AlexHost vs Hetzner ARM (Ampere)
A detailed comparison to help you choose between AlexHost and Hetzner ARM (Ampere).
Quick Verdict
3.2/5
AlexHost
0 reviews
4.3/5
Hetzner ARM (Ampere)
0 reviews
Hetzner ARM (Ampere) is rated higher (4.3 vs 3.2). VPS with DDoS protection from €6/month (U1: 1 vCore, 1.5 GB, 10 GB NVMe) CAX plans start at 2 vCPU / 4GB RAM / 40GB NVMe; launch pricing was €3.79/month incl. IPv4 (April 2023), currently listed from €6.49/month incl. IPv4
AlexHost Moldova VPS outside EU and 14 Eyes | Hetzner ARM (Ampere) Arm64 cloud servers on Ampere Altra cores in Hetzner Cloud's cost-optimized line | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.2 (0 reviews) | 4.3 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $6/mo✓ | From $6.49/mo |
| Best for | Privacy-conscious users who want a budget KVM VPS in Moldova — outside EU and Five Eyes jurisdiction — with crypto payments and permissive mail policies | Containerised, open-source, scale-out workloads in Europe — web farms, CI runners, build machines, dev environments — where price per core beats single-thread speed |
| Specifications (entry plan) | ||
| CPU cores | — | 2 vCPU |
| RAM | — | 4 GB |
| Storage | — | 40 GB |
| Bandwidth | — | 20 TB/mo |
| SLA uptime | 99.99%✓ | 99.9% |
| Data-center count | — | 3 |
| €/vCPU/mo | — | €3.25 |
| €/GB RAM/mo | — | €1.62 |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ||
| DDoS protection | ||
| Automated backups | ||
| Snapshots | ||
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ✓ | |
| Free tier | ||
| Data-center locations | ||
| Regions | — | NurembergFalkensteinHelsinki |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | nvme storageipv6ddos protectioneu datacenter | hourly billingnvme storageipv6ddos protectionbackups includedsnapshotseu datacentergdpr compliantapi accessarm processors |
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AlexHost
Pros
- + Jurisdiction: Moldova, outside EU and the Five/Fourteen Eyes alliances, with a stated no-disclosure-without-conviction policy
- + Own datacenter in Chișinău (underground facility since 2010) rather than pure reselling
- + Low real prices: KVM VPS from EUR 6/month with NVMe, dedicated IPv4 and free IPv6
- + Crypto accepted alongside 20+ payment methods; open SMTP ports reported by third-party reviews
- + Concrete support terms: 30-minute ticket first response, 2-hour hardware replacement, 99.99% uptime target
Cons
- - Poor public review score (Trustpilot around 1.8/5) for a provider handling production workloads
- - Website marketing is inconsistent: conflicting DDoS capacity figures and location counts
- - Cheapest Moldova plans on shared 100 Mbps ports; latency to Americas and Asia is mediocre
- - Refund terms are restrictive (first purchase only; 30% fee on dedicated servers)
- - Entry dedicated servers use dated DDR3-era hardware
Hetzner ARM (Ampere)
Pros
- + Cheapest way to buy Hetzner compute per core
- + Real server silicon — Ampere Altra (Neoverse-N1), ECC RAM, NVMe
- + Hourly billing with monthly cap, 20TB included traffic, free IPv6
- + Free automated DDoS protection and the full Hetzner Cloud API/platform
- + Mature arm64 software ecosystem covers most open-source stacks
Cons
- - x86 and Arm are separate worlds — no rescale, backup or snapshot crossover
- - Cost-Optimized placement means limited stock and EU-only locations for CAX
- - Launch-era pricing is gone; entry cost has risen
- - Shared vCPUs and modest single-core speed
- - Backups and snapshots cost extra; unmanaged servers
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