HostBRR vs Hetzner ARM (Ampere)
A detailed comparison to help you choose between HostBRR and Hetzner ARM (Ampere).
Quick Verdict
3.4/5
HostBRR
0 reviews
4.3/5
Hetzner ARM (Ampere)
0 reviews
Hetzner ARM (Ampere) is rated higher (4.3 vs 3.4). HostBrr (PFWeb Solutions) is a budget VPS provider with data centers in Germany, the United States and Luxembourg. KVM virtualisation, Gen4 NVMe storage, 10 Gbps uplinks and L4/L7 DDoS protection from €2.00/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
HostBRR Budget NVMe KVM VPS with L4/L7 DDoS protection from €2.00/month | Hetzner ARM (Ampere) Arm64 cloud servers on Ampere Altra cores in Hetzner Cloud's cost-optimized line | |
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| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.4 (0 reviews) | 4.3 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $2/mo✓ | From $6.49/mo |
| Best for | Price-sensitive developers and small projects wanting European or US NVMe KVM instances at rock-bottom prices — dev/test, side projects, bots, small game servers and backup boxes — with buyers keeping their own backups. | 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 | 2 GB | 4 GB✓ |
| Storage | 25 GB | 40 GB✓ |
| Bandwidth | 3 TB/mo | 20 TB/mo✓ |
| SLA uptime | 99.9% | 99.9% |
| Data-center count | — | 3 |
| €/vCPU/mo | €2.00✓ | €3.25 |
| €/GB RAM/mo | €1.00✓ | €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 | Frankfurt, GermanyUnited StatesLuxembourg | NurembergFalkensteinHelsinki |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | nvme storageipv6ddos protectionbackups includedus datacenter | hourly billingnvme storageipv6ddos protectionbackups includedsnapshotseu datacentergdpr compliantapi accessarm processors |
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HostBRR
Pros
- + Outstanding spec-per-euro: €2.00/month for 2 GB DDR4 ECC, 25 GB Gen4 NVMe and 2.5 TB on a 10 Gbps port
- + Modern VirtFusion control panel with snapshots, rescue mode, VNC console, live telemetry and self-service upgrades
- + KVM with dedicated RAM and storage; EPYC/Xeon/Threadripper fleets; Windows and major Linux distributions supported
- + Always-on L4/L7 DDoS mitigation included at no extra cost, with in-house scrubbing claimed at up to 3.6 Tbps
- + EU data residency option (Frankfurt, Luxembourg) with monthly billing, cancel anytime, and a 7-day VPS money-back guarantee
Cons
- - Two-year-old provider with no published uptime history and conflicting public identity (directories describe a Canadian host; the vendor lists Germany/US/Luxembourg)
- - Punitive terms: suspension one day after an unpaid invoice, permanent termination and irreversible data destruction after three days
- - Automated backups are a paid VPS add-on; the 'free daily backups' claim applies to web hosting only; crypto payments are non-refundable
- - 99.9% uptime is a marketing guarantee without a published credit schedule or SLA document
- - Strict registration rules (residential ISP only, no VPN/Tor orders), ticket-only support, no API, no bare metal or managed tiers
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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