Which is cheaper, Azure or Hetzner?

Hetzner is cheaper in 6 of 9 comparable categories, with an average price difference of 46.1%.

How do Azure and Hetzner compare for general purpose workloads?

For general purpose workloads: Azure: $336.53/mo, Hetzner: $252.21/mo. Hetzner is cheaper.

Updated Apr 4, 2026AzureHetzner

Overall Winner

Hetzner

Azure Wins

Hetzner Wins

Ties

Hetzner wins 6 of 9 price comparisons, averaging 46.1% lower prices in categories where it leads.

Prices range from $0.000010/hr to $0.4610/hr across comparable tiers.

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Best for Virtual Machines workloads

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Best for Managed Disks workloads

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Best for Load Balancer workloads

Comparing Azure and Hetzner across 9 equivalent tiers. On-demand hourly rates are shown in USD for the default region.

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Category	Azure Azure	Hetzner Hetzner	Diff	Cheapest
Virtual Machines - Burstable - 16 vCPU, 32 GB RAM	$0.1070/hr Standard_B16als_v2 ($78.11/mo)	$0.0563/hr cx52 ($41.08/mo)	+47.4%	Hetzner
Virtual Machines - Burstable - 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM	$0.3030/hr Standard_B8als_v2 ($221.19/mo)	$0.0282/hr cx42 ($20.58/mo)	+90.7%	Hetzner
Virtual Machines - General Purpose - 48 vCPU, 192 GB RAM	$0.4610/hr Standard_D48_v3 ($336.53/mo)	$0.3455/hr ccx63 ($252.21/mo)	+25.1%	Hetzner
Managed Disks - Storage - HDD - HDD LRS Overflow Snapshot Usage	$0.0000/hr HDD - HDD LRS Overflow Snapshot Usage ($0.01/mo)	$0.0006/hr vol-10gb ($0.47/mo)	+98.5%	Azure
Managed Disks - Storage - Priority Object Replication - Priority Object Replication GRS Data Replicated	$0.0150/hr Priority Object Replication - Priority Object Replication GRS Data Replicated ($10.95/mo)	$0.0163/hr vol-250gb ($11.88/mo)	+7.8%	Azure
Managed Disks - Storage - Premium - Premium ZRS Provisioned Base Unit	$0.1200/hr Premium - Premium ZRS Provisioned Base Unit ($87.60/mo)	$0.0651/hr vol-1000gb ($47.52/mo)	+45.7%	Hetzner
Load Balancer - Networking - Gateway - Gateway Chain	$0.0100/hr Gateway ($7.30/mo)	$0.0090/hr lb11 ($6.54/mo)	+10.4%	Hetzner
Load Balancer - Networking - Global - Global Included LB Rules and Outbound Rules	$0.0250/hr Global ($18.25/mo)	$0.0205/hr lb21 ($14.98/mo)	+17.9%	Hetzner
Load Balancer - Networking - Gateway - Gateway	$0.0125/hr Gateway ($9.13/mo)	$0.0436/hr lb31 ($31.85/mo)	+71.3%	Azure

✓Managed Disks - Storage - HDD - HDD LRS Overflow Snapshot Usage - saves $0.44/mo (98.5% cheaper)
✓Managed Disks - Storage - Priority Object Replication - Priority Object Replication GRS Data Replicated - saves $0.95/mo (7.8% cheaper)
✓Load Balancer - Networking - Gateway - Gateway - saves $22.70/mo (71.3% cheaper)

✓Virtual Machines - Burstable - 16 vCPU, 32 GB RAM - saves $37.01/mo (47.4% cheaper)
✓Virtual Machines - Burstable - 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM - saves $200.60/mo (90.7% cheaper)
✓Virtual Machines - General Purpose - 48 vCPU, 192 GB RAM - saves $84.31/mo (25.1% cheaper)
✓Managed Disks - Storage - Premium - Premium ZRS Provisioned Base Unit - saves $40.08/mo (45.7% cheaper)
✓Load Balancer - Networking - Gateway - Gateway Chain - saves $0.73/mo (10.4% cheaper)
✓Load Balancer - Networking - Global - Global Included LB Rules and Outbound Rules - saves $3.28/mo (17.9% cheaper)