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Hetzner vs HOSTKEY.

vps pricing compared · September 2026 · refreshed daily

On today's data, HOSTKEY undercuts Hetzner on memory pricing — a median of $1.92/GB of RAM vs $5.05/GB. The cheapest way in is HOSTKEY at $2.87/mo (vm.pico · 1 vCPU · 1 GB). Hetzner counters with broader reach: 6 locations vs 1.

Plans tracked2220
Cheapest plan$6.40/mo$2.87/mo
Median $/GB RAM$5.05/GB$1.92/GB
Avg value score62/10086/100
Locations61
Dedicated-vCPU plans33
NVMe share100%65%
Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans0% of plans

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

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Prices exclude VAT, fetched 10 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. Hetzner data: Live web — hetzner.com cloud plan pages + live_data_prices.json price feed. HOSTKEY data: Live web — preconfigured VPS/VDS cards on hostkey.com (Amsterdam price list, net).

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