HZ
Hetzner
European budget VPS with very cheap compute and generous included traffic.
European compute at prices the US hyperscalers can't match, with very generous included bandwidth. The catch: no managed database product, so you're self-hosting Postgres or MySQL yourself.
Best for
Cost-sensitive teams comfortable self-managing a VPS, especially with EU-based users.
How it bills
Flat monthly VM tiers in EUR (converted to USD), extremely low bandwidth overage.
Strengths
- +Cheapest raw compute on this list by a wide margin
- +Very generous included bandwidth
Trade-offs
- −No managed database product — self-hosting required
- −No official pricing API