Which is cheaper, Hetzner or Linode?

Hetzner is cheaper in 4 of 4 comparable categories, with an average price difference of 85.4%.

How do Hetzner and Linode compare for general purpose workloads?

Both providers offer competitive pricing for general purpose workloads.

Updated Apr 4, 2026HetznerLinode

Overall Winner

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Ties

Hetzner wins 4 of 4 price comparisons, averaging 85.4% lower prices in categories where it leads.

Prices range from $0.007670/hr to $3.57/hr across comparable tiers.

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Comparing Hetzner and Linode across 4 equivalent tiers. On-demand hourly rates are shown in USD for the default region.

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Category	Hetzner Hetzner	Linode Linode	Diff	Cheapest
Cloud Servers - Shared vCPU - 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM	$0.0077/hr cx22 ($5.60/mo)	$0.0360/hr g6-standard-2 ($26.28/mo)	+78.7%	Hetzner
Cloud Servers - Arm64 - 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM	$0.0103/hr cax21 ($7.49/mo)	$0.1290/hr g7-premium-4 ($94.17/mo)	+92.0%	Hetzner
Cloud Servers - Dedicated vCPU - 48 vCPU, 192 GB RAM	$0.3455/hr ccx63 ($252.21/mo)	$3.5700/hr g2-gpu-rtx4000a4-m ($2,606.10/mo)	+90.3%	Hetzner
Load Balancers - Load Balancer - LB31	$0.0436/hr lb31 ($31.85/mo)	$0.2250/hr nodebalancer-pr100 ($164.25/mo)	+80.6%	Hetzner

✓Cloud Servers - Shared vCPU - 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM - saves $20.66/mo (78.7% cheaper)
✓Cloud Servers - Arm64 - 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM - saves $86.65/mo (92% cheaper)
✓Cloud Servers - Dedicated vCPU - 48 vCPU, 192 GB RAM - saves $2,353.88/mo (90.3% cheaper)
✓Load Balancers - Load Balancer - LB31 - saves $132.42/mo (80.6% cheaper)