CloudCone vs Hetzner ARM (Ampere)
A detailed comparison to help you choose between CloudCone and Hetzner ARM (Ampere).
Quick Verdict
3.8/5
CloudCone
0 reviews
4.3/5
Hetzner ARM (Ampere)
0 reviews
Hetzner ARM (Ampere) is rated higher (4.3 vs 3.8). Los Angeles-based VPS provider with hourly billing and frequent low-cost flash sales. Standard cloud VPS plans start around $5.20/month for 1 vCPU and 1 GB RAM. 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
CloudCone LA-based VPS with flash sales and low prices | Hetzner ARM (Ampere) Arm64 cloud servers on Ampere Altra cores in Hetzner Cloud's cost-optimized line | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.8 (0 reviews) | 4.3 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $5.2/mo✓ | From $6.49/mo |
| Best for | Budget-conscious developers and hobbyists on the US West Coast or in Asia-Pacific who want hourly-billed KVM capacity, an API, and honest renewal 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 | 3 TB/mo | 20 TB/mo✓ |
| SLA uptime | 100%✓ | 99.9% |
| Data-center count | 2 | 3✓ |
| €/vCPU/mo | €5.20 | €3.25✓ |
| €/GB RAM/mo | €5.20 | €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 | Los Angeles, California, US (MultaCom) | NurembergFalkensteinHelsinki |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | hourly billingnvme storageipv6ddos protectionbackups includedsnapshotss3 compatibleus datacenter | hourly billingnvme storageipv6ddos protectionbackups includedsnapshotseu datacentergdpr compliantapi accessarm processors |
| Visit CloudCone → | Visit Hetzner ARM (Ampere) → | |
CloudCone
Pros
- + Aggressive, honest pricing: SC2 from $5.20/mo hourly, annual VPS from $20/yr, flash sales from $10.24/yr with lifetime price locks
- + Full platform features at budget prices: KVM, API, custom ISO, private networking, cloud firewall, noVNC, hot migration
- + Strong network position in Multacom LA — dense peering including China Telecom, excellent trans-Pacific latency
- + Every plan ships 1x IPv4 and 3x IPv6; on-demand DDoS mitigation included (Voxility capacity at the facility)
- + Hourly billing across multiple terms (hourly to biennial) with PayPal, cards, and Alipay accepted
Cons
- - Los Angeles only — no deployment for European users or East Coast US (60-75 ms), no geographic redundancy
- - Ticket-only support with 4-14 hour response times in independent testing; documentation is thin
- - Raw performance is below market average (~3,200 CPU score, ~750 Mbps network in independent measurements)
- - Backups (30% of monthly fee) and snapshots ($0.07/GB/mo) are paid add-ons despite the 'backups included' impression
- - Flash-sale stock is limited and promo terms should be verified deal-by-deal
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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