Hosting.com vs Hetzner

Hosting.com is strongest for developers wanting fast Turbo/NVMe shared hosting. Hetzner is strongest for budget-conscious developers. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	Hosting.com (formerly A2 Hosting)	Hetzner
Starting price	$2.99/mo	$0.6/mo
Best for	Developers wanting fast Turbo/NVMe shared hosting Small businesses needing cPanel VPS Agencies needing reseller hosting	Budget-conscious developers EU-based workloads Self-hosters High-performance dedicated servers
Stated uptime SLA	99.9%	99.9%
Storage	NVME	NVME
Regions	4	6
Managed Kubernetes	No	No
Support channels	Ticket, Live chat, Phone, Docs/Knowledge base	Ticket, Docs, Community forum
Compliance	Not published	GDPR, ISO 27001
Hidden costs to watch for	Renewal rates are reported at 2-3x the introductory rate across shared hosting tiers Dedicated server and reseller pricing is not published; requires a sales call to obtain a quote Free domain and some promotional pricing require longer-term (12/24/36-month) prepay commitments	Setup fees on dedicated servers (e.g. AX42/AX102 setup fee raised from 39 EUR to 79 EUR in 2026; AX162-R/S setup fee raised from 79 EUR to 159 EUR) Traffic overage billed per GB beyond included pool (20 TB EU, as little as 0.5-1 TB in USA/Singapore regions for some lines) CPX and CCX cloud lines saw very large price increases in the 15 June 2026 adjustment (CCX +2.1x to +2.73x, CPX +2.4x to +2.75x monthly in EU); CX and CAX rose a smaller ~1.3x-1.4x Load Balancer and Volume prices separately increased ~36-39% in an April 2026 adjustment VAT excluded from all listed prices
Last reviewed	2026-07-18	2026-07-18