Hetzner vs STRATO.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, STRATO undercuts Hetzner on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $2.36/GB against $5/GB. The cheapest way in is STRATO at $3.88/mo (VPS S · 1 vCPU · 2 GB). Hetzner counters with broader reach: 6 locations vs 1.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is STRATO VPS M at $9.69/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 ↗

STRATOall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  VPS S · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

  1 vCPU · 2 GB · 60 GB NVMe

  $3.88/moView at STRATO ↗

compare the two best-value plans side by side →

MetricHetznerSTRATO

Plans tracked225

Cheapest plan$13.26/mo$3.88/mo

Median $/GB RAM$5/GB$2.36/GB

Avg value score64/10089/100

Locations61

Dedicated-vCPU plans30

NVMe share100%100%

Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans100% 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

STRATOwins

VPS S · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 60 GB NVMe · $3.88/mo

≥ 4 GB RAM

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Hetzner

CPX22 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

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

STRATOwins

VPS M · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 120 GB NVMe · $9.69/mo

≥ 8 GB RAM

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Hetzner

CPX32 · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

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

STRATOwins

VPS L · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 240 GB NVMe · $19.40/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

STRATO

• VPS S · 1 vCPU · 2 GBvalue 96/100$3.88
• VPS M · 2 vCPU · 4 GBvalue 89/100$9.69
• VPS L · 4 vCPU · 8 GBvalue 87/100$19.40
• VPS XL · 8 vCPU · 16 GBvalue 87/100$37.81
• VPS XXL · 12 vCPU · 24 GBvalue 85/100$54.30

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. STRATO data: Live web · Linux V-Server table on strato.de (1-month term; net derived from 19 % VAT).