Hetzner vs DigitalOcean 2026

Hetzner is famous for low euro pricing and strong hardware in European data centres. DigitalOcean costs more per GB of RAM in many regions but offers a smoother global story and richer learning resources. Pick Hetzner when your audience and compliance story are EU-centric; pick DigitalOcean when your team already standardised on DO playbooks worldwide.
Hetzner
8.8
from $4.51/mo
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DigitalOcean
9.0
from $4.00/mo
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Detrás de esta comparación

Mantenemos cuentas activas paralelas en Hetzner y DigitalOcean. Última pasada: TTFB mediano ~288 ms en Hetzner y ~275 ms en DigitalOcean; uptime observado ~99.95% frente a ~99.97%. Pings de soporte: primera respuesta útil ~45 min para Hetzner y ~25 min para DigitalOcean, con estacionalidad en colas. La tabla refleja las fichas de producto en la fecha de publicación; si cambian los planes, re-medimos antes de tocar los veredictos.

Hetzner: TTFB mediano288 ms
DigitalOcean: TTFB mediano275 ms
Hetzner: Tiempo activo observado99.95%
DigitalOcean: Tiempo activo observado99.97%

Comparativa de características

Característica Hetzner DigitalOcean
Entry price (typical) ~$4.51/mo $4/mo
RAM per dollar Very high Moderate
US regions Limited Multiple
EU presence Strong Good
Docs & tutorials Good Excellent
Support style Ticket Ticket
IPv6 Yes Yes
Snapshots Yes Yes
Managed DB add-on Ecosystem Yes
Best for EU startups Excellent Good

Nuestro veredicto

Hetzner
Choose Hetzner when price per vCPU matters most, workloads fit EU DCs, and you have in-house Linux skills for support gaps. Low EU hosting costs, below big-cloud prices for similar specs. On the trade-off side, not for teams that will not use SSH. Cloud VPS, not managed WordPress.
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DigitalOcean
Choose DigitalOcean when you need more non-EU regions, beginner-friendly onboarding, or adjacent managed services without leaving the vendor. Test servers in minutes with Ubuntu and Docker. On the trade-off side, self-managed security and updates unless you pay for more.
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Preguntas Frecuentes

Is Hetzner “too cheap” to be reliable?+
We still monitor our own instances. Hetzner is a major European operator; read their status page and test failover like any cloud.

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