OVHcloud is European infrastructure with data sovereignty as the point, not a feature. Hetzner is the price-per-core leader, by a wide margin. This page puts the two side by side — the live configurations and prices from our catalogue, then the differences that actually decide the choice.
| In our catalogue | OVHcloud | Hetzner |
|---|---|---|
| Product | Buy OVHcloud Account | Buy Hetzner Account |
| Configurations in stock | 2 | 3 |
| Lowest price | $30 | $55 |
| Highest price | $250 | $250 |
| Example options | 34 vCPUs / OVH Cloud Server | 5 Server Account / 10 Server Account / Hetzner Cloud Server |
| View options | View options |
Prices and configuration counts are read from the live catalogue. Specifications are listed exactly as supplied; nothing here is estimated.
Two similar platforms — the difference is in the specialism
OVHcloud and Hetzner occupy the same category and bill the same way, which makes this a narrower comparison than most. The distinction is what each one optimises for.
OVHcloud: Sovereignty and economics. OVHcloud owns its data centres and much of its hardware supply chain, which shows up as low prices and a clear jurisdictional story.
Hetzner: Economics. For a given amount of CPU and RAM, Hetzner is routinely a fraction of a hyperscaler’s price, with a bandwidth allowance that makes egress a non-issue for most workloads.
Where neither specialism matches your workload, price and region availability are reasonable tie-breakers — and both are listed on the product pages below.
Where OVHcloud is the stronger choice
Sovereignty and economics. OVHcloud owns its data centres and much of its hardware supply chain, which shows up as low prices and a clear jurisdictional story.
Best suited to: teams with a legal or contractual requirement to keep data inside the EU, and anyone who wants European capacity at European prices.
Regions: Concentrated in Europe with a presence in North America and Asia-Pacific — the European coverage is the reason to choose it.
Worth knowing: Sovereignty is a legal question, not a marketing one; confirm the specific region and entity satisfy your obligation rather than assuming.
Where Hetzner is the stronger choice
Economics. For a given amount of CPU and RAM, Hetzner is routinely a fraction of a hyperscaler’s price, with a bandwidth allowance that makes egress a non-issue for most workloads.
Best suited to: teams that need raw compute and are happy to operate it themselves.
Regions: Germany and Finland, with a US presence — the European sites are the core of the offering.
Worth knowing: The acceptable-use rules are enforced, and the support model is efficient rather than hand-holding. It suits teams that already know what they are doing.
The trade-offs, stated plainly
OVHcloud: The managed-service catalogue and the documentation are both thinner than the hyperscalers’, and the console has a steeper learning curve than the developer-first providers.
Hetzner: Almost no managed services. You get excellent servers and a competent network; databases, queues, backups and monitoring are yours to run.
How to choose between them
- Choose OVHcloud if your workload is EU-resident workloads, cost-sensitive compute, and organisations answering to European data rules
- Choose Hetzner if your workload is Self-managed workloads, build farms, batch processing and anything where the bill is dominated by CPU hours
- Choose neither if the shape of the work does not match either — the full catalogue has eight other platforms, and the comparison tool will hold four of them side by side.
Related reading
- Buy OVHcloud Account – every OVHcloud configuration in stock
- Buy Hetzner Account – every Hetzner configuration in stock
- How to choose a cloud provider – the framework behind this comparison
- How cloud billing works – why the billing model matters more than the sticker price
- Compare up to four accounts side by side
Questions
Common questions about this comparison
Is OVHcloud cheaper than Hetzner?
The prices in the table above are the live catalogue prices for the accounts we stock, so you can compare those directly. Running cost is a separate question and depends on the billing model: OVHcloud bills a fixed monthly figure and Hetzner bills a fixed monthly figure, which means the cheaper account is not always the cheaper month.
Can I run the same workload on both?
For ordinary Linux servers, databases and web applications, yes. The divergence starts when you adopt a platform's proprietary managed services — a specific queue, function runtime or identity model — because those are what make a migration expensive later.
Which one is better for EU-resident workloads?
That is OVHcloud's stated strength, so it is the natural starting point. It is still worth checking region availability and the billing model against your own constraints before committing.
What do I actually get when I buy an account here?
The configuration named on the product page and nothing beyond it — the vCPU figure, region, account age or credit exactly as listed. Both product pages set out every option in stock with its own price.