Time4VPS vs Hetzner ARM (Ampere)
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Time4VPS and Hetzner ARM (Ampere).
Quick Verdict
3.5/5
Time4VPS
0 reviews
4.3/5
Hetzner ARM (Ampere)
0 reviews
Hetzner ARM (Ampere) is rated higher (4.3 vs 3.5). Lithuanian hosting provider offering some of the cheapest EU VPS, from €2.22/month. SSD and NVMe plans, Linux and Windows, located in Vilnius. Popular for budget EU VPS where GDPR compliance matters. 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
Time4VPS Lithuanian budget VPS in the EU from €2.22/month | Hetzner ARM (Ampere) Arm64 cloud servers on Ampere Altra cores in Hetzner Cloud's cost-optimized line | |
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| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.5 (0 reviews) | 4.3 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $2.22/mo✓ | From $6.49/mo |
| Best for | European developers and small production workloads where monthly cost and EU jurisdiction dominate the decision — and who are comfortable running 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 | 1 GB | 4 GB✓ |
| Storage | 10 GB | 40 GB✓ |
| Bandwidth | 1 TB/mo | 20 TB/mo✓ |
| SLA uptime | 99.95%✓ | 99.9% |
| Data-center count | 1 | 3✓ |
| €/vCPU/mo | €2.22✓ | €3.25 |
| €/GB RAM/mo | €2.22 | €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 | Vilnius, Lithuania | NurembergFalkensteinHelsinki |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | nvme storageipv6backups includedeu datacentergdpr compliant | hourly billingnvme storageipv6ddos protectionbackups includedsnapshotseu datacentergdpr compliantapi accessarm processors |
| Visit Time4VPS → | Visit Hetzner ARM (Ampere) → | |
Time4VPS
Pros
- + Among the cheapest real KVM VPS in the EU: entry Linux plans from €2.99/month, Storage VPS from €2.22/month
- + EU jurisdiction with a Tier III-level Vilnius datacenter, 100 Gbps capacity and five transit providers
- + Full Windows VPS product line, KVM virtualization, custom ISO upload and native IPv6 included
- + Resource upgrades without restart or OS reinstall; 30-day money-back guarantee
- + Managed Linux VPS line available (from €27.99/month) for teams that want hands-off operations
Cons
- - Single datacenter in Vilnius — no location choice, weaker latency outside Europe
- - Headline discounts require 1-2 year terms; renewals jump up to 2.7× on large plans
- - No backups included on any plan — paid add-on with overwrite-style retention and restore fees
- - Support is ticket/knowledge-base only; no free migration service
- - 100 Mbps ports on catalog plans limit sustained throughput despite large bandwidth allowances
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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