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Who is Hetzner Cloud best for?

Quick fit guide: Who is Hetzner Cloud best for, who should avoid it, and what typically forces a switch.

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Freshness & verification

Last updated 2026-02-09 Intel generated 2026-02-06 2 sources linked

Best use cases for Hetzner Cloud

  • Teams prioritizing cost/performance on VM hosting
  • Workloads with Europe-centric deployment needs
  • Teams that don’t require deep hyperscaler ecosystems
  • Standard web services and APIs where a simple VM model is sufficient
  • Teams that can own lifecycle practices (patching, backups, observability)

Who should avoid Hetzner Cloud?

  • You need broad global regions and enterprise managed services
  • You need hyperscaler-level governance tooling
  • Regional footprint may be narrower than hyperscalers

Upgrade triggers for Hetzner Cloud

  • Need broader region coverage
  • Need deeper managed services ecosystem
  • Need enterprise governance and compliance features

Sources & verification

Pricing and behavioral information comes from public documentation and structured research. When information is incomplete or volatile, we prefer to say so rather than guess.

  1. https://www.hetzner.com/cloud/ ↗
  2. https://docs.hetzner.com/cloud/ ↗