Provider comparison
For 4 GB of RAM, Hostinger's cheapest listed server is KVM 1 VPS at $11.99 a month with 4 TB of traffic. Hetzner Cloud's CX23 costs €5.99 with 20 TB. Hostinger's table price is what it renews at. Its lower sale price needs 24 months paid upfront, and from 8 GB that beats Hetzner for the first term. Hetzner bills by the hour with no commitment, gives twice the vCPU at each size, and includes 20 TB of traffic in Germany and Finland. For US servers, Hostinger is far cheaper.
Matched plans
Each group pairs Hostinger and Hetzner Cloud plans with the same memory. Prices stay in the currency each provider bills in, so they match your invoice.
| Plan | vCPU | RAM | Disk | Traffic incl. | Price / mo | Per GB RAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 GB | ||||||
| Hostinger KVM 1 VPSKVM vCPU (AMD EPYC) | 1 | 4 GB | 50 GB NVMe | 4 TB | $11.99 | $3.00 |
| Hetzner Cloud CX23 (Nuremberg and Helsinki)Shared Intel/AMD vCPU · unavailable | 2 | 4 GB | 40 GB NVMe | 20 TB | €5.99 | €1.50 |
| Hetzner Cloud CAX11 (Germany and Finland)Shared Ampere ARM vCPU · unavailable | 2 | 4 GB | 40 GB NVMe | 20 TB | €6.49 | €1.62 |
| Hetzner Cloud CPX22 (Germany and Finland)Shared AMD vCPU | 2 | 4 GB | 80 GB NVMe | 20 TB | €16.99 | €4.25 |
| 8 GB | ||||||
| Hostinger KVM 2 VPSKVM vCPU (AMD EPYC) | 2 | 8 GB | 100 GB NVMe | 8 TB | $14.99 | $1.87 |
| Hetzner Cloud CX33 (Nuremberg and Helsinki)Shared Intel/AMD vCPU · unavailable | 4 | 8 GB | 80 GB NVMe | 20 TB | €8.99 | €1.12 |
| Hetzner Cloud CAX21 (Germany and Finland)Shared Ampere ARM vCPU · unavailable | 4 | 8 GB | 80 GB NVMe | 20 TB | €10.99 | €1.37 |
| Hetzner Cloud CPX32 (Germany and Finland)Shared AMD vCPU | 4 | 8 GB | 160 GB NVMe | 20 TB | €30.49 | €3.81 |
| 16 GB | ||||||
| Hostinger KVM 4 VPS | 4 | 16 GB | 200 GB NVMe | 16 TB | $28.99 | $1.81 |
| Hetzner Cloud CX43 (Nuremberg and Helsinki)Shared Intel/AMD vCPU · unavailable | 8 | 16 GB | 160 GB NVMe | 20 TB | €16.49 | €1.03 |
| Hetzner Cloud CAX31 (Germany and Finland)Shared Ampere ARM vCPU · unavailable | 8 | 16 GB | 160 GB NVMe | 20 TB | €21.49 | €1.34 |
| Hetzner Cloud CPX42 (Germany and Finland)Shared AMD vCPU | 8 | 16 GB | 320 GB NVMe | 20 TB | €59.49 | €3.72 |
| 32 GB | ||||||
| Hostinger KVM 8 VPS | 8 | 32 GB | 400 GB NVMe | 32 TB | $49.99 | $1.56 |
| Hetzner Cloud CX53 (Nuremberg and Helsinki)Shared Intel/AMD vCPU · unavailable | 16 | 32 GB | 320 GB NVMe | 20 TB | €29.99 | €0.94 |
| Hetzner Cloud CAX41 (Germany and Finland)Shared Ampere ARM vCPU · unavailable | 16 | 32 GB | 320 GB NVMe | 20 TB | €41.49 | €1.30 |
| Hetzner Cloud CPX62 (Germany and Finland)Shared AMD vCPU | 16 | 32 GB | 640 GB NVMe | 20 TB | €110.99 | €3.47 |
| Dedicated vCPU | ||||||
| Hetzner Cloud CCX13 (Germany and Finland)Dedicated AMD vCPU | 2 | 8 GB | 80 GB | 20 TB | €36.99 | €4.62 |
| Hetzner Cloud CCX23 (Germany and Finland)Dedicated AMD vCPU | 4 | 16 GB | 160 GB | 20 TB | €73.49 | €4.59 |
Standard list prices before tax. Hourly-billed plans are shown at the provider's monthly cap where it has one.
