Cherry Servers vs Hetzner: Which Is Better?
We track Cherry Servers and Hetzner prices, uptime and specs 24/7. Here's the live head-to-head for September 2026 — no paid rankings, just the data.
About Cherry ServersCherry Servers is a Lithuanian bare metal cloud provider since 2014. API-driven dedicated servers + NVIDIA GPU for AI. Own DC in Vilnius.
About HetznerHetzner is a German cloud and dedicated-server provider famous for the best price-to-performance in Europe. Where Contabo competes on raw resources, Hetzner competes on network quality, low latency and a polished API — ideal for developers running latency-sensitive workloads.
Comparison Table
| Feature | Cherry Servers | Hetzner |
|---|---|---|
| Price / mo | $3.48 | $1.86 win |
| Renewal price | — | Same as initial |
| Datacenters | 1 | 5 win |
| NVMe storage | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Free domain | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| Backups | — | Paid |
| CDN | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| Support | — | Ticket 1-4h |
| Uptime · 30d | 99.05% | 99.17% win |
Price History
Cherry Servers · Cloud VPS 1 (Gen 2)Collecting price history — the trend fills in as we track this plan.
Hetzner · Webhosting SCollecting price history — the trend fills in as we track this plan.
Uptime & Performance
Cherry Servers 99.05% Hetzner 99.17%Pros & Cons
Cherry Servers- API-driven bare metal cloud
- NVIDIA GPU: A100, H100
- European data sovereignty
- Hourly billing
- 24/7 on-site support
- Competitive pricing
- Single data center
- No VPS or managed services
- Small team
- Limited payment methods
- No ISO/SOC certifications
Hetzner- Exceptional price-to-performance — among the cheapest x86 VPS in the EU
- 99.9% uptime advertised for Hetzner Cloud (provider claim)
- Full-featured API with Terraform provider and Kubernetes support
- ARM servers (CAX) starting €3.29/mo — cheapest in Europe
- Transparent pricing — no hidden fees, no bandwidth surprises
- 5 datacenter locations: Nuremberg, Falkenstein, Helsinki, Ashburn, Singapore
- Support is ticket-based only — no live chat or phone
- UI/UX less polished than DigitalOcean or Vultr
- No managed databases (must self-manage)
- Limited global footprint — no APAC or LATAM DCs
- No Windows server images available
- Support response can be slow on weekends
The Verdict
On the data we track, Hetzner wins more rows in the comparison table above (3 vs 0). That said, the right pick depends on which rows matter most for your use case — price, uptime, datacenters or backups.
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FAQ
Right now Hetzner has the lower entry price across the plans we track. Prices update every few hours — the live snapshot above always shows the current starting price for both.
Over the last 30 days of our monitoring, Hetzner had the higher measured uptime. We ping both providers every few minutes from multiple locations — see the uptime graph above.
Yes. Both run standard KVM virtualization, so you can snapshot your server, export the image, and import it on the other provider. For most stacks a fresh deploy plus a data copy is simpler.
It depends on your priority: pick the one that wins on the rows that matter most to you in the table above (price, uptime, datacenters, backups). For latency-sensitive apps favour uptime and network; for value favour price and specs.