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Re: Hetzner Cloud

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Post by chris-ux_hcloud »

zython wrote: post #4

Whats the difference to their VPS's ? I had one until last month with pretty much the specs of the cx21 but it cost a little bit more ? Are they just lowering their prices or am I missing out on features ?

Hi! :)

The whole architecture has been redeveloped from scratch. We have also designed and developed an entirely new control panel called the Hetzner Cloud Console. It is and will be actively worked on to make it as easy to use as possible for our users. Feedback is highly appreciated :) Also the new cloud servers are billed hourly instead of monthly, as the old VPS were.

Full disclosure: I work for Hetzner Cloud as UX Designer.

Re: Hetzner Cloud

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Post by myf01d »

I would really like to try Hetzner since it's a respectable company and offers much lower prices than DO or Linode, however, they need an ID verification. Since I am egyptian and have no passport, I cannot register. I hope they find a more resilient way for registration.

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Post by notMick »

z3t4 wrote: post #51

I hope they grab enough market share to force other providers to lower their prices, Hetzner is like 10x cheaper and on better network and hardware then their competitors.

Also vpsdime is similar if not better specs and prices. Worth comparing.

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Post by dx034 »

hit8run wrote: post #29

Can anyone compare their service to Linode or DigitalOcean? I'm currently using Linode but the Hetzner prices seem way lower: For 35€ a month I get 32GB RAM, 8 vCPUs, 240GB SSD + 20TB Traffic. The comparable 40$ plan for Linode offers 8GB RAM 4 CPU Cores 48GB SSD and 3 TB Transfer (See: https://www.linode.com/pricing ) Am I missing something or is Hetzner just way more competetive? https://www.linode.com/pricing

Hetzner is easily 30% off OVH and half the price of other hosting providers (VPS and bare metal). So nothing surprising here. They have a cheap cost base (data centres in rural areas and wholesale electricity prices aren't that high in Germany) which probably explains most of that.

OVH had basically the same price but their heavy investments in new DCs have made them more expensive. Since Hetzner doesn't invest a lot (at least in new buildings) they don't need to raise prices for that.

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Post by pulse7 »

mythz wrote: post #58

Been using Hetzner for years, their hardware's has been rock solid, predictable pricing with sweet price/performance ratio resulting in large savings from consolidating existing AWS EC2 instances. Still using AWS for Apps which rely on cloud features, e.g. SES/RDS/etc but for static servers Hetzner is now our goto. Super exciting to see them entering the cloud space and offering easy snapshots + backups, should open…

If they open a DC in the US, then - by the US laws - their US company will have to provide the data even from German DCs when requested by the US government. So it is maybe better not to enter the US...

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Post by danielbln »

Quite impressed so far, the interface clean and straight forward. We've been using Hetzner for years, mostly because the PX121 machines offer excellent performance for cheap. We'll be doing some in depth testing of this new cloud offering in the coming days/weeks.

Provisioning is already impressively fast, especially if you're coming from EC2 where it feels like an intern has to press a button or something to get an instance online.

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Post by [deleted] »

foepys wrote: post #44
bufferoverflow wrote: post #22

Great prices. What's strange is that only RAM and disk space increase linearly with the price, not the CPU, nor the traffic. That creates an incentive to buy small instances and getting a lot more for your buck.

I don't think Hetzner makes a promise w.r.t. the CPU clock. So lower end VPS might be hosted on high-core, low-clock machines.

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Post by babuskov »

pulse7 wrote: post #65
mythz wrote: post #58

Been using Hetzner for years, their hardware's has been rock solid, predictable pricing with sweet price/performance ratio resulting in large savings from consolidating existing AWS EC2 instances. Still using AWS for Apps which rely on cloud features, e.g. SES/RDS/etc but for static servers Hetzner is now our goto. Super exciting to see them entering the cloud space and offering easy snapshots + backups, should open…

If they open a DC in the US, then - by the US laws - their US company will have to provide the data even from German DCs when requested by the US government. So it is maybe better not to enter the US...

They could form a separate company to handle US operations only.

Re: Hetzner Cloud

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Post by znpy »

Hetzner_OL wrote: post #46
floatboth wrote: post #20

2gb ram minimum, nice. Do they still require a scan of your id/passport though?

Yes. We check IDs of our new customers. We find that this is one of the most effective ways of preventing abuse. A short time after we have verified your ID, the personal data we collected to process your order will be deleted in accordance with German data protection laws. After your first order, you don't need to provide your ID again. --Katie, Marketing, Hetzner Online

Kudos to Germany for sane-minded laws about personal data and to Hetzner for respecting such laws!

Re: Hetzner Cloud

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Post by TomMarius »

chillidoor wrote: post #17
baybal2 wrote: post #7

Hetzner used to be a rather big conventional hoster. I'm surprised to see them up and running these days when all big co seemed to have migrated to that cloud thingy

There is still a demand for dedicated servers, although it is becoming more and more niche, I think.

Basically resellers and enterprises
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