Destinations
Nine places to run it, compared on the same servers.
List prices excluding VAT, converted to USD at a fixed rate. A server price is only part of a bill: the report adds storage, traffic, managed services and engineer time, so the cheapest list is not always the cheapest answer.
The same server on nine price lists
The cheapest cloud server with at least the cores and memory shown, a month, cheapest first.
2 vCPU · 4 GB
4 vCPU · 8 GB
At a glance
One row per destination. Prices in the provider's own currency, a month; the rank is for a 4 vCPU, 8 GB server.
| Destination | Where | Cheapest server | 4 vCPU · 8 GB | Traffic | Block storage | Object storage | Managed databases | Dedicated | GPU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HetznerEUR list of 17 Oct 2026 | Germany, Finland, United States, Singapore | €5.49 | $10 cheapest | €1/TB over | €0.06/GB | €6.47/TB | run your own | yes | yes |
| OVHcloudEUR list of 18 Oct 2026 | France, Germany, UK and 7 more | €33.36 | $78 8th | unmetered | €0.04/GB | €7.1/TB | yes | no | no |
| ScalewayEUR list of 18 Oct 2026 | France, Netherlands, Poland | €6.56 | $37 2nd | unmetered | €0.09/GB | €16.06/TB | yes | yes | yes |
| DigitalOceanUSD list of 18 Oct 2026 | US, Canada, Netherlands and 5 more | $6 | $48 5th | $10.24/TB over | $0.1/GB | $20.48/TB | yes | no | no |
| VultrUSD list of 18 Oct 2026 | US, Canada, Mexico and 16 more | $5 | $40 4th | $10.24/TB over | $0.1/GB | $20/TB | yes | yes | yes |
| Akamai (Linode)USD list of 18 Oct 2026 | US, Canada, Brazil and 12 more | $5 | $48 6th | $5.12/TB over | $0.1/GB | $20/TB | yes | no | no |
| ExoscaleEUR list of 18 Oct 2026 | Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria | €10.64 | $80 9th | €20.48/TB over | €0.1/GB | €20.48/TB | yes | no | no |
| UpCloudEUR list of 18 Oct 2026 | Finland, Sweden, Netherlands and 7 more | €12 | $37 3rd | unmetered | €0.22/GB | €20/TB | yes | no | yes |
| Hetzner (US)USD list of 18 Oct 2026 | United States | $20.49 | $73 7th | $1.2/TB over | $0.07/GB | $7.57/TB | run your own | no | no |
Who each one is for
One line per destination, and the four pages that price a typical AWS, Google Cloud, Azure or Oracle Cloud bill on it.
Hetzner
A German hosting company with the lowest list prices of the nine
When your workload is servers, databases you are prepared to run yourself, and storage, and your users are in Europe or the US.
Germany, Finland, United States, Singapore
OVHcloud
A French cloud with managed services, dedicated servers and a sovereignty story
When you need locations outside Europe, a sovereignty story (SecNumCloud-qualified offers in France), or managed Postgres and Kubernetes rather than running them yourself.
France, Germany, UK, Poland, Italy, Spain, Canada, Australia, Singapore, India; the US through a separate OVHcloud US entity
Scaleway
A French, EU-only cloud with the broadest managed catalogue of the European destinations
When you want a managed layer under EU jurisdiction and your users are in Europe; it costs more than Hetzner per server, and object storage is priced closer to the hyperscalers.
France, Netherlands, Poland
DigitalOcean
A US developer cloud priced in USD, the same in every region
When managed databases and Kubernetes from a familiar, well-documented provider matter more than the lowest price per server.
US, Canada, Netherlands, Germany, UK, India, Singapore, Australia
Vultr
A US cloud with the widest footprint of the nine, priced in USD
When you need a point of presence outside Europe and the US, or a managed layer and bare metal from the same provider; list prices sit above Hetzner and close to DigitalOcean.
US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Israel, South Africa, India, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Australia
Akamai (Linode)
Akamai's cloud, the old Linode, with a CDN attached and USD list prices
When a CDN and edge network from the same vendor matter, or when your users are in Asia-Pacific or the Americas; prices are close to DigitalOcean and above Hetzner.
US, Canada, Brazil, UK, France, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Sweden, India, Japan, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia
Exoscale
A Swiss cloud with zones in Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Bulgaria
When data residency in Switzerland or Austria is the requirement, or when a managed layer from a European company is worth the premium.
Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria
UpCloud
A Finnish cloud with unmetered traffic and zones in Europe, the US and Asia
When you want a managed layer under EU jurisdiction with a US and APAC presence; per-server prices are between Hetzner and Scaleway, and the fast disk is priced above both.
Finland, Sweden, Netherlands, Germany, UK, Spain, Poland, US, Singapore, Australia
Hetzner (US)
Hetzner's two US locations at the US price list, in USD
When your users and data must stay in the United States and you want Hetzner's simplicity; for European users, pick the EU list.
United States