Which is cheaper, Hetzner CAX31 or HOSTKEY vm.v3-medium?

HOSTKEY vm.v3-medium at $18.64/mo (excl. VAT) versus $24.46/mo — a difference of $5.82/mo, as of 10 Sept 2026.

Which offers more RAM per dollar?

HOSTKEY vm.v3-medium: $1.17 per GB of RAM per month versus $1.53 for Hetzner CAX31.

No — the two plans have no country in common, so location alone may decide it.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

HOSTKEY vm.v3-medium takes 3 of 6 spec rounds against Hetzner CAX31. It is also the cheaper plan, at $18.64/mo versus $24.46/mo.

Hetzner

$24.46/mo

8 vCPU shared · 16 GB · 160 GB NVME

HOSTKEYwins 3 rounds

$18.64/mo

8 vCPU shared · 16 GB · 160 GB NVME

Monthly price(lower wins)

$24.46/mo

$18.64/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$1.53

$1.17

RAM

16 GB

vCPU

8 shared

Disk

160 GB NVME

Bandwidth

—

3 TB/mo

Value score

86/100

91/100

Regions

Countries served by both · 0

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

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Which is cheaper, Hetzner CAX31 or HOSTKEY vm.v3-medium?: HOSTKEY vm.v3-medium at $18.64/mo (excl. VAT) versus $24.46/mo — a difference of $5.82/mo, as of 10 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?: HOSTKEY vm.v3-medium: $1.17 per GB of RAM per month versus $1.53 for Hetzner CAX31.
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.