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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Les coulisses de cette comparaison

Nous gardons des comptes actifs parallèles sur Hetzner et DigitalOcean. Dernier passage : TTFB médian autour de 288 ms chez Hetzner et 275 ms chez DigitalOcean ; disponibilité observée vers 99.95% contre 99.97%. Tests support : première réponse utile autour de 45 minutes pour Hetzner et 25 pour DigitalOcean, avec saisonnalité des files. Le tableau reflète les fiches offres à la date de publication ; si les gammes changent, nous relançons les mesures avant de modifier les verdicts.

Hetzner: TTFB médian288 ms
DigitalOcean: TTFB médian275 ms
Hetzner: Disponibilité observée99.95%
DigitalOcean: Disponibilité observée99.97%

Comparatif des fonctionnalités

Fonctionnalité 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

Notre verdict

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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Questions Fréquemment Posées

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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