the S3 service does not save the key. After the data was encrypted, the S3 service discards the key.”
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- Cloud General FAQ - Hetzner Docs ↗
“Each member's role in a project determines what they are allowed to do [...] Highest access level. Can do everything an admin can do. [...] Can also manage project members (add/remove/change role), API tokens and S3 credentials.”
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- Networks Overview - Hetzner Docs (Network & Security) ↗
“Networks provide private environments for servers to communicate directly. Every server receives a private IP address that is not on the internet. [...] We do not charge for our Cloud Networks.”
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- Cloud Servers FAQ - Hetzner Docs ↗
“Plans (CCX) with dedicated resources have their CPU resources exclusively. Here one vCPU equals one thread of a physical CPU core. [...] All Hetzner Cloud features are available for dedicated resource instances.”
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Hetzner pricing questions
How much does Hetzner cost?
€5.99/month for the CX23 (2 vCPU, 4 GB, 40 GB NVMe), including a primary IPv4 address, or €0.0096/hour. The ARM CAX11 with identical specs is €6.49. Converted for comparison at the ECB reference rate of 1 EUR = 1.1622 USD (2026-09-04, api.frankfurter.dev), which puts the CX23 at about $6.96/month. Hetzner publishes no USD price; the conversion is ours and moves with the rate.
How does Hetzner charge?
Your server's bill will never exceed its monthly price cap. If you delete your cloud server before the end of the billing month, we will only bill you for the hourly rate.
FAQ - Hetzner Docs · read
What happens if you exceed Hetzner's limits?
Billed automatically — traffic beyond the amount included with the server is billed in blocks of 100MB, rounded up; Hetzner emails at 75% and 100% of the included traffic but explicitly does not cap or stop usage.
FAQ - Hetzner Docs · read
How much does Hetzner charge for egress?
€1.00 per TB over the included traffic in Europe and the US; €7.40 per TB in Singapore. Billed in blocks of 100 MB, rounded up.
What uptime does Hetzner guarantee?
99.9% guaranteed uptime with defined credits for a malfunction, stated on the Cloud product page with no tier attached.
Hetzner Cloud · read
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