Exoscale vs Hetzner ARM (Ampere)
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Exoscale and Hetzner ARM (Ampere).
Quick Verdict
3.8/5
Exoscale
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4.3/5
Hetzner ARM (Ampere)
0 reviews
Hetzner ARM (Ampere) is rated higher (4.3 vs 3.8). European cloud provider (Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Croatia) offering virtual servers, managed databases, Kubernetes and object storage, with servers from about EUR 9/month. 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
Exoscale Swiss cloud built for compliance-heavy workloads | Hetzner ARM (Ampere) Arm64 cloud servers on Ampere Altra cores in Hetzner Cloud's cost-optimized line | |
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| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.8 (0 reviews) | 4.3 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $5.32/mo✓ | From $6.49/mo |
| Best for | European enterprises, fintech, health and public-sector teams needing Swiss/EU data residency, managed Kubernetes and databases, and auditable compliance certifications | 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 | 10 GB | 40 GB✓ |
| Bandwidth | — | 20 TB/mo |
| SLA uptime | 99.95%✓ | 99.9% |
| Data-center count | 8✓ | 3 |
| €/vCPU/mo | €5.32 | €3.25✓ |
| €/GB RAM/mo | €5.32 | €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 | Zurich, Geneva, Frankfurt, Munich, Vienna (x2), Sofia, Zagreb (8 live zones; Madrid upcoming) | NurembergFalkensteinHelsinki |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | hourly billingnvme storageipv6ddos protectionbackups includedmanaged options3 compatibleeu datacentergdpr compliantapi accesskubernetes support | hourly billingnvme storageipv6ddos protectionbackups includedsnapshotseu datacentergdpr compliantapi accessarm processors |
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Exoscale
Pros
- + Swiss/EU data sovereignty: GDPR, Swiss FDPA, ISO 27001/27018, SOC 2, BSI C5 — data outside US Cloud Act reach
- + Per-second billing with flat rates across all eight zones and no long-term commitment
- + Managed Kubernetes (SKS) with a genuinely free Starter tier and a 99.95% SLA Pro tier
- + S3-compatible object storage, block storage, GPU servers and a broad managed database catalog
- + Excellent public documentation, Terraform/API/CLI support, and a changelog showing steady platform shipping
Cons
- - Per-hour rates run well above European budget hosts for equivalent specs; local storage billed on top of instance price
- - Snapshots, backups and outbound traffic are metered separately — the instance line is not the full bill
- - Mid-size ecosystem: thinner third-party tooling, tutorials and hiring pool than the hyperscalers
- - GPU availability and some features are zone-dependent; storage-optimized instances cannot take snapshots
- - No bare metal; support tiers must be budgeted separately for round-the-clock coverage
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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