Given current RAM and NVMe drive prices, how can you avoid prohibitive pricing on the new server ranges?
OVHcloud has chosen to «dilute» the costs by partly passing them onto older-generation machines. It has begun informing affected customers, with a date to remember: April 1, 2026.
At the same deadline, prices will rise at Hetzner. The German host says the move was necessary both in light of hardware costs and the operation of its infrastructure (electricity prices in Germany remain among the highest in Europe). Unlike OVHcloud, Hetzner has published its forthcoming pricing grid. Here is a summary, focused on hourly rates — the increase is of the same order for monthly rates.
Around 30% increase for cloud servers
Hetzner operates in two data centers in Germany (Falkenstein, in Saxony; Nuremberg, in Bavaria), one in Finland (Helsinki), two in the United States (Ashburn, Virginia; Hillsboro, Oregon) and one in Singapore.
In Germany and Finland, the price hike ranges from 30% to 35% for cloud servers (families CAX, CCX, CPX, and CX) and from 36% to 39% for load balancers. Base object storage rises by 28% and extensions by 30%.
In the United States and Singapore, the increases are around +30% for CCX, 30–33% for CPX and 36–39% for load balancers.
Across all these locations, the price of volumes and snapshots goes up by 30%.
From 3% to 30% for dedicated servers
For dedicated servers hosted in Germany:
| Servers | AX | DX | EX | GEX | SX |
| Range of increase | 3 to 31% | 16 to 17% | 12 to 15% | 16% | 5 to 17% |
For units in Finland:
| Servers | AX | DX | EX | SX |
| Range of increase | 3 to 18% | 16 to 17% | 13 to 16% | 15 to 17% |
In Germany and Finland, Hetzner applies a 3% increase to auctioned servers (Dutch auction, where price falls over time).
Hetzner dedicated servers: which configurations for what prices?
For dedicated servers, we look at the monthly price, excluding VAT, for the cheapest and the most expensive in each family. An exception is the EX130-R/S, currently not available in Hetzner’s price comparator.
| Server | Base config | Old price | New price | Difference |
| AX41-NVMe | Ryzen 5 3600 (Zen2, 6 cores, 12 threads, 3.6 GHz) 64 GB DDR4 2 x 512 GB NVMe |
41.10 | 42.30 | + 2.9% |
| AX162-R/S | Version S: EPYC 9454P (Zen4, 48 cores, 96 threads, 2.75 GHz) 256 GB DDR5 ECC 2 x 1.92 TB NVMe Gen4 Version R: same CPU, 128 GB DDR5 ECC, 2 x 3.84 TB NVMe Gen4 |
207.30 | 242.30 | + 16.9% |
| DX153 | Xeon Silver 4410Y (Sapphire Rapids, 12 cores, 48 threads, 2 GHz) 64 GB DDR5 ECC |
215.60 | 250.60 | + 16.2% |
| DX293 | Xeon Gold 6438Y+ (Sapphire Rapids, 32 cores, 128 threads, 2 GHz) 64 GB DDR5 ECC |
305.60 | 355.60 | + 16.4% |
| EX44 | Core i5-13500 (Raptor Lake-S, 14 cores, 20 threads, 2.5 GHz) 64 Go DDR4 2 x 512 Go NVMe Gen4 |
42.30 | 47.30 | + 18.2% |
| GEX44 | Core i5-13500 (Raptor Lake-S, 14 cores, 20 threads, 2.5 GHz) 64 Go DDR4 2 x 1.92 TB NVMe Gen3 RTX 4000 SFF |
182.30 | 212.30 | + 16.5% |
| GEX131 | Xeon Gold 5412U (Sapphire Rapids-SP, 24 cores, 48 threads, 2.1 GHz) 256 GB DDR5 ECC 2 x 960 GB NVMe RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q |
887.39 | 1029.30 | + 16% |
| SX65 | Ryzen 7 3700X (Zen2, 8 cores, 16 threads, 3.6 GHz) 64 Go DDR4 ECC 4 x 22 TB HDD 2 x 1 TB NVMe |
107.30 | 122.30 | + 14% |
| SX295 | EPYC 7502P (Zen2, 32 cores, 64 threads, 2 GHz) 256 Go DDR4 ECC 14 x 22 TB HDD 2 x 8 TB NVMe |
397.30 | 462.30 | + 16.4% |
Increases in Finland:
- AX41-NVMe: + 3.1% (from €35.60 to €36.70)
- AX162-R: + 15.2% (from €197.30 to €227.30)
- DX153: + 17% (from €205.60 to €240.60)
- DX293: + 16.9% (from €295.60 to €345.60)
- EX44: + 13.4% (from €37.30 to €42.30)
- EX130-R/S: + 15.1% (from €132.30 to €152.30)
- SX65: + 14.7% (from €102.30 to €117.30)
- SX295: + 15.7% (from €382.30 to €442.30)
The new Hetzner cloud server pricing
For these servers, we have used the hourly price, still excluding VAT.
| Server | Base config | Old price | New price | Difference |
| CAX11 | 2vCPU (Ampere) 4 GB RAM 40 Go SSD |
0.0053 | 0.0072 | + 35.8% |
| CAX41 | 16 vCPU (Ampere) 32 Go RAM 320 Go SSD |
0.0384 | 0.0505 | + 31.5% |
| CCX13 | 2 vCPU (AMD) 8 Go RAM 80 Go SSD |
0.0192 | 0.0256 | + 33.3% |
| CCX63 | 48 vCPU (AMD) 192 Go RAM 960 Go SSD |
0.4615 | 0.6001 | + 30% |
| CPX22 | 2 vCPU (AMD) 4 Go RAM 80 Go SSD |
0.0096 | 0.0128 | + 33.3% |
| CPX62 | 16 vCPU (AMD) 32 Go RAM 640 Go SSD |
0.0617 | 0.0809 | + 31.1% |
| CPX23 | 2 vCPU (Intel/AMD) 4 Go RAM 40 Go SSD |
0.0048 | 0.0064 | + 33.3% |
| CPX53 | 16 vCPU (Intel/AMD) 32 Go RAM 320 Go SSD |
0.0272 | 0.0360 | + 32.4% |
| LB11 | 0.0088 | 0.012 | + 36.4% | |
| LB31 | 0.0495 | 0.0689 | + 39.2% |
In the United States:
- CCX13: + 30.1% (from €0.0209 to €0.0272)
- CCX63: + 30% (from €0.4808 to €0.625)
- CPX11: + 33.3% (from €0.0072 to €0.0096)
- CPX51: + 29.9% (from €0.0962 to €0.125)
- LB11: + 36.4% (from €0.0088 to €0.012)
- LB31: + 39.2% (from €0.0495 to €0.0689)
In Singapore:
- CCX13: + 30.9% (from €0.037 to €0.0441)
- CCX63: + 30.1% (from €0.7724 to €1.0048)
- CPX12: + 33.3% (from €0.096 to €0.0128)
- CPX62: + 30.5% (from €0.1234 to €0.161)
- LB11: + 36.4% (from €0.0088 to €0.012)
- LB31: + 39.2% (from €0.0495 to €0.0689)
