---
title: "Hetzner Cloud Review 2026"
description: "Hetzner Cloud review covering performance, pricing, features, and WordPress hosting tests. See how this European provider compares to competitors."
date: 2026-02-26
categories: ["vps"]
tags: ["hetzner","hosting"]
---

This review covers Hetzner Cloud, a VPS provider that offers affordable cloud servers for hosting websites and applications. I'll look at disk, CPU, network, and WordPress performance, and compare Hetzner with other VPS providers like DigitalOcean. I'll also share my experience using Hetzner for 5+ years.

I've been using Hetzner as my primary VPS provider in Europe for more than 5 years, running a CyberPanel server where I host several of my sites. Hetzner has expanded with new datacenters in the US and Singapore, making it a global option for developers and businesses.

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## Why Hetzner Cloud

Hetzner offers competitive prices in the VPS market, though prices went up in April 2026 (up to 37% on some plans) due to DRAM and NAND flash cost increases across the industry. Even after the increase, a 2 vCPU / 4GB RAM server costs about €4-8 depending on the tier, which is still less than what DigitalOcean or Vultr charge for similar specs.

I've been running multiple services on Hetzner:
- CyberPanel for website hosting
- Monitoring solutions
- Analytics platforms
- Development environments


## Hetzner Cloud Datacenters

Hetzner has expanded globally. Here's the current datacenter lineup:

| Datacenter | Location | CPU Types Available | Network |
|------------|----------|-------------------|---------|
| Nuremberg | Germany | Intel/AMD/ARM | 20TB included |
| Falkenstein | Germany | Intel/AMD/ARM | 20TB included |
| Helsinki | Finland | Intel/AMD/ARM | 20TB included |
| Ashburn | Virginia, USA | AMD | 1TB included |
| Hillsboro | Oregon, USA | AMD | 1TB included |
| Singapore | Singapore | AMD | 1TB included |

**Recent updates:**
- Singapore datacenter fully operational (launched 2024)
- Improved network capacity across all locations
- More ARM servers available in European locations
- CX shared vCPU plans introduced in 2024

<Notice type="warning" title="Bandwidth Differences">
    European datacenters include 20TB of bandwidth, while US and Singapore locations include 1TB. Plan accordingly based on your traffic needs.
</Notice>

## Hetzner Cloud Pricing

Hetzner restructured pricing for EU and Singapore locations with generation-based categorization. The new structure has three main lines:

<Notice type="warning" title="April 2026 Price Increase">
    Hetzner is raising cloud prices by up to 37% starting April 1, 2026, due to rising DRAM and NAND flash costs driven by AI infrastructure demand. All existing and new customers are affected. [Official statement](https://www.hetzner.com/pressroom/statement-price-adjustment/) | [Detailed pricing](https://docs.hetzner.com/general/infrastructure-and-availability/price-adjustment/).
</Notice>

<Notice type="info" title="Plan Categories (October 2025)">
    Hetzner introduced new plan categories: Cost-Optimized, Regular Performance, and Dedicated General Purpose. [Read full details](https://www.bitdoze.com/hetzner-cloud-cost-optimized-plans/).
</Notice>

<Tabs>
<Tab name="Cost-Optimized (NEW)">

Prices shown are post-April 2026 adjustment:

CX Gen3 (x86 - Intel/AMD):

| Plan | vCPU | RAM | Storage | Price/Month |
|------|------|-----|---------|-------------|
| CX23 | 2 | 4GB | 40GB SSD | €3.99 |
| CX33 | 4 | 8GB | 80GB SSD | €6.49 |
| CX43 | 8 | 16GB | 160GB SSD | €11.99 |
| CX53 | 16 | 32GB | 320GB SSD | €22.49 |

CAX (ARM - Ampere):

| Plan | vCPU | RAM | Storage | Price/Month |
|------|------|-----|---------|-------------|
| CAX11 | 2 | 4GB | 40GB SSD | €4.49 |
| CAX21 | 4 | 8GB | 80GB SSD | €7.99 |
| CAX31 | 8 | 16GB | 160GB SSD | €15.99 |
| CAX41 | 16 | 32GB | 320GB SSD | €31.49 |

Use for: Development, testing, small sites, personal projects. Still cheaper than regular plans despite the increase.

