Virtono vs Hetzner ARM (Ampere)
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Virtono and Hetzner ARM (Ampere).
Quick Verdict
3.5/5
Virtono
0 reviews
4.3/5
Hetzner ARM (Ampere)
0 reviews
Hetzner ARM (Ampere) is rated higher (4.3 vs 3.5). Virtono is a Romanian cloud provider offering VPS across Romania, Germany, Netherlands, and US. Competitive pricing with NVMe storage and DDoS protection. ISO 27001 certified. 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
Virtono Romanian cloud VPS with European coverage | Hetzner ARM (Ampere) Arm64 cloud servers on Ampere Altra cores in Hetzner Cloud's cost-optimized line | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.5 (0 reviews) | 4.3 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $2.5/mo✓ | From $6.49/mo |
| Best for | European and global projects that need small VPS instances in specific cities — Prague, Belgrade, Sofia, Oslo, Zurich — or per-market rollouts, where location breadth matters more than raw compute per euro | 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 | 15 GB | 40 GB✓ |
| Bandwidth | 1 TB/mo | 20 TB/mo✓ |
| SLA uptime | — | 99.9% |
| Data-center count | 29✓ | 3 |
| €/vCPU/mo | €2.50✓ | €3.25 |
| €/GB RAM/mo | €2.50 | €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 | Los Angeles, USDallas, USMiami, USNew York, USMontreal, CADublin, IE+23 | NurembergFalkensteinHelsinki |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | nvme storageipv6ddos protectioneu datacenterus datacentergdpr compliant | hourly billingnvme storageipv6ddos protectionbackups includedsnapshotseu datacentergdpr compliantapi accessarm processors |
| Visit Virtono → | Visit Hetzner ARM (Ampere) → | |
Virtono
Pros
- + 29 locations on one uniform price list — deploying in Belgrade, Prague, Oslo, or Sydney costs the same as Los Angeles
- + KVM with dedicated CPU/RAM, full root access, and a routed /64 IPv6 subnet on every instance
- + Entry pricing at €2.50/mo is competitive for KVM with a dedicated IPv4
- + Published per-location test IPs make pre-purchase network checks possible
- + 30-day money-back guarantee and broad payment options including crypto and Alipay
Cons
- - Mid and upper tiers are priced for location choice, not compute value — more CPU per euro elsewhere
- - Thin independent uptime and track-record data for a provider of this size
- - Site inconsistency: €2.50 entry on one page, €2.95 on another; VAT added for EU buyers without a VAT ID
- - ISO 27001 and DDoS-protection claims not verifiable on the vendor site during this review
- - Self-managed only on VPS; the managed cPanel tier starts at €59.95/mo
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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