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Hetzner CAX11 vs HOSTKEY vm.v3-nano.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

Hetzner CAX11 and HOSTKEY vm.v3-nano split the 6 spec rounds evenly — price, RAM, vCPU, disk, bandwidth and $/GB — so the decision comes down to location and workload.

Hetzner

CAX11 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

$6.98/mo

2 vCPU shared · 4 GB · 40 GB NVME

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HOSTKEY

vm.v3-nano · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

$10.15/mo

2 vCPU shared · 4 GB · 60 GB NVME

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Monthly price(lower wins)

$6.98/mo

$10.15/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$1.75

$2.54

RAM

4 GB

4 GB

vCPU

2 shared

2 shared

Disk

40 GB NVME

60 GB NVME

Bandwidth

3 TB/mo

Value score

84/100

80/100

Regions

3

1

Countries served by both · 0

No overlap — if location matters, that alone may decide it.

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Add a third or fourth plan, or switch the workload weighting, in the interactive tool.

Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Hetzner CAX11 or HOSTKEY vm.v3-nano?
Hetzner CAX11 at $6.98/mo (excl. VAT) versus $10.15/mo — a difference of $3.17/mo, as of 10 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?
Hetzner CAX11: $1.75 per GB of RAM per month versus $2.54 for HOSTKEY vm.v3-nano.
Can I deploy both in the same country?
No — the two plans have no country in common, so location alone may decide it.

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 10 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.

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