</Tab>
<Tab name="Regular Performance">

AMD performance for production workloads. Now using AMD EPYC-Genoa processors. Prices post-April 2026:

| Plan | vCPU | RAM | Storage | Price/Month |
|------|------|-----|---------|-------------|
| CPX22 | 2 | 4GB | 80GB SSD | €7.99 |
| CPX32 | 4 | 8GB | 160GB SSD | €13.99 |
| CPX42 | 8 | 16GB | 320GB SSD | €25.49 |
| CPX52 | 12 | 24GB | 480GB SSD | €36.49 |
| CPX62 | 16 | 32GB | 640GB SSD | €50.49 |

Use for: Production WordPress, applications, consistent performance needs

</Tab>
<Tab name="Dedicated General Purpose">

Dedicated vCPUs with latest AMD hardware. Prices post-April 2026:

| Plan | vCPU | RAM | Storage | Bandwidth | Price/Month |
|------|------|-----|---------|-----------|-------------|
| CCX13 | 2 | 8GB | 80GB SSD | 20TB | €15.99 |
| CCX23 | 4 | 16GB | 160GB SSD | 20TB | €31.49 |
| CCX33 | 8 | 32GB | 240GB SSD | 30TB | €62.49 |
| CCX43 | 16 | 64GB | 360GB SSD | 40TB | €124.99 |
| CCX53 | 32 | 128GB | 600GB SSD | 50TB | €249.99 |
| CCX63 | 48 | 192GB | 960GB SSD | 60TB | €374.49 |

Use for: High-traffic sites, databases, intensive applications, enterprise workloads

</Tab>
</Tabs>

<Notice type="info" title="Cost-Optimized Plans">
    Cost-Optimized plans are still cheaper than Regular Performance, though the gap has narrowed after the April 2026 increase. Good for development, testing, and moderate production workloads. [Learn more](https://www.bitdoze.com/hetzner-cloud-cost-optimized-plans/).
</Notice>

## Hetzner Cloud Interface

The Hetzner Cloud interface is clean and easy to use.

<Accordion label="Dashboard Overview" group="interface">

<ListCheck>
- Clean Navigation: Left sidebar with organized sections
- Real-time Monitoring: Live server status and resource usage
- Resource Graphs: CPU, memory, network, and disk usage charts
- Quick Actions: Start, stop, restart, and manage servers easily
- Multi-server Management: Handle multiple servers from one dashboard
</ListCheck>

</Accordion>

<Accordion label="Key Management Features" group="interface">

<ListCheck>
- Server Creation: Simple wizard with OS selection
- Backup Management: Daily backups and manual snapshots
- Scaling: Vertical scaling with minimal downtime
- Firewall: Firewall rules management
- Networks: Private networking between servers
- Load Balancers: Load balancing solutions
- Storage: Block storage volumes
- Images: Custom server images
</ListCheck>

</Accordion>

<Accordion label="API and CLI Tools" group="interface">

Hetzner provides developer tools:

<ListCheck>
- RESTful API: API for automation
- Official CLI: hcloud command-line tool
- Terraform Provider: Infrastructure as code support
- Kubernetes Integration: Managed Kubernetes service
- Webhooks: Event notifications
- SDKs: Libraries for popular languages
</ListCheck>

</Accordion>

## Performance Testing Results

I tested multiple Hetzner server types. Below are benchmarks from different plan tiers.

### YABS Benchmark Results

<Tabs>
<Tab name="Cost-Optimized (CX33)">
    ```bash
    # ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #
    #              Yet-Another-Bench-Script              #
    #                     v2026-04-20                    #
    # https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script #
    # ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #

    Thu Oct 16 11:32:39 AM UTC 2026

    Basic System Information:
    ---------------------------------
    Uptime     : 0 days, 0 hours, 30 minutes
    Processor  : AMD EPYC-Rome Processor
    CPU cores  : 4 @ 2445.404 MHz
    AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
    VM-x/AMD-V : ❌ Disabled
    RAM        : 7.6 GiB
    Swap       : 0.0 KiB
    Disk       : 75.0 GiB
    Distro     : Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS
    Kernel     : 6.8.0-71-generic
    VM Type    : KVM
    IPv4/IPv6  : ✔ Online / ✔ Online

    IPv6 Network Information:
    ---------------------------------
    ISP        : Hetzner Online GmbH
    ASN        : AS24940 Hetzner Online GmbH
    Host       : Hetzner Online GmbH
    Location   : Nuremberg, Bavaria (BY)
    Country    : Germany

    fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition /dev/sda1):
    ---------------------------------
    Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
      ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ----
    Read       | 115.01 MB/s  (28.7k) | 988.49 MB/s  (15.4k)
    Write      | 115.32 MB/s  (28.8k) | 993.69 MB/s  (15.5k)
    Total      | 230.34 MB/s  (57.5k) | 1.98 GB/s    (30.9k)
               |                      |
    Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
      ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ----
    Read       | 1.78 GB/s     (3.4k) | 2.16 GB/s     (2.1k)
    Write      | 1.88 GB/s     (3.6k) | 2.30 GB/s     (2.2k)
    Total      | 3.66 GB/s     (7.1k) | 4.46 GB/s     (4.3k)

    iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
    ---------------------------------
    Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping
    -----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----
    Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 5.16 Gbits/sec  | 5.60 Gbits/sec  | 17.8 ms
    Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 12.3 Gbits/sec  | 12.8 Gbits/sec  | 9.27 ms
    Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 1.96 Gbits/sec  | 2.24 Gbits/sec  | 94.6 ms
    Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 665 Mbits/sec   | 841 Mbits/sec   | 166 ms
    Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 1.03 Gbits/sec  | 1.21 Gbits/sec  | 158 ms
    Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 1.88 Gbits/sec  | 2.53 Gbits/sec  | 97.7 ms
    Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 616 Mbits/sec   | 1.14 Gbits/sec  | 219 ms

    iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
    ---------------------------------
    Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping
    -----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----
    Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 3.53 Gbits/sec  | 5.00 Gbits/sec  | 18.2 ms
    Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 8.15 Gbits/sec  | 12.7 Gbits/sec  | 9.69 ms
    Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 1.85 Gbits/sec  | 2.23 Gbits/sec  | 94.6 ms
    Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 988 Mbits/sec   | 1.27 Gbits/sec  | 166 ms
    Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 995 Mbits/sec   | 1.24 Gbits/sec  | 158 ms
    Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 1.98 Gbits/sec  | 2.41 Gbits/sec  | 97.8 ms
    Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | busy            | 883 Mbits/sec   | 221 ms

    Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
    ---------------------------------
    Test            | Value
                    |
    Single Core     | 1508
    Multi Core      | 4919
    Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/14484522

    YABS completed in 12 min 35 sec
    ```

The CX33 (4 vCPU, 8GB, €6.49/month after April 2026) performs well for a cost-optimized plan. Peak disk speeds reach 4.46 GB/s and 12.8 Gbits/sec network to Amsterdam.

</Tab>
<Tab name="Reg. Perf. (CPX)">
    ```bash
    # ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #
    #              Yet-Another-Bench-Script              #
    #                     v2026-04-20                    #
    # https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script #
    # ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #

    Fri Jul 11 07:37:22 AM UTC 2026

    Basic System Information:
    ---------------------------------
    Uptime     : 56 days, 19 hours, 7 minutes
    Processor  : Intel Xeon Processor (Skylake, IBRS, no TSX)
    CPU cores  : 4 @ 2100.004 MHz
    AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
    VM-x/AMD-V : ❌ Disabled
    RAM        : 7.6 GiB
    Swap       : 8.0 GiB
    Disk       : 75.0 GiB
    Distro     : Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS
    Kernel     : 6.8.0-59-generic
    VM Type    : KVM
    IPv4/IPv6  : ✔ Online / ✔ Online

    IPv6 Network Information:
    ---------------------------------
    ISP        : Hetzner Online GmbH
    ASN        : AS24940 Hetzner Online GmbH
    Host       : Hetzner Online GmbH
    Location   : Nuremberg, Bavaria (BY)
    Country    : Germany

    fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition /dev/sda1):
    ---------------------------------
    Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
      ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ----
    Read       | 111.67 MB/s  (27.9k) | 1.09 GB/s    (17.1k)
    Write      | 111.96 MB/s  (27.9k) | 1.10 GB/s    (17.2k)
    Total      | 223.63 MB/s  (55.9k) | 2.19 GB/s    (34.3k)
               |                      |
    Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
      ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ----
    Read       | 742.86 MB/s   (1.4k) | 686.36 MB/s    (670)
    Write      | 782.33 MB/s   (1.5k) | 732.07 MB/s    (714)
    Total      | 1.52 GB/s     (2.9k) | 1.41 GB/s     (1.3k)

    iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
    ---------------------------------
    Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping
    -----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----
    Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 6.76 Gbits/sec  | 4.26 Gbits/sec  | 18.5 ms
    Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 12.6 Gbits/sec  | 9.79 Gbits/sec  | 10.0 ms
    Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 2.17 Gbits/sec  | 1.59 Gbits/sec  | 106 ms
    Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 773 Mbits/sec   | 837 Mbits/sec   | 173 ms
    Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 1.08 Gbits/sec  | 934 Mbits/sec   | 160 ms
    Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 2.28 Gbits/sec  | 2.37 Gbits/sec  | 98.2 ms
    Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 1.23 Gbits/sec  | 1.17 Gbits/sec  | 201 ms

    iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
    ---------------------------------
    Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping
    -----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----
    Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 6.05 Gbits/sec  | 7.35 Gbits/sec  | 18.6 ms
    Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 12.1 Gbits/sec  | 9.47 Gbits/sec  | 10.2 ms
    Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 2.12 Gbits/sec  | 1.16 Gbits/sec  | 105 ms
    Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 1.06 Gbits/sec  | 1.32 Gbits/sec  | 173 ms
    Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 1.07 Gbits/sec  | 1.05 Gbits/sec  | 160 ms
    Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 2.40 Gbits/sec  | 2.44 Gbits/sec  | 98.0 ms
    Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 1.01 Gbits/sec  | 830 Mbits/sec   | 201 ms

    Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
    ---------------------------------
    Test            | Value
                    |
    Single Core     | 812
    Multi Core      | 2403
    Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/12812407

    YABS completed in 16 min 18 sec
    ```

CPX series running on Intel Xeon Skylake. Disk performance reaches 1.4 GB/s and European network speeds of 12.6 Gbits/sec to Amsterdam.
</Tab>
<Tab name="Reg. Perf. - AMD EPYC-Genoa (NEW)">
    ```bash
    # ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #
    #              Yet-Another-Bench-Script              #
    #                     v2026-04-20                    #
    # https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script #
    # ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #

    Fri Oct 17 06:50:40 AM UTC 2026

    Basic System Information:
    ---------------------------------
    Uptime     : 0 days, 0 hours, 1 minutes
    Processor  : AMD EPYC-Genoa Processor
    CPU cores  : 4 @ 2399.998 MHz
    AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
    VM-x/AMD-V : ❌ Disabled
    RAM        : 7.6 GiB
    Swap       : 0.0 KiB
    Disk       : 150.2 GiB
    Distro     : Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS
    Kernel     : 6.8.0-84-generic
    VM Type    : KVM
    IPv4/IPv6  : ✔ Online / ✔ Online

    IPv6 Network Information:
    ---------------------------------
    ISP        : Hetzner Online GmbH
    ASN        : AS24940 Hetzner Online GmbH
    Host       : Hetzner
    Location   : Falkenstein, Saxony (SN)
    Country    : Germany

    fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition /dev/sda1):
    ---------------------------------
    Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
      ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ----
    Read       | 159.97 MB/s  (39.9k) | 1.75 GB/s    (27.4k)
    Write      | 160.39 MB/s  (40.0k) | 1.76 GB/s    (27.5k)
    Total      | 320.37 MB/s  (80.0k) | 3.51 GB/s    (54.9k)
               |                      |
    Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
      ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ----
    Read       | 2.73 GB/s     (5.3k) | 2.88 GB/s     (2.8k)
    Write      | 2.87 GB/s     (5.6k) | 3.07 GB/s     (3.0k)
    Total      | 5.60 GB/s    (10.9k) | 5.96 GB/s     (5.8k)

    iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
    ---------------------------------
    Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping
    -----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----
    Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 1.89 Gbits/sec  | 4.18 Gbits/sec  | 21.1 ms
    Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 13.9 Gbits/sec  | 6.09 Gbits/sec  | 11.2 ms
    Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 2.00 Gbits/sec  | 1.38 Gbits/sec  | 95.5 ms
    Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 732 Mbits/sec   | 864 Mbits/sec   | 168 ms
    Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 1.00 Gbits/sec  | 1.24 Gbits/sec  | 168 ms
    Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 2.14 Gbits/sec  | 2.49 Gbits/sec  | 94.8 ms
    Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 570 Mbits/sec   | 993 Mbits/sec   | 416 ms

    iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
    ---------------------------------
    Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping
    -----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----
    Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 5.54 Gbits/sec  | 6.13 Gbits/sec  | 21.0 ms
    Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 12.5 Gbits/sec  | 13.2 Gbits/sec  | 11.0 ms
    Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 2.02 Gbits/sec  | 2.17 Gbits/sec  | 95.8 ms
    Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 1.16 Gbits/sec  | 1.31 Gbits/sec  | 168 ms
    Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 977 Mbits/sec   | 1.30 Gbits/sec  | 169 ms
    Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 2.17 Gbits/sec  | 2.57 Gbits/sec  | 94.8 ms
    Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 550 Mbits/sec   | 930 Mbits/sec   | 416 ms

    Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
    ---------------------------------
    Test            | Value
                    |
    Single Core     | 1963
    Multi Core      | 6076
    Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/14499521

    YABS completed in 12 min 22 sec
    ```

AMD EPYC-Genoa processors show improved performance. Disk speeds reach 5.96 GB/s and network speeds of 13.9 Gbits/sec to Amsterdam. Geekbench 6 scores show 1963 single-core and 6076 multi-core.

</Tab>
<Tab name="AMD">
    ```bash
    # ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #
    #              Yet-Another-Bench-Script              #
    #                     v2026-04-20                    #
    # https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script #
    # ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #

    Fri Jul 11 07:50:01 AM UTC 2026

    Basic System Information:
    ---------------------------------
    Uptime     : 0 days, 0 hours, 3 minutes
    Processor  : AMD EPYC Processor
    CPU cores  : 3 @ 2495.310 MHz
    AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
    VM-x/AMD-V : ❌ Disabled
    RAM        : 3.7 GiB
    Swap       : 0.0 KiB
    Disk       : 75.0 GiB
    Distro     : Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS
    Kernel     : 6.8.0-60-generic
    VM Type    : KVM
    IPv4/IPv6  : ✔ Online / ✔ Online

