Hetzner vs Liquid Web
Hetzner comes out ahead of Liquid Web 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, 4–3 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 Hetzner if…
- • You want Hetzner's edge on what the entry plan includes and how much data you can move
Choose Liquid Web if…
- • You want Liquid Web's edge on the uptime promise and who picks up when the server is down
Round by round
- Round 1What the entry plan includesHetzner wins
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 promiseLiquid Web winsHetzner5/10
99.9%
monthly availability for every cloud server, compensated as cloud credit
- 99.9%, against 100%
Source: docs.hetzner.com ↗
Liquid Web wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 4Who picks up when the server is downLiquid Web winsHetzner5/10
24/7 email and tickets
support by its own technicians in Germany
- 24/7 email and tickets, against 24/7 support, 59-second response
Source: hetzner.com ↗
Liquid Web8/1024/7 support, 59-second response
support around the clock with a guaranteed 59-second response
Source: liquidweb.com ↗
Liquid Web wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 5What customers say on TrustpilotLiquid Web winsHetzner5/10
3.0 out of 5
TrustScore from 2,987 reviews on Trustpilot
- 3.0 out of 5, against 3.8 out of 5
Source: trustpilot.com ↗
Liquid Web wins this round on independent review-site data, not on its own claims.
- Round 6How many CPU cores you getHetzner wins
Hetzner wins this round on what the published sources say.
- Round 7How much disk space you getHetzner winsLiquid Web5/10
30 GB SSD
Cloud VPS 1 GB RAM ($5/mo)
- 30 GB SSD, against 40 GB NVMe
Source: liquidweb.com ↗
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
- 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
- 3.8 out of 5, against 4.6 out of 5
- 1 GB RAM, against 4 GB RAM
- 1 TB, against 20 TB