Hetzner spent a decade as the answer to “what’s the cheapest VPS that isn’t rubbish.” In 2026 it raised cloud prices twice — on 1 April and again on 15 June — and the second increase was not a rounding adjustment. Some lines went up by more than 160%.
Almost every comparison article still quotes the old numbers. This is the current table, taken from Hetzner’s own price adjustment notice, plus the part of that notice that matters more than the prices.
Verified 29 August 2026 against Hetzner’s price adjustment page.
The one thing to know before the table
Hetzner’s notice states the new pricing applies to “new orders and cloud instance rescales”, effective 15 June 2026 at 8 AM CEST.
Read that twice. It means:
- A server you already run keeps its old price. If you provisioned a CPX22 in 2025 at €7.99, it is still €7.99.
- Rescaling that server reprices it. Resize it up — or down — and it moves onto the current rate card. That CPX22 becomes €19.49/month.
So the most expensive button in your Hetzner console right now is the one labelled “Rescale.” If you have long-running instances on the old rates, treat resizing as a pricing decision, not a capacity decision. Sometimes the right move is to leave an oversized server alone.
Orders placed before 15 June but delivered after it kept the previous pricing, per the same notice.
Cloud server prices — Germany (FSN/NBG) and Finland (HEL)
All figures exclude VAT. “Was” is the pre-15-June price.
| Plan | vCPU | RAM | Disk | Traffic | Was | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CX23 (Intel, shared) | 2 | 4 GB | 40 GB NVMe | 20 TB | €3.99 | €5.49 | +38% |
| CAX11 (Arm, shared) | 2 | 4 GB | 40 GB NVMe | 20 TB | €4.49 | €5.99 | +33% |
| CX33 (Intel, shared) | 4 | 8 GB | 80 GB NVMe | 20 TB | €6.49 | €8.49 | +31% |
| CPX22 (AMD, shared) | 3 | 4 GB | 80 GB | 20 TB | €7.99 | €19.49 | +144% |
| CCX13 (dedicated vCPU) | 2 | 8 GB | 80 GB | 20 TB | €15.99 | €42.99 | +169% |
| CCX63 (dedicated vCPU) | 48 | 192 GB | 960 GB | 60 TB | €374.49 | €853.49 | +128% |
The CAX11 and CCX63 figures are quoted directly from Hetzner’s notice; the remaining rows come from the same published table.
Hetzner also publishes separate rate cards for USA (ASH/HIL) and Singapore (SIN), and prices dedicated servers separately again. If you are not in Germany or Finland, check your own region — the percentages are not identical.
The headline is not the CX line
Most coverage of this leads with “Hetzner got more expensive.” That is true but useless. The useful shape is this:
The cheap shared-Intel and Arm lines took a normal increase. CX23 at €5.49 and CAX11 at €5.99 are still, by a distance, the cheapest way to buy 2 vCPU and 4 GB from a competent European provider. A 38% increase on a €4 server is €1.50.
The AMD and dedicated-vCPU lines were repriced, not increased. CPX22 going from €7.99 to €19.49 is not inflation; it is a different product position. CCX13 at €42.99 is now priced against dedicated-CPU offerings from providers people did not previously compare Hetzner to.
If you build on CX or CAX, 2026 cost you a little. If you build on CPX or CCX, your next new server costs two to three times what your last one did.
What Hetzner still wins at, and what it does not
Still wins: price per GB of RAM on the shared lines. CX23 gives you 4 GB for €5.49 (about $6.40). DigitalOcean’s 2 GB droplet — half the memory — is $12. Vultr’s 2 GB is $10. Nothing in that comparison is close, even after the increase.
Still wins: included traffic. 20 TB on the cost-optimized plans is generous to the point of being a different category from the 1–4 TB you get on comparable US droplets.
Does not win: availability. When I checked the cost-optimized page on 28 August 2026, every CX and CAX plan rendered as currently unavailable with no price shown. The rate card is real; whether you can provision in the region you want is a separate question that changes week to week. Check the console before you plan around it.
Does not win: location. The cheap capacity is Falkenstein, Nuremberg and Helsinki. If your users or your APIs are in the US or Asia, you are buying latency with the savings. Hetzner does have US and Singapore regions, priced separately and higher.
Does not win: support. This is a price-first provider. That is the trade, and it was the trade before the increase too.
Should you move?
Four situations, four different answers.
You run CX or CAX and you are not resizing. Do nothing. Your existing servers are unaffected and the new-order price is still the best on the market.
You run CPX or CCX on old pricing. Do nothing carefully. You are sitting on rates that no longer exist. Do not rescale casually. When you genuinely outgrow the box, that is the moment to re-run the comparison — because at €19.49 for CPX22 and €42.99 for CCX13, providers you previously dismissed are now in range.
You are buying new, and price is the deciding factor. Hetzner CX23 at €5.49, if it is available in a region that works for you. See the full VPS comparison with current prices for what the alternatives actually cost.
You are buying new, and you need a US or Asia region, real support, or predictable capacity. The gap has narrowed enough that DigitalOcean at $12 for 2 GB is a defensible choice on grounds other than price. That was harder to argue in 2025.
Why two increases in one year
Hetzner has not published a detailed rationale, and I am not going to invent one. What is observable: the increases are steepest on the dedicated-vCPU and AMD shared lines, which are the compute-dense products, and mildest on the small shared instances. That pattern is consistent with capacity and energy costs biting hardest where the compute density is highest — but that is inference from the price table, not something Hetzner said.
What matters practically is the precedent. Two increases in five months means the old assumption — that Hetzner pricing is effectively fixed and you can size a three-year project around it — no longer holds. Budget for it.
FAQ
Did my existing server’s price change?
No. Hetzner’s notice applies the new pricing to new orders and rescales. An untouched running instance keeps its rate.
Does downgrading also reprice me?
The notice says “rescales” without distinguishing direction. Treat any resize as repricing until you confirm otherwise in your own console.
Is Hetzner still the cheapest?
On the shared CX and CAX lines, yes — clearly. CX23 gives 4 GB for €5.49 where DigitalOcean charges $12 for 2 GB. On CPX and CCX, no longer automatically.
What about the April increase?
There were two adjustments in 2026, on 1 April and 15 June. The figures in this article are the post-June ones, which are what you pay today.
Where do I check my own region?
Hetzner’s price adjustment notice carries separate tables for Germany/Finland, USA (ASH/HIL) and Singapore (SIN), and a separate set for dedicated servers. The percentages differ by region.
Prices verified 29 August 2026 against Hetzner’s own price adjustment notice, excluding VAT, Germany/Finland region. This page is re-checked quarterly and the date above is the last check. Some links on this site are affiliate links; they do not change your price, and no vendor paid for placement or wording here.