    IPv6 Network Information:
    ---------------------------------
    ISP        : Hetzner Online GmbH
    ASN        : AS24940 Hetzner Online GmbH
    Host       : Hetzner Online GmbH
    Location   : Falkenstein, Saxony (SN)
    Country    : Germany

    fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition /dev/sda1):
    ---------------------------------
    Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
      ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ----
    Read       | 84.48 MB/s   (21.1k) | 770.12 MB/s  (12.0k)
    Write      | 84.70 MB/s   (21.1k) | 774.17 MB/s  (12.0k)
    Total      | 169.18 MB/s  (42.2k) | 1.54 GB/s    (24.1k)
               |                      |
    Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
      ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ----
    Read       | 1.43 GB/s     (2.7k) | 1.45 GB/s     (1.4k)
    Write      | 1.50 GB/s     (2.9k) | 1.54 GB/s     (1.5k)
    Total      | 2.93 GB/s     (5.7k) | 3.00 GB/s     (2.9k)

    iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
    ---------------------------------
    Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping
    -----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----
    Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 5.95 Gbits/sec  | 1.25 Gbits/sec  | 20.8 ms
    Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 10.8 Gbits/sec  | 5.34 Gbits/sec  | 12.3 ms
    Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 1.94 Gbits/sec  | 422 Mbits/sec   | 94.7 ms
    Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 705 Mbits/sec   | 752 Mbits/sec   | 163 ms
    Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 1.05 Gbits/sec  | 401 Mbits/sec   | 165 ms
    Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 2.33 Gbits/sec  | 1.47 Gbits/sec  | 95.4 ms
    Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 1.16 Gbits/sec  | 547 Mbits/sec   | 206 ms

    iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
    ---------------------------------
    Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping
    -----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----
    Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 7.60 Gbits/sec  | 1.31 Gbits/sec  | 26.8 ms
    Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 10.5 Gbits/sec  | 11.8 Gbits/sec  | 11.4 ms
    Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 1.92 Gbits/sec  | 615 Mbits/sec   | 103 ms
    Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 1.14 Gbits/sec  | 1.21 Gbits/sec  | --
    Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 1.03 Gbits/sec  | 555 Mbits/sec   | 166 ms
    Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 2.32 Gbits/sec  | 1.23 Gbits/sec  | 94.7 ms
    Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 991 Mbits/sec   | 618 Mbits/sec   | 206 ms

    Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
    ---------------------------------
    Test            | Value
                    |
    Single Core     | 1195
    Multi Core      | 2980
    Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/12812502

    YABS completed in 14 min 44 sec
    ```
</Tab>
<Tab name="ARM">
    ```bash
    # ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #
    #              Yet-Another-Bench-Script              #
    #                     v2026-04-20                    #
    # https://github.com/masonr/yet-another-bench-script #
    # ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## #

    Fri Jul 11 07:37:24 AM UTC 2026

    ARM compatibility is considered *experimental*

    Basic System Information:
    ---------------------------------
    Uptime     : 39 days, 2 hours, 22 minutes
    Processor  : Neoverse-N1
    BIOS NotSpecified  CPU @ 2.0GHz
    CPU cores  : 4 @ ??? MHz
    AES-NI     : ✔ Enabled
    VM-x/AMD-V : ❌ Disabled
    RAM        : 7.5 GiB
    Swap       : 6.0 GiB
    Disk       : 75.0 GiB
    Distro     : Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
    Kernel     : 6.8.0-31-generic
    VM Type    : KVM
    IPv4/IPv6  : ✔ Online / ✔ Online

    IPv6 Network Information:
    ---------------------------------
    ISP        : Hetzner Online GmbH
    ASN        : AS24940 Hetzner Online GmbH
    Host       : Hetzner Online GmbH
    Location   : Falkenstein, Saxony (SN)
    Country    : Germany

    fio Disk Speed Tests (Mixed R/W 50/50) (Partition /dev/sda1):
    ---------------------------------
    Block Size | 4k            (IOPS) | 64k           (IOPS)
      ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ----
    Read       | 96.83 MB/s   (24.2k) | 816.12 MB/s  (12.7k)
    Write      | 96.77 MB/s   (24.1k) | 840.39 MB/s  (13.1k)
    Total      | 193.60 MB/s  (48.4k) | 1.65 GB/s    (25.8k)
               |                      |
    Block Size | 512k          (IOPS) | 1m            (IOPS)
      ------   | ---            ----  | ----           ----
    Read       | 1.22 GB/s     (2.3k) | 1.43 GB/s     (1.3k)
    Write      | 1.32 GB/s     (2.5k) | 1.59 GB/s     (1.5k)
    Total      | 2.55 GB/s     (4.9k) | 3.03 GB/s     (2.9k)

    iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv4):
    ---------------------------------
    Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping
    -----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----
    Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 6.03 Gbits/sec  | 4.58 Gbits/sec  | 20.4 ms
    Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 12.3 Gbits/sec  | 8.01 Gbits/sec  | 11.2 ms
    Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 1.94 Gbits/sec  | 1.18 Gbits/sec  | 93.9 ms
    Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 621 Mbits/sec   | 832 Mbits/sec   | 170 ms
    Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 828 Mbits/sec   | busy            | 166 ms
    Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 1.61 Gbits/sec  | 2.53 Gbits/sec  | 93.7 ms
    Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 1.11 Gbits/sec  | 1.30 Gbits/sec  | 198 ms

    iperf3 Network Speed Tests (IPv6):
    ---------------------------------
    Provider        | Location (Link)           | Send Speed      | Recv Speed      | Ping
    -----           | -----                     | ----            | ----            | ----
    Clouvider       | London, UK (10G)          | 6.97 Gbits/sec  | 6.18 Gbits/sec  | 20.6 ms
    Eranium         | Amsterdam, NL (100G)      | 13.6 Gbits/sec  | 11.1 Gbits/sec  | 14.0 ms
    Uztelecom       | Tashkent, UZ (10G)        | 1.89 Gbits/sec  | 2.40 Gbits/sec  | 97.1 ms
    Leaseweb        | Singapore, SG (10G)       | 1.03 Gbits/sec  | 1.31 Gbits/sec  | 170 ms
    Clouvider       | Los Angeles, CA, US (10G) | 1.02 Gbits/sec  | 1.35 Gbits/sec  | 168 ms
    Leaseweb        | NYC, NY, US (10G)         | 1.38 Gbits/sec  | 2.52 Gbits/sec  | 94.4 ms
    Edgoo           | Sao Paulo, BR (1G)        | 984 Mbits/sec   | 1.10 Gbits/sec  | 198 ms

    Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
    ---------------------------------
    Test            | Value
                    |
    Single Core     | 1002
    Multi Core      | 2909
    Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/12812388

    YABS completed in 14 min 29 sec
    ```
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### WordPress Performance Test

I installed a WordPress site with:
- Theme: Kadence starter template
- Caching: LiteSpeed Cache plugin
- Server: OpenLiteSpeed via CyberPanel
- Database: MySQL 8.0

#### GTmetrix Results:
- Performance Score: 97%
- Structure Score: 91%
- LCP: 1.2s
- TBT: 0ms
- CLS: 0.01

#### PageSpeed Insights:
- Mobile Score: 94
- Desktop Score: 99
- First Contentful Paint: 1.1s
- Speed Index: 1.3s

These results work well for a ~€8/month server with no CDN or advanced optimizations.

### Load Testing with k6

I stress-tested the server with 200 concurrent users:

```bash
# k6 run --vus 200 --duration 120s load-test.js

running (2m01.2s), 000/200 VUs, 23,847 complete and 0 interrupted iterations
default ✓ [======================================] 200 VUs  2m0s

     data_received..................: 3.2 GB  26 MB/s
     data_sent......................: 7.1 MB  58 kB/s
     http_req_blocked...............: avg=2.1ms    min=120ns    med=285ns    max=156.7ms
     http_req_connecting............: avg=1.02ms   min=0s       med=0s       max=89.3ms
     http_req_duration..............: avg=287.4ms  min=245.1ms  med=289.7ms  max=445.2ms
     http_req_failed................: 0.00%   ✓ 0           ✗ 23847
     http_req_receiving.............: avg=201.8ms  min=145.6ms  med=203.2ms  max=287.9ms
     http_req_sending...............: avg=42.1µs   min=12.8µs   med=37.9µs   max=2.1ms
     http_req_waiting...............: avg=85.4ms   min=72.1ms   med=83.8ms   max=198.4ms
     http_reqs......................: 23847   198.725/s
     iteration_duration.............: avg=1.0s     min=1.0s     med=1.0s     max=1.4s
     iterations.....................: 23847   198.725/s
     vus............................: 200     min=200       max=200
     vus_max........................: 200     min=200       max=200
```

Results:
- Zero failed requests under 200 concurrent users
- Average response time: 287ms
- Throughput: 198 requests/second
- Server handled the load without issues

## Hetzner Cloud Support

Over 2+ years of usage, I've contacted Hetzner support multiple times.

### Support Channels:
- Ticket System: Primary support method
- Response Time: 2-4 hours
- Knowledge Base: Documentation
- Community: Community forums

### Support Quality:
- Technical Expertise: Good technical knowledge
- Problem Resolution: Quick solutions
- Communication: Clear responses
- Availability: 24/7 support

### Real Experience:
I once had a network connectivity issue during a maintenance window. Support responded within 45 minutes, provided detailed explanations, and offered compensation for the brief downtime. The transparency and professionalism were impressive.

