Hetzner vs Akamai Cloud
Hetzner comes out ahead of Akamai Cloud on 5 of the 8 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, 5–3 on rounds.
On the published figures and the independent review sites, Hetzner takes 5 of 8 rounds. Treat that as a starting point and check the current figures on both pages, because prices and plans move.
Choose Hetzner if…
- • You want Hetzner's edge on what the entry plan includes and how much data you can move
Choose Akamai Cloud if…
- • You want Akamai Cloud's edge on the uptime promise and who picks up when the server is down
Round by round
- Round 1What the entry plan includesHetzner winsAkamai Cloud5/10
1 GB RAM
the Nanode, one vCPU and 25 GB storage
- 1 GB RAM, against 4 GB RAM
Source: akamai.com ↗
Hetzner wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 2How much data you can moveHetzner wins
Hetzner wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 3The uptime promiseAkamai Cloud winsHetzner5/10
99.9%
monthly availability for every cloud server, compensated as cloud credit
- 99.9%, against 99.99%
Source: docs.hetzner.com ↗
Akamai Cloud8/1099.99%
monthly uptime for covered services in general availability
Source: akamai.com ↗
Akamai Cloud wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 4Who picks up when the server is downAkamai Cloud winsHetzner5/10
24/7 email and tickets
support by its own technicians in Germany
- 24/7 email and tickets, against 24/7 phone, ticket and email
Source: hetzner.com ↗
Akamai Cloud8/10Phone support
a call-support line, listed on the support page
- live support around the clock, with phone numbers listed
Source: akamai.com ↗
Akamai Cloud wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 5Where you can deployAkamai Cloud winsHetzner5/10
6 locations
Falkenstein, Nuremberg, Helsinki, Ashburn, Hillsboro and Singapore
- 6 locations, against 25+ core regions
Source: docs.hetzner.com ↗
Akamai Cloud wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 6What customers say on TrustpilotHetzner winsAkamai Cloud5/10
2.5 out of 5
TrustScore from 207 reviews on Trustpilot
- 2.5 out of 5, against 3.0 out of 5
Source: trustpilot.com ↗
Hetzner wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.
- Round 7How many CPU cores you getHetzner wins
Hetzner wins this round on what the published sources say.
- Round 8How much disk space you getHetzner wins
Hetzner wins this round on what the published sources say.
Side by side
- the CX23 cloud server, two shared vCPUs
- CX23 cloud server: 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB
- live support around the clock, with phone numbers listed
- Nanode 1 GB
- 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
- $5, against $4
- 2.5 out of 5, against 4.6 out of 5
- 1 GB RAM, against 4 GB RAM
- 1 TB, against 20 TB