VPS Arena

Hetzner vs IONOS.

vps pricing compared · September 2026 · refreshed daily

On today's data, IONOS undercuts Hetzner on memory pricing — a median of $2.75/GB of RAM vs $5.04/GB. The cheapest way in is Hetzner at $6.38/mo (CX23 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB). Hetzner counters with broader reach: 6 locations vs 5.

Plans tracked224
Cheapest plan$6.38/mo$11/mo
Median $/GB RAM$5.04/GB$2.75/GB
Avg value score69/10087/100
Locations65
Dedicated-vCPU plans30
NVMe share100%100%
Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans100% of plans
One-click stacks (of 10 tracked)52

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

Top value plans from each

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 5 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. IONOS data: Live web — embedded pricing JSON on ionos.com/servers/vps.

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