DreamHost vs Hetzner.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, DreamHost undercuts Hetzner on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $2.47/GB against $5/GB. The cheapest way in is Hetzner at $13.26/mo (CPX12 · 1 vCPU · 2 GB). Hetzner counters with broader reach: 6 locations vs 1.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is DreamHost Stack 4 at $15.99/mo, against Hetzner at $22.49/mo, checked 16 Sept 2026.

DreamHostall plans →

• Cheapest

  Stack 4 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

  2 vCPU · 4 GB · 75 GB NVMe

  $15.99/moView at DreamHost ↗
• Best value

  Stack 32 · 8 vCPU · 32 GB

  8 vCPU · 32 GB · 450 GB NVMe

  $59.99/moView at DreamHost ↗

Hetznerall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  CPX12 · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

  1 vCPU · 2 GB · 40 GB NVMe

  $13.26/moView at Hetzner ↗

compare the two best-value plans side by side →

MetricDreamHostHetzner

Plans tracked422

Cheapest plan$15.99/mo$13.26/mo

Median $/GB RAM$2.47/GB$5/GB

Avg value score81/10064/100

Locations16

Dedicated-vCPU plans03

NVMe share100%100%

Unmetered bandwidth100% of plans0% of plans

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

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DreamHost

Stack 4 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 75 GB NVMe · $15.99/mo

Hetznerwins

CPX12 · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 40 GB NVMe · $13.26/mo

≥ 4 GB RAM

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DreamHostwins

Stack 4 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 75 GB NVMe · $15.99/mo

Hetzner

CPX22 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 80 GB NVMe · $22.49/mo

≥ 8 GB RAM

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DreamHostwins

Stack 8 · 2 vCPU · 8 GB

2 vCPU · 8 GB · 150 GB NVMe · $21.99/mo

Hetzner

CPX32 · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 160 GB NVMe · $40.95/mo

Top value plans from each

DreamHost

• Stack 32 · 8 vCPU · 32 GBvalue 83/100$59.99
• Stack 16 · 4 vCPU · 16 GBvalue 82/100$34.99
• Stack 8 · 2 vCPU · 8 GBvalue 80/100$21.99
• Stack 4 · 2 vCPU · 4 GBvalue 78/100$15.99

Hetzner

• CX53 · 16 vCPU · 32 GBvalue 95/100$34.03
• CX33 · 4 vCPU · 8 GBvalue 93/100$9.80
• CX43 · 8 vCPU · 16 GBvalue 93/100$18.45
• CX23 · 2 vCPU · 4 GBvalue 91/100$6.33
• CAX11 · 2 vCPU · 4 GBvalue 89/100$6.91

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. DreamHost data: Live web · VPS Stack cards on dreamhost.com (auto-renewal rate, intro promo ignored). Hetzner data: Live web · hetzner.com cloud plan pages + live_data_prices.json price feed.