Hetzner

Pricing

• Cloud Regular Performance (shared vCPU) - from €6.49/mo (CPX02: 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM) in EU locations, incl. IPv4, excl. VAT; billed hourly up to a monthly cap
• Cloud General Purpose (dedicated vCPU) - from €43.49/mo (CCX13: 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM)
• Cloud Cost-Optimized (shared) - listed as currently not available
• EU cloud servers include 20 TB of traffic, then €1.00 per additional TB
• Dedicated root servers - from €59.00/mo (AX41)

Install

brew install hcloud

go install github.com/hetznercloud/cli/cmd/hcloud@latest

winget install HetznerCloud.CLI

Models

Not an AI tool: cloud servers run Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora and other Linux images in Falkenstein, Nuremberg, Helsinki, Ashburn, Hillsboro and Singapore, managed through the Hetzner Console, a REST API, the hcloud CLI, official Go and Python libraries, and Terraform, Ansible or Kubernetes integrations. One-click apps include Coolify and Docker CE.

Recent changes

• Oct 15Cloud API deprecates the server Network subnet type, to be removed on April 15, 2027.
• Oct 5Load Balancers can now be created with existing Primary IPs, previously limited to servers.
• Oct 1The GET /v1/datacenters endpoints are removed and now return HTTP 410 Gone.

Sources: Hetzner Cloud, Regular Performance plans, General Purpose plans, Dedicated root servers, Setting up hcloud CLI, Hetzner Cloud changelog

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