## Hetzner vs Competitors

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<Tab name="vs DigitalOcean">

| Feature | Hetzner Cloud | DigitalOcean |
|---------|---------------|--------------|
| Starting Price | €3.99/month | $4/month |
| 2CPU/4GB RAM | €7.99/month | $24/month |
| Bandwidth (EU) | 20TB included | 2TB included |
| Datacenters | 6 locations | 15+ locations |
| Support | Excellent | Good |
| ARM Support | Yes | No |
| Load Balancers | €7.49/month | $10/month |
| Managed Kubernetes | Yes | Yes |

Hetzner offers better price-to-performance

</Tab>
<Tab name="vs Vultr">

| Feature | Hetzner Cloud | Vultr |
|---------|---------------|-------|
| Starting Price | €3.99/month | $2.50/month |
| 2CPU/4GB RAM | €7.99/month | $12/month |
| Storage Type | NVMe SSD | NVMe SSD |
| ARM Support | Yes | Limited |
| Network | Up to 20TB | 1-2TB |
| Locations | 6 | 25+ |
| Object Storage | Yes | Yes |

Hetzner works well for European users, Vultr for global reach

</Tab>
<Tab name="vs Linode">

| Feature | Hetzner Cloud | Linode |
|---------|---------------|--------|
| Starting Price | €3.99/month | $5/month |
| 2CPU/4GB RAM | €7.99/month | $12/month |
| Storage Type | NVMe SSD | NVMe SSD |
| Bandwidth | 20TB (EU) | 1TB |
| Support | Excellent | Excellent |
| Documentation | Good | Excellent |

Hetzner costs less, Linode has better documentation

</Tab>
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## Common Use Cases for Hetzner Cloud

<Accordion label="WordPress Hosting" group="use-cases">

Good for various WordPress deployments:

<ListCheck>
- Multiple WordPress Sites: Host several sites on one server
- WooCommerce Stores: E-commerce with good performance
- High-Traffic Blogs: Handle thousands of visitors
- Development Environments: Test themes and plugins safely
- Staging Sites: Test changes before going live
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Recommended Setup:
- Small Sites: CX23 or CPX22 (€4-8/month)
- Medium Sites: CPX32 (€14/month)
- High-Traffic Sites: CCX13 (€16/month)
- Location: European datacenter for better bandwidth

</Accordion>

<Accordion label="Development & Testing" group="use-cases">

Good for development workflows:

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- CI/CD Pipelines: Automated testing and deployment
- Staging Environments: Safe testing before production
- Container Hosting: Docker and Kubernetes workloads
- Microservices: Distributed application architecture
- API Development: Backend services and APIs
- Database Testing: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB
</ListCheck>

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<Accordion label="Self-Hosted Applications" group="use-cases">

Good for hosting your own services:

<ListCheck>
- Analytics Platforms: Plausible, Matomo, Umami
- Monitoring Tools: Uptime Kuma, Grafana, Prometheus
- File Storage: Nextcloud, Seafile
- Database Servers: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis
- Communication: Rocket.Chat, Mattermost
- Password Managers: Bitwarden, Vaultwarden
</ListCheck>

</Accordion>

<Accordion label="Business Applications" group="use-cases">

Suitable for business needs:

<ListCheck>
- Email Servers: Postfix, Dovecot, Mail-in-a-Box
- VPN Servers: WireGuard, OpenVPN
- Backup Solutions: Duplicati, Restic, Borg
- Internal Tools: GitLab, Jenkins, Confluence
- Game Servers: Minecraft, Counter-Strike, ARK
</ListCheck>

</Accordion>

## Advanced Features

<Accordion label="Object Storage" group="features">

Hetzner introduced S3-compatible object storage in 2024:

<ListCheck>
- Pricing: Base €6.49/month + €0.0087/GB additional storage
- API: S3 compatibility
- Integration: Works with major tools (AWS CLI, boto3, etc.)
- Availability: All datacenters
- Security: SSL/TLS encryption, access controls
- Performance: High-speed transfers
</ListCheck>

Use Cases: Static website hosting, backups, CDN origin, data archiving

</Accordion>

<Accordion label="Managed Kubernetes" group="features">

Kubernetes service:

<ListCheck>
- Pricing: €0.00595 per hour per node
- Features: Auto-scaling, load balancing, monitoring
- Integration: Full Hetzner Cloud integration
- Versions: Latest Kubernetes versions supported
- Networking: Private networks, ingress controllers
- Storage: Persistent volumes, CSI drivers
</ListCheck>

Use for: Containerized applications, microservices, CI/CD

</Accordion>

<Accordion label="Load Balancers & Networking" group="features">

Load balancing and networking:

<ListCheck>
- Load Balancer Pricing: €7.49/month
- Features: SSL termination, health checks, sticky sessions
- Performance: Up to 20,000 connections
- Private Networks: Free private networking
- Floating IPs: Failover and high availability
- Firewalls: Security rules
</ListCheck>

