Is Microsoft Azure's E16s_v5 the best deal?

16 vCPU, 64GB RAM, 500GB SSD, unlimited traffic at less than 5% of Azure's price with no per-GB bandwidth charges.

Caveat: Price locks in only on 24-month prepaid terms; 1-12 month terms cost significantly more; support is ticket-only unless you pay for add-ons.

16 vCPU, 64GB RAM, 750GB NVMe, unlimited traffic; better storage than the base tier and still 90% cheaper than Azure.

Caveat: 24-month prepaid commitment required for advertised rate; fair-usage policy on unlimited traffic may throttle sustained high-bandwidth usage.

8 vCPU / 64GB RAM / 1.92TB NVMe on dedicated hardware; lower vCPU count but vastly superior storage and no cloud licensing overhead.

Caveat: Setup fee 79 EUR (~$86) one-time; prices exclude VAT; traffic overages charged per GB beyond 20TB EU pool; recent large price increases on other Hetzner lines suggest future hikes possible.

16 vCPU, 64GB RAM, 960GB NVMe with 99.99% SLA; no Windows license surcharge if you use Linux.

Caveat: Renewal pricing after promo period can be 2-6x higher; additional IPv4 addresses cost $6/month each; outbound data beyond 2TB free tier is tiered at $0.036-0.018/GB.

16 vCPU, 64GB RAM, 1.92TB SSD RAID-1, 10TB bandwidth, 100% uptime SLA on dedicated hardware.

Caveat: Price is promotional (often 50% off first 2 months); renewal pricing is meaningfully higher; Windows licensing adds extra cost; bandwidth overages billed beyond 10TB allowance.