Aruba Cloud vs Hetzner ARM (Ampere)
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Aruba Cloud and Hetzner ARM (Ampere).
Quick Verdict
3.6/5
Aruba Cloud
0 reviews
4.3/5
Hetzner ARM (Ampere)
0 reviews
Hetzner ARM (Ampere) is rated higher (4.3 vs 3.6). Offers Cloud VPS from €2.49 + VAT/month (entry VPS O1I1); OpenStack Cloud Server PRO billed hourly/monthly/yearly 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
Aruba Cloud Italian cloud with €2.49/month entry VPS | Hetzner ARM (Ampere) Arm64 cloud servers on Ampere Altra cores in Hetzner Cloud's cost-optimized line | |
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| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.6 (0 reviews) | 4.3 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $2.49/mo✓ | From $6.49/mo |
| Best for | European businesses needing GDPR-compliant EU data residency from a large incumbent that owns its own Tier IV-equivalent data centers, at budget VPS pricing | 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 | 1 vCPU | 2 vCPU✓ |
| RAM | 1 GB | 4 GB✓ |
| Storage | 20 GB | 40 GB✓ |
| Bandwidth | 2 TB/mo | 20 TB/mo✓ |
| SLA uptime | 99.95%✓ | 99.9% |
| Data-center count | 8✓ | 3 |
| €/vCPU/mo | €2.49✓ | €3.25 |
| €/GB RAM/mo | €2.49 | €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 | Arezzo (IT1/IT2), Ponte San Pietro/Bergamo (IT3), Rome (IT4), Prague (CZ1), Ktis (CZ2) owned; Paris, Frankfurt, London, Warsaw partner sites | NurembergFalkensteinHelsinki |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | hourly billingnvme storageipv6backups includedeu datacentergdpr compliant | hourly billingnvme storageipv6ddos protectionbackups includedsnapshotseu datacentergdpr compliantapi accessarm processors |
| Visit Aruba Cloud → | Visit Hetzner ARM (Ampere) → | |
Aruba Cloud
Pros
- + Owns its data center campuses — Rating 4 facilities in Italy plus Czech sites, with GDPR data residency
- + Entry VPS at €2.49 + VAT/month with published specs: 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB NVMe, 2 TB traffic
- + Hourly, monthly or yearly billing on the OpenStack Cloud Server PRO line
- + S3-compatible Cloud Object Storage and a full REST/SOAP API suite
Cons
- - SLA tops out at 99.95% (PRO) and 99.90% (Cloud VPS) — below the 99.99% market standard
- - All headline prices exclude VAT; promo pricing is mixed into tables with struck-through list prices
- - Backups are a paid add-on — free snapshots reportedly expire after two days
- - Control panel and English documentation lag the European market leaders
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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