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Hetzner CPX32 vs Hostwinds Unmanaged SSD Cloud 5.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

Hetzner CPX32 and Hostwinds Unmanaged SSD Cloud 5 split the 6 spec rounds evenly — price, RAM, vCPU, disk, bandwidth and $/GB — so the decision comes down to location and workload.

Hetzner

CPX32 · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

$41.35/mo

4 vCPU shared · 8 GB · 160 GB NVME

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Hostwinds

Unmanaged SSD Cloud 5 · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

$38.99/mo

4 vCPU shared · 8 GB · 150 GB SSD

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Monthly price(lower wins)

$41.35/mo

$38.99/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$5.17

$4.87

RAM

8 GB

8 GB

vCPU

4 shared

4 shared

Disk

160 GB NVME

150 GB SSD

Bandwidth

20 TB/mo

3 TB/mo

Value score

71/100

64/100

Regions

4

3

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 CPX32 or Hostwinds Unmanaged SSD Cloud 5?
Hostwinds Unmanaged SSD Cloud 5 at $38.99/mo (excl. VAT) versus $41.35/mo — a difference of $2.36/mo, as of 10 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?
Hostwinds Unmanaged SSD Cloud 5: $4.87 per GB of RAM per month versus $5.17 for Hetzner CPX32.
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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