</Accordion>

<Accordion label="Backup & Snapshots" group="features">

Backup solutions:

<ListCheck>
- Backup Pricing: 20% of server cost
- Snapshot Pricing: €0.0143/GB per hour
- Retention: Customizable retention periods
- Automation: Scheduled backups
- Restoration: One-click server restoration
- Cross-datacenter: Backup to different regions
</ListCheck>

</Accordion>

## Troubleshooting Common Issues

<Accordion label="Performance Optimization" group="troubleshooting">

<ListCheck>
- **Choose the right datacenter** for your target audience
- **Use NVMe SSD** for database-heavy applications
- **Enable backups** but consider snapshot alternatives for large data
- **Monitor resource usage** with built-in monitoring tools
- **Implement caching** (Redis, Memcached) for better performance
- **Use CDN** for static content delivery
- **Optimize databases** with proper indexing and queries
</ListCheck>

</Accordion>

<Accordion label="Network Configuration" group="troubleshooting">

<ListCheck>
- **Private networks** for secure multi-server communication
- **Firewall rules** for proper security configuration
- **Load balancers** for high availability and traffic distribution
- **IPv6 support** for future-proofing your infrastructure
- **DNS configuration** for proper domain resolution
- **SSL certificates** for secure connections
</ListCheck>

</Accordion>

<Accordion label="Cost Optimization" group="troubleshooting">

<ListCheck>
- **Hourly billing** for development and testing servers
- **ARM servers** for cost-effective computing workloads
- **European datacenters** for included 20TB bandwidth
- **Proper sizing** to avoid over-provisioning resources
- **Scheduled scaling** for predictable traffic patterns
- **Snapshot management** to control storage costs
</ListCheck>

</Accordion>

## System Requirements & Compatibility

### Operating Systems
- **Ubuntu** (18.04, 20.04, 22.04, 24.04)
- **Debian** (10, 11, 12)
- **CentOS** (7, 8, 9)
- **Fedora** (38, 39, 40)
- **Rocky Linux** (8, 9)
- **FreeBSD** (13, 14)

### Control Panels
Tested and compatible with:
- **CyberPanel** (recommended)
- **CloudPanel**
- **Webmin**
- **Plesk**
- **cPanel** (with license)

### Container Platforms
- **Docker** (native support)
- **Kubernetes** (managed service)
- **Podman** (rootless containers)
- **LXC/LXD** (system containers)

## Migration to Hetzner Cloud

### From Other VPS Providers
1. **Create server** with same specifications
2. **Transfer data** using rsync or migration tools
3. **Update DNS** records
4. **Test thoroughly** before switching

### Migration Tools
- **Hetzner CLI** for automation
- **Terraform** for infrastructure as code
- **Ansible** for configuration management
- **Custom scripts** for specific needs

## Security Best Practices

### Network Security
- Use **private networks** for internal communication
- Configure **firewalls** properly
- Enable **DDoS protection**
- Use **VPN** for administrative access

### Server Security
- **Regular updates** and security patches
- **SSH key authentication** only
- **Fail2ban** for brute force protection
- **Monitoring** and alerting

## Conclusion

After 5+ years of using Hetzner Cloud, here's why I recommend it:

<Accordion label="Key Strengths" group="conclusion">

<ListCheck>
- AMD EPYC-Genoa processors - Regular Performance plans are 30%+ faster
- Cost-Optimized plans - 50% cheaper than before (starting at €3.49/month)
- Price-to-performance - Good value in the market
- Network performance (especially in EU with 20TB bandwidth)
- Reliable infrastructure with 99.9%+ uptime
- Developer experience with APIs and tools
- Support team with technical expertise
- Transparent pricing
- ARM servers (CAX) for cost-effective computing
- New datacenters in Singapore and US
- Flexible plans - Cost-Optimized, Regular, and Dedicated tiers
</ListCheck>

</Accordion>

<Accordion label="Considerations" group="conclusion">

<ListCheck>
- Fewer datacenter locations than AWS/GCP (but growing)
- Bandwidth differences between EU (20TB) and US/Asia (1TB)
- Less marketplace integration than major cloud providers
- Documentation could improve (but getting better)
- Fewer managed services compared to AWS/Azure
</ListCheck>

</Accordion>

### Bottom Line:

Hetzner Cloud still offers good value in the VPS market, even after the April 2026 price increase. Cost-Optimized plans now start at €3.99/month, which is higher than before but still well below DigitalOcean and Vultr for equivalent specs.

Whether you're a developer, small business, or startup, the combination of performance, reliability, and pricing works well. The three-tier system (Cost-Optimized, Regular, Dedicated) helps balance cost and performance for different workloads.

The price increases are an industry-wide trend driven by DRAM and NAND flash shortages. Hetzner is still one of the most cost-effective options, especially in European locations where you get 20TB of bandwidth included.

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