DigitalOcean vs Hetzner
Hetzner comes out ahead of DigitalOcean on 4 of the 7 things that decide this, going by what each company publishes and what independent review sites report. The one that matters for you may be one the leader loses.
The verdict
Hetzner takes it, 4–2 on rounds.
On the published figures and the independent review sites, Hetzner takes 4 of 7 rounds. Treat that as a starting point and check the current figures on both pages, because prices and plans move.
Choose DigitalOcean if…
- • You want DigitalOcean's edge on the uptime promise and what customers say on trustpilot
Choose Hetzner if…
- • You want Hetzner's edge on what the entry plan includes and how much data you can move
Round by round
- Round 1What the entry plan includesHetzner winsDigitalOcean5/10
512 MiB RAM
the $4 Droplet, one vCPU
- 512 MiB RAM, against 4 GB RAM
Source: digitalocean.com ↗
Hetzner wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 2How much data you can moveHetzner winsDigitalOcean5/10
500 GiB
included outbound transfer on the $4 Droplet
- 500 GiB, against 20 TB
Source: digitalocean.com ↗
Hetzner wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 3The uptime promiseDigitalOcean winsHetzner5/10
99.9%
monthly availability for every cloud server, compensated as cloud credit
- 99.9%, against 99.99%
Source: docs.hetzner.com ↗
DigitalOcean wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 4What customers say on TrustpilotDigitalOcean winsDigitalOcean8/10
4.5
TrustScore on Trustpilot
- TrustScore from 2,584 reviews on Trustpilot
Source: trustpilot.com ↗
Hetzner5/103.0 out of 5
TrustScore from 2,987 reviews on Trustpilot
- 3.0 out of 5, against 4.6 out of 5
Source: trustpilot.com ↗
DigitalOcean wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.
- Round 5Who picks up when the server is downTieDigitalOcean7/10
Free 24/7 tickets, answered within 24 hours
the free Starter plan; faster response is paid
Source: docs.digitalocean.com ↗
Nothing to separate them here.
- Round 6How many CPU cores you getHetzner winsDigitalOcean5/10
1 vCPU
Basic Droplet (Regular, 512 MiB)
- 1 vCPU, against 2 vCPU (AMD)
Source: digitalocean.com ↗
Hetzner wins this round on what the published sources say.
- Round 7How much disk space you getHetzner winsDigitalOcean5/10
10 GiB SSD
Basic Droplet (Regular, 512 MiB)
- 10 GiB SSD, against 40 GB NVMe
Source: digitalocean.com ↗
Hetzner wins this round on what the published sources say.
Side by side
- TrustScore from 2,584 reviews on Trustpilot
- the CX23 cloud server, two shared vCPUs
- CX23 cloud server: 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB
- 512 MiB RAM, against 4 GB RAM
- 500 GiB, against 20 TB
- 1 vCPU, against 2 vCPU (AMD)
- 10 GiB SSD, against 40 GB NVMe
- 99.9%, against 99.99%
- 3.0 out of 5, against 4.6 out of 5
- 99.9%, against 100%
- 6 locations, against 33 regions