Hetzner vs Kamatera

Hetzner is strongest for budget-conscious developers. Kamatera is strongest for custom VM sizing. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	Hetzner	Kamatera
Starting price	$0.6/mo	$0.05/mo
Best for	Budget-conscious developers EU-based workloads Self-hosters High-performance dedicated servers	Custom VM sizing Global data center selection Windows Server hosting Dev/test environments
Stated uptime SLA	99.9%	99.95%
Storage	NVME	NVME
Regions	6	20
Managed Kubernetes	No	Yes
Support channels	Ticket, Docs, Community forum	Ticket, Phone, Docs, Pro/Premium Managed Services (paid)
Compliance	GDPR, ISO 27001	GDPR
Hidden costs to watch for	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	Bandwidth overage billed at $0.01/GB past the pooled monthly allowance (5 TB US/Canada/Europe, 1 TB Asia-Pacific) Windows Server / SQL Server / Exchange / RDS licensing adds an undisclosed per-server surcharge only shown at calculator checkout Type T (Burstable) CPU incurs a $0.041/hour/CPU overage charge once average CPU usage exceeds 10% Powered-off (but not terminated) servers may continue to accrue charges Pro Managed Services add $50/server/month; Premium Managed Services add $150/server/month
Last reviewed	2026-07-18	2026-07-18