Hetzner cut US traffic from 20 TB to 1 TB
US servers lost most of their included traffic and rose 4–27.5%; existing US servers moved over on Feb 1, 2025.
What changed
- Limits cut, Dec 1, 2024
- Before: CPX11 €3.85/mo with 20 TB traffic
- After: CPX11 €4.49/mo with 1 TB traffic
- Existing customers: not grandfathered
Cheaper alternatives to Hetzner Cloud
At the entry plan, Hetzner Cloud costs $7.49/mo. 5 hosting platforms cost less:
- Fly.io: $2.19/mo (Smallest Machine, 256 MB)
- Railway: $5/mo (Hobby: $5 incl. $5 usage)
- Heroku: $5/mo (Eco: $5 for 1,000 dyno hours)
- Cloudflare Workers: $5/mo (Workers Paid, $5 minimum)
- DigitalOcean Apps: $5/mo (512 MiB shared container)
Hetzner Cloud alternatives: 5 cheaper hosting platforms compared, at every size.
Sources
Every price and change for Hetzner Cloud: Hetzner Cloud.