InterServer vs Hetzner ARM (Ampere)
A detailed comparison to help you choose between InterServer and Hetzner ARM (Ampere).
Quick Verdict
3.9/5
InterServer
0 reviews
4.3/5
Hetzner ARM (Ampere)
0 reviews
Hetzner ARM (Ampere) is rated higher (4.3 vs 3.9). InterServer guarantees your VPS price never increases on renewal — unusual in hosting industry. US-based with New Jersey datacenter. SSD VPS from $6/month, Linux and Windows options. Solid infrastructure since 1999. 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
InterServer Price-lock VPS — rates never increase on renewal | Hetzner ARM (Ampere) Arm64 cloud servers on Ampere Altra cores in Hetzner Cloud's cost-optimized line | |
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| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.9 (0 reviews) | 4.3 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $3/mo✓ | From $6.49/mo |
| Best for | US-focused projects that want long-term predictable VPS pricing — multi-year side projects, agencies hosting client sites, budget Windows servers, and cost-sensitive production workloads that dislike renewal hikes | 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 | 40 GB | 40 GB |
| Bandwidth | 2 TB/mo | 20 TB/mo✓ |
| SLA uptime | 99.9% | 99.9% |
| Data-center count | 3 | 3 |
| €/vCPU/mo | €3.00✓ | €3.25 |
| €/GB RAM/mo | €1.50✓ | €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 | Secaucus/New York City (NJ, US), Dallas (TX, US), Los Angeles (CA, US) | NurembergFalkensteinHelsinki |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | nvme storageipv6ddos protectionbackups includedus datacenterwindows available | hourly billingnvme storageipv6ddos protectionbackups includedsnapshotseu datacentergdpr compliantapi accessarm processors |
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InterServer
Pros
- + Lifetime price-lock guarantee — signup rate never increases, including on VPS slices
- + Cloud VPS from $3/mo (1 core, 2GB RAM, 40GB SSD, 2TB transfer) with linear slice scaling
- + Owns and operates its US data centers since 2006 — rare at this price point
- + Free DDoS protection (100Gbps-class) on VPS and dedicated servers
- + Windows VPS at Linux pricing; managed support included from 8 slices ($24/mo)
Cons
- - US-only data centers (NYC, Dallas, LA) — high latency for European and Asian audiences
- - VPS backups are a paid add-on and no snapshot product is advertised on the cloud VPS line
- - No money-back guarantee on VPS plans (shared hosting has 30 days)
- - 99.9% uptime guarantee is weaker than the 99.99% SLAs common elsewhere
- - Dated control-panel ecosystem and storefront; cPanel costs about $15/mo extra
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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