Hetzner vs Hivelocity: Which Is Better?
We track Hetzner and Hivelocity prices, uptime and specs 24/7. Here's the live head-to-head for September 2026 — no paid rankings, just the data.
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.
About HivelocityHivelocity is a Tampa, Florida-based infrastructure provider (est. 2002) running 40+ data centers across 6 continents on a 2+ Tbps multi-carrier network. Instant-deploy bare metal, VPS/VDS, GPU servers, colocation and managed services — with 24/7/365 human support (NPS 79), a 99.99% uptime SLA and SOC 2 / PCI DSS certifications.
Comparison Table
| Feature | Hetzner | Hivelocity |
|---|---|---|
| Price / mo | $1.86 win | $10.00 |
| Renewal price | Same as initial | Promo pricing (up to 50% off) |
| Datacenters | 5 | 42 win |
| NVMe storage | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Free domain | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| Backups | Paid | — |
| CDN | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| Support | Ticket 1-4h | — |
| Uptime · 30d | 99.17% win | 99.07% |
Price History
Hetzner · Webhosting SCollecting price history — the trend fills in as we track this plan.
Hivelocity · pro.sm.amd (Virtual Shared)Collecting price history — the trend fills in as we track this plan.
Uptime & Performance
Hetzner 99.17% Hivelocity 99.07%Pros & Cons
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
Hivelocity- 40+ data centers across 6 continents (US-heavy: Tampa, Miami, NYC, LA, Dallas, Atlanta…)
- Instant deployment — servers online in minutes, hourly billing available
- 99.99% uptime SLA on a 2+ Tbps multi-carrier network
- 24/7/365 human support by phone, live chat and tickets (NPS 79)
- No setup fee on instant-deploy servers; up to /29 IPv4 included
- SOC 2 and PCI DSS certified data centers
- US-centric pricing and footprint — EU/Asia edge stock is limited
- Most instant-deploy configs are limited stock; custom builds take days
- No shared web hosting or domain services
- Colocation and private cloud pricing only on request (quote-based)
- Managed services and backups are paid add-ons
The Verdict
On the data we track, Hetzner wins more rows in the comparison table above (2 vs 1). 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.