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AWS vs Hetzner: Pricing, Specs, Strengths & Weaknesses

Side-by-side comparison of GPU compute pricing, regions, billing models, and strengths for AWS and Hetzner. Rates sourced from public APIs — verify current availability and billing terms before purchasing.

Overview

Attribute
Provider type
Hyperscaler
Specialist
Founded
2006
1997
Headquarters
Seattle, WA
Gunzenhausen, Germany
Billing model
On-demand, Reserved (1yr/3yr), Spot, Savings Plans
On-demand, Hourly
Min commitment
None (on-demand)
None
Support tier
Basic → Enterprise
Standard (24/7 email)
Regions
5 regions
4 regions

Strengths & Best For

AWS

AWS EC2 P5 instances are powered by NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs (up to 8× H100, 640 GB HBM3, 3,200 Gbps EFA networking). P5e and P5en instances use NVIDIA H200 GPUs (up to 8× H200, 1,128 GB HBM3e). P5en adds Gen5 PCIe and third-generation EFA for 35% lower latency. All three families deploy in EC2 UltraClusters scaling to 20,000 GPUs with petabit-scale nonblocking networking delivering 20 exaflops aggregate. SageMaker HyperPod manages resilient training clusters at any scale. Amazon Bedrock provides serverless access to DeepSeek v3.2, MiniMax, Kimi 3, Z.AI GLM 5, and Writer Palmyra. 30+ global regions with enterprise SLAs.

Strengths
  • P5/P5e/P5en: H100 and H200 in UltraClusters up to 20,000 GPUs
  • 20 exaflops aggregate compute in EC2 UltraClusters
  • 3,200 Gbps EFA networking with GPUDirect RDMA
  • SageMaker HyperPod for resilient distributed training
  • Amazon Bedrock: serverless access to DeepSeek, MiniMax, Kimi, GLM, Palmyra
  • 30+ global regions with enterprise SLAs and compliance certifications
Weaknesses
  • Highest on-demand GPU rates among all providers
  • Complex pricing — on-demand vs reserved vs spot vs savings plans
  • GPU quota increases require support tickets and can take days
Best For
Hyperscale AI training requiring 1,000+ GPUsEnterprise workloads needing compliance (HIPAA, FedRAMP, SOC 2)Teams already invested in the AWS ecosystemProduction ML inference via SageMaker
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Hetzner

Hetzner is a German cloud provider renowned for exceptionally competitive pricing, offering GPU-Line dedicated servers with NVIDIA H100 NVL and RTX 4000 Ada. Cloud instances (shared and dedicated vCPUs) are available in Germany, Finland, Singapore, and the USA. Hetzner is ISO/IEC 27001 certified, BSI C5 certified, and 99.9% uptime SLA with 24/7 email support. GDPR-compliant with data centers in Germany and Finland. Known for strong price-performance in Europe — significantly cheaper egress than AWS, Azure, and GCP. Founded 1997, 25+ years of reliability.

Strengths
  • Among the lowest GPU prices in Europe
  • ISO/IEC 27001 and BSI C5 certified
  • GDPR-compliant — Germany and Finland data centers
  • Significantly cheaper egress than AWS/Azure/GCP
  • 99.9% uptime SLA with 24/7 email support
  • Germany, Finland, Singapore, USA locations
Weaknesses
  • Limited GPU SKU selection vs specialist providers
  • No managed ML tooling or MLOps integrations
  • Smaller GPU cluster sizes — not suited for very large training runs
Best For
EU-based AI teams needing GDPR complianceBudget-conscious GPU inference workloadsSmall to mid-scale training runsDevelopers already on Hetzner infrastructure
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Region Coverage

AWS — 5 regions
us-east-1us-west-2eu-west-1ap-southeast-1ap-northeast-1
Hetzner — 4 regions
EU (Germany)EU (Finland)SingaporeUS (Oregon, Virginia)

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Key differences

AWS

P5 (H100), P5e/P5en (H200), UltraClusters up to 20,000 GPUs — hyperscale AI infrastructure

Hetzner

Dedicated GPU servers (GPU-Line) — H100 NVL and RTX 4000 Ada — Germany, Finland, Singapore, USA

AttributeAWSHetzner
Provider typehyperscalerspecialist
Billing modelOn-demand, Reserved (1yr/3yr), Spot, Savings PlansOn-demand, Hourly
Min commitmentNone (on-demand)None
Regions5 (us-east-1, us-west-2, eu-west-1, +2)4 (EU (Germany), EU (Finland), Singapore, +1)
Support tierBasic → EnterpriseStandard (24/7 email)
Best forHyperscale AI training requiring 1,000+ GPUs, Enterprise workloads needing compliance (HIPAA, FedRAMP, SOC 2)EU-based AI teams needing GDPR compliance, Budget-conscious GPU inference workloads
Founded / HQ2006 · Seattle, WA1997 · Gunzenhausen, Germany