Hetzner ARM (Ampere) vs Tencent Cloud
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Hetzner ARM (Ampere) and Tencent Cloud.
Quick Verdict
4.3/5
Hetzner ARM (Ampere)
0 reviews
3.6/5
Tencent Cloud
0 reviews
Hetzner ARM (Ampere) is rated higher (4.3 vs 3.6). 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 Tencent Cloud is the cloud division of Tencent Holdings, the third-largest provider in China (15% share, Canalys Q3 2024) with about 2% of the global cloud market. Strong WeChat and gaming ecosystem integration; 22 regions with mainland China coverage.
Hetzner ARM (Ampere) Arm64 cloud servers on Ampere Altra cores in Hetzner Cloud's cost-optimized line | Tencent Cloud China's second-largest cloud by Tencent | |
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| Overview | ||
| Rating | 4.3 (0 reviews)✓ | 3.6 (0 reviews) |
| Pricing model | paid | freemium |
| Starting price | From $6.49/mo | Free tier available✓ |
| Best for | Containerised, open-source, scale-out workloads in Europe — web farms, CI runners, build machines, dev environments — where price per core beats single-thread speed | Businesses with China or Asia-Pacific users, game studios, media delivery into mainland China, and teams building on the WeChat/mini-program ecosystem |
| Specifications (entry plan) | ||
| CPU cores | 2 vCPU✓ | 1 vCPU |
| RAM | 4 GB✓ | 1 GB |
| Storage | 40 GB | — |
| Bandwidth | 20 TB/mo | — |
| SLA uptime | 99.9% | 99.975%✓ |
| Data-center count | 3 | 22✓ |
| €/vCPU/mo | €3.25 | €0.00✓ |
| €/GB RAM/mo | €1.62 | €0.00✓ |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ✓ | |
| DDoS protection | ✓ | |
| Automated backups | ||
| Snapshots | ||
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ||
| Free tier | ✓ | |
| Data-center locations | ||
| Regions | NurembergFalkensteinHelsinki | 22 regions / 64 AZs incl. mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Seoul, Tokyo, Bangkok, Mumbai, Silicon Valley, Virginia, Frankfurt, Moscow |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | hourly billingnvme storageipv6ddos protectionbackups includedsnapshotseu datacentergdpr compliantapi accessarm processors | free tierhourly billinggpu availableapac datacenterus datacenterapi access |
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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
Tencent Cloud
Pros
- + 22 regions and 64 AZs with mainland China coverage that Western clouds cannot offer
- + Published per-hour CVM price lists by region and per-second pay-as-you-go billing
- + Published 99.975% single-instance SLA with 10-400 Gbps baseline DDoS protection included
- + Trial-based Free Tier across 30+ products (CVM 2C4G free for 3 months) plus aggressive new-user pricing
- + Native WeChat, mini-program and gaming ecosystem integration
Cons
- - Mainland China compliance (ICP registration, data law) is heavy friction for Western buyers
- - Documentation and console experience are inconsistent, with machine-translated pages
- - Sales-and-ticket support model; community ecosystem is thin outside Asia
- - Promotional pricing is the headline — steady-state costs on modern instance families are closer to hyperscaler rates
- - Price list is reference-only; actual order pricing governs
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