Hetzner

Absurdly cheap European servers — the self-hoster's favourite

hetzner.com · Cloud VMs from ~€3.8/mo

Hetzner Cloud: the best price/performance servers in the industry (~€4/mo for 2 vCPU/4GB). The default for self-hosting anything heavy on a budget.

Capabilities

Capabilities

  • Cloud VMs from ~€3.8/mo, dedicated servers, EU + US locations
  • 20TB included traffic — an order of magnitude cheaper than hyperscalers

Best for

  • Self-hosting heavy open-source (analytics, automation, media) at minimal cost
  • Budget always-on compute for personal infrastructure

Not for

  • Managed-everything preferences; no PaaS layer, you run the box