Buying advice
Pick Hostinger if
On the Black Friday sale we checked on 4 November 2026, the 8 GB KVM 2 costs $210.96 for 24 months. Hetzner's CX33 comes to €215.76 over the same period, which is more once converted to dollars. At 16 GB the gap widens: $311.76 against €395.76. At 4 GB the two are about level.
Pick Hostinger if
Hetzner's cheapest CX and ARM lines aren't sold in the US. Its 4 GB CPX21 there lists at $38.09 a month with 2 TB of traffic. Hostinger's 4 GB KVM 1 renews at $11.99 with 4 TB, and Hostinger has a data center in Boston.
Pick Hostinger if
Weekly automatic backups are included, where Hetzner charges 20% extra. Hostinger's AI assistant and web terminal also take plain-English requests for setup and troubleshooting.
Pick Hostinger if
When Hetzner marks its Cloud plans unavailable, as it does at the time of writing, Hostinger's plans can still be ordered.
Pick Hetzner Cloud if
Hetzner charges by the hour, so you can delete a server after a week and pay for a week. Hostinger takes the full term upfront, and its refund policy pays out only within 30 days of payment.
Pick Hetzner Cloud if
Hostinger's sale price ends at renewal: 8 GB goes from $8.79 to $14.99 a month. At today's prices, four years of KVM 2 costs $570.72, while four years of Hetzner's CX33 costs €431.52.
Pick Hetzner Cloud if
Every plan in Germany and Finland includes at least 20 TB, and extra traffic costs €1 per TB. Hostinger includes 4 TB at 4 GB and 8 TB at 8 GB, then slows the server to 10 Mbps until the month resets. Hetzner's CX plans also have twice the vCPU at each size, though Hostinger gives 25% more disk.
Real monthly cost
The list price is not the whole bill. This is the cheapest 4 GB server from each provider, with automatic backups where the provider prices them as a share of the server cost, before VAT.
Run your own numbers, including storage and extra traffic, in the hosting cost calculator.
Side by side
| Feature | Hostinger | Hetzner Cloud |
|---|---|---|
| Data centers | 10 data centers on 4 continents, from Boston to Jakarta | Falkenstein, Nuremberg, Helsinki, Ashburn, Hillsboro, Singapore |
| CPU options | KVM vCPUs on AMD EPYC, one plan line (KVM 1 to KVM 8) | Shared x86, shared ARM (Ampere), dedicated AMD |
| Billing | Paid upfront. The VPS page prices every plan on a 24-month term, and it renews for the same term at a higher rate. Prices exclude VAT. | Hourly, rounded up to the full hour and capped at the monthly price, in EUR (USD for US locations). Prices exclude VAT. |
| Managed services | Self-managed with full root access. Free weekly backups, firewall management, DDoS filtering and an AI assistant are included. | No managed databases or app platform. Load balancers, volumes and private networks. |
| Support | 24/7 support | 24/7 support by email |
Questions
Only on its first prepaid term, and mainly from 8 GB up. At the prices in the table above, the cheapest 4 GB server is Hostinger KVM 1 VPS at $11.99 a month with 4 TB of traffic, against Hetzner Cloud CX23 (Nuremberg and Helsinki) at €5.99 with 20 TB. Hostinger's sale brings KVM 1 down to $6.49 a month, but you pay $155.76 upfront for 24 months and it renews at the higher price. Hostinger bills in US dollars and Hetzner in euros. In the US, Hostinger is much cheaper at any term.
Hetzner Cloud plans can be ordered now.
Hostinger's VPS page doesn't show that option. It prices every plan on a 24-month term, paid upfront, and the monthly figure is that total divided by 24. Plans renew for the same term at the renewal rate. Hetzner has no term at all: a server that runs all month costs its monthly price, and one you delete early costs only the hours it ran.
Hostinger keeps your server online but cuts it to 10 Mbps for the rest of the month. Its help page doesn't offer extra traffic for sale and suggests a bigger plan instead. Hetzner bills extra outgoing traffic instead, at €1 per TB in Germany and Finland. Incoming traffic is free on Hetzner. Its US plans include much less, 1 to 5 TB.
Hostinger includes automatic weekly backups in every VPS plan. Hetzner charges 20% of the server price for automatic backups, which buys 7 backup slots. On a CX23 that adds €1.20 a month.
Hostinger refunds VPS plans within 30 days of the payment, unless you had another VPS refund in the previous 180 days. After that you can cancel, but its policy offers no refund for the rest of the term. Hetzner has no prepaid term to refund, because you pay for the hours a server exists.
Method
We matched plans by memory and CPU type and used each provider's standard list price, with no promotions or prepaid terms. We don't benchmark for this page, so treat vCPU counts as an allocation, not a performance score. Read the full method.
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