Hetzner Cloud vs DigitalOcean Droplets
Pricing data as of 2026-08-28 · refreshed weekly
Hetzner Cloud (vps) and DigitalOcean Droplets (vps) overlap on 15 stacks. The table below shows the cheapest fitting plan on each for a typical startup workload (~50,000 visits/month) — list prices, no promos.
Hetzner Cloudvps
| CAX11 (Arm) | $7.59/mo |
| CX23 | $7.09/mo |
| CX33 | $10.59/mo |
| CX43 | $19.09/mo |
Nothing bundledDIY: cdn, image opt, edge, ssl, previews, auto-deploy
DigitalOcean Dropletsvps
| Basic 512MB | $4/mo |
| Basic 1GB | $6/mo |
| Basic 2GB | $12/mo |
| Basic 4GB | $24/mo |
Nothing bundledDIY: cdn, image opt, edge, ssl, previews, auto-deploy
Cheapest fitting plan per stack (startup traffic)
| Stack | Hetzner Cloud | DigitalOcean Droplets | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next.js | $7.09 (CX23) | $4 (Basic 512MB) | DigitalOcean Droplets |
| Nuxt | $7.09 (CX23) | $4 (Basic 512MB) | DigitalOcean Droplets |
| Astro | $7.09 (CX23) | $4 (Basic 512MB) | DigitalOcean Droplets |
| SvelteKit | $7.09 (CX23) | $4 (Basic 512MB) | DigitalOcean Droplets |
| Remix / React Router | $7.09 (CX23) | $4 (Basic 512MB) | DigitalOcean Droplets |
| Node.js API | $7.09 (CX23) | $4 (Basic 512MB) | DigitalOcean Droplets |
| Django | $7.09 (CX23) | $6 (Basic 1GB) | DigitalOcean Droplets |
| FastAPI | $7.09 (CX23) | $4 (Basic 512MB) | DigitalOcean Droplets |
| Laravel | $7.09 (CX23) | $6 (Basic 1GB) | DigitalOcean Droplets |
| Ruby on Rails | $7.09 (CX23) | $12 (Basic 2GB) | Hetzner Cloud |
| Spring Boot | $7.09 (CX23) | $12 (Basic 2GB) | Hetzner Cloud |
| WordPress | $7.09 (CX23) | $6 (Basic 1GB) | DigitalOcean Droplets |
| Ghost | $7.09 (CX23) | $6 (Basic 1GB) | DigitalOcean Droplets |
| Strapi | $7.09 (CX23) | $6 (Basic 1GB) | DigitalOcean Droplets |
| Static site | $7.09 (CX23) | $4 (Basic 512MB) | DigitalOcean Droplets |