Cloud Hosting · Germany (DE)
Hetzner Cloud
Affordable, performant European cloud.
The switch
AWS→Hetzner Cloudalso replaces DigitalOcean, Google Cloud
About
Cloud servers, dedicated machines and storage in German and Finnish data centres at honest prices. Beloved by indie developers.
Why we recommend it
- EU data centres
- Transparent pricing
- Renewable energy
EU vs USA
Hetzner Cloud vs AWS
Side-by-side on jurisdiction, data residency, and the rules that decide who can actually read your data.
Criteria
🇪🇺 Hetzner Cloud
🇺🇸 AWS
Headquarters
Gunzenhausen, Germany
Seattle, USA
Jurisdiction
Germany (GDPR)
USA (CLOUD Act)
Data location
Germany, Finland
Global
GDPR-native
Yes
No
CLOUD Act / FISA exposed
No
Yes
Ad tracking
No
No
End-to-end encryption
No
No
Open source
No
No
Ownership
Hetzner Online GmbH
Amazon.com Inc.
Founded
1997
2006
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