NICENIC vs Hetzner ARM (Ampere)
A detailed comparison to help you choose between NICENIC and Hetzner ARM (Ampere).
Quick Verdict
2.8/5
NICENIC
0 reviews
4.3/5
Hetzner ARM (Ampere)
0 reviews
Hetzner ARM (Ampere) is rated higher (4.3 vs 2.8). Hong Kong datacenter with dual 20 Gbps fiber backbones, Cisco routing and Juniper firewalls; claims of CN2/China-optimized transit are unverified. ICANN-accredited registrar with hosting attached. 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
NICENIC Hong Kong VPS for China market connectivity | Hetzner ARM (Ampere) Arm64 cloud servers on Ampere Altra cores in Hetzner Cloud's cost-optimized line | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Rating | 2.8 (0 reviews) | 4.3 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $61.5/mo | From $6.49/mo✓ |
| Best for | Operators who specifically need Hong Kong jurisdiction, registrar-grade domain tooling, crypto billing, and can accept unmanaged servers with low committed bandwidth. | 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 | — | 2 vCPU |
| RAM | 1 GB | 4 GB✓ |
| Storage | 50 GB✓ | 40 GB |
| Bandwidth | — | 20 TB/mo |
| SLA uptime | — | 99.9% |
| Data-center count | — | 3 |
| €/vCPU/mo | — | €3.25 |
| €/GB RAM/mo | €61.50 | €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 | — | NurembergFalkensteinHelsinki |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | nvme storageipv6apac datacenter | hourly billingnvme storageipv6ddos protectionbackups includedsnapshotseu datacentergdpr compliantapi accessarm processors |
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NICENIC
Pros
- + Hong Kong jurisdiction — serve mainland China and Asia without mainland licensing
- + ICANN-accredited registrar with 2,500+ TLDs, reseller tiers, API, and WHMCS integration under one roof
- + Crypto payment (BTC, USDT, ETH, LTC) and multilingual account area
- + Concrete network hardware: dual 20 Gbps fiber backbones, Cisco routing, Juniper SRX 10GE firewalls
- + One free dedicated IP per server; custom configurations handled by ticket
Cons
- - No evidence for the CN2/China-optimized routing claim attached to our listing
- - Expensive for the hardware: $179/month for an E3 with 1 TB SATA and 5 Mbps HK-out
- - Low committed bandwidth (3–6 Mbps HK-out) despite "unlimited traffic" wording
- - No published uptime SLA, status page, or independent performance data
- - Stale product listings, thin English docs, and near-zero third-party review footprint
- - Unmanaged servers with form-and-email provisioning instead of self-service automation
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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