Hetzner vs Hostwinds.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, Hostwinds undercuts Hetzner on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $4.81/GB against $5/GB. The cheapest way in is Hostwinds at $4.99/mo (Unmanaged SSD Cloud 1 · 1 vCPU · 1 GB). Hetzner counters with broader reach: 6 locations vs 3.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is Hostwinds Unmanaged SSD Cloud 3 at $18.99/mo, against Hetzner at $22.49/mo, checked 16 Sept 2026.

Hetznerall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  CPX12 · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

  1 vCPU · 2 GB · 40 GB NVMe

  $13.26/moView at Hetzner ↗

Hostwindsall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  Unmanaged SSD Cloud 1 · 1 vCPU · 1 GB

  1 vCPU · 1 GB · 30 GB SSD

  $4.99/moView at Hostwinds ↗

compare the two best-value plans side by side →

MetricHetznerHostwinds

Plans tracked229

Cheapest plan$13.26/mo$4.99/mo

Median $/GB RAM$5/GB$4.81/GB

Avg value score64/10062/100

Locations63

Dedicated-vCPU plans30

NVMe share100%0%

Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans0% of plans

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

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Hetzner

CPX12 · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

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

Hostwindswins

Unmanaged SSD Cloud 2 · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 50 GB SSD · $9.99/mo

≥ 4 GB RAM

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Hetzner

CPX22 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

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

Hostwindswins

Unmanaged SSD Cloud 3 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 75 GB SSD · $18.99/mo

≥ 8 GB RAM

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Hetzner

CPX32 · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

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

Hostwindswins

Unmanaged SSD Cloud 5 · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 150 GB SSD · $38.99/mo

Top value plans from each

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

Hostwinds

• Unmanaged SSD Cloud 1 · 1 vCPU · 1 GBvalue 77/100$4.99
• Unmanaged SSD Cloud 2 · 1 vCPU · 2 GBvalue 69/100$9.99
• Unmanaged SSD Cloud 3 · 2 vCPU · 4 GBvalue 64/100$18.99
• Unmanaged SSD Cloud 6 · 4 vCPU · 12 GBvalue 62/100$49.99
• Unmanaged SSD Cloud 5 · 4 vCPU · 8 GBvalue 61/100$38.99

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. Hetzner data: Live web · hetzner.com cloud plan pages + live_data_prices.json price feed. Hostwinds data: Live web · plan JSON embedded in hostwinds.com/vps/unmanaged-linux (standard monthly rate).