Which is cheaper, Amazon EBS or Hetzner Volumes?

Hetzner is cheaper in 3 of 3 comparable categories, with an average price difference of 96.9%.

How do Amazon EBS and Hetzner Volumes compare for general purpose workloads?

For general purpose workloads: AWS: $694.96/mo, Hetzner: $23.76/mo. Hetzner is cheaper.

Updated Apr 4, 2026AWSHetzner

Overall Winner

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AWS Wins

Hetzner Wins

Ties

Hetzner wins 3 of 3 price comparisons, averaging 96.9% lower prices in categories where it leads.

Prices range from $0.0163/hr to $1.68/hr across comparable tiers.

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Best for Compute Optimized workloads

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Best for General Purpose workloads

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Best for HPC workloads

Comparing Amazon EBS and Hetzner Volumes across 3 equivalent tiers. On-demand hourly rates are shown in USD for the default region.

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Category	AWS Amazon EBS	Hetzner Volumes	Diff	Cheapest
Compute Optimized - c5n.4xlarge	$0.8640/hr c5n.4xlarge ($630.72/mo)	$0.0163/hr vol-250gb ($11.88/mo)	+98.1%	Hetzner
General Purpose - m5n.4xlarge	$0.9520/hr m5n.4xlarge ($694.96/mo)	$0.0326/hr vol-500gb ($23.76/mo)	+96.6%	Hetzner
HPC - hpc7g.4xlarge	$1.6832/hr hpc7g.4xlarge ($1,228.74/mo)	$0.0651/hr vol-1000gb ($47.52/mo)	+96.1%	Hetzner