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Hetzner CPX42 vs Vultr Cloud Compute 6C.

plan vs plan · September 2026 · refreshed daily

Hetzner CPX42 and Vultr Cloud Compute 6C split the 6 spec rounds evenly — price, RAM, vCPU, disk, bandwidth and $/GB — so the decision comes down to location and workload.

Hetzner

CPX42 · 8 vCPU · 16 GB

$80.76/mo

8 vCPU shared · 16 GB · 320 GB NVME · $0.30 on 5 Sept 2026

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Vultr

Cloud Compute 6C · 16 GB

$80/mo

6 vCPU shared · 16 GB · 320 GB SSD

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Monthly price(lower wins)

$80.76/mo

$80/mo

$ per GB RAM(lower wins)

$5.05

$5

RAM

16 GB

16 GB

vCPU

8 shared

6 shared

Disk

320 GB NVME

320 GB SSD

Bandwidth

20 TB/mo

5.1 TB/mo

Value score

78/100

71/100

Regions

4

33

Countries served by both · 2

  • DE
  • SG

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Hetzner CPX42 or Vultr Cloud Compute 6C?
Vultr Cloud Compute 6C at $80/mo (excl. VAT) versus $80.76/mo — a difference of $0.76/mo, as of 5 Sept 2026.
Which offers more RAM per dollar?
Vultr Cloud Compute 6C: $5 per GB of RAM per month versus $5.05 for Hetzner CPX42.
Can I deploy both in the same country?
Yes — both plans are offered in 2 shared countries: DE, SG.

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 5 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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