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I'm evaluating moving some of my personal stuff to Hetzner and if I do so I'd likely stay there for years.
It'd be nice to be able to commit to, say, keep a virtual server (or some block storage) for one year (or more?) and get a nice discount.
Any chance we'll see something like that in the future?
These services tend to have very low CPU/RAM requirements, but relatively high network usage. This led me to comparing network usage pricing across VPS providers.
Somewhat ironically, Hetzer's pricing (20TB/mo for a $5 VPS) is so good that it makes me worried to build on them, because I could go from huge margins to losing money overnight if they ever raised them.
This happened to me when I tried to sign up for Hetzner on a whim in June. I'd heard they have ARM offerings and wanted to try them out, so I got through the account registration process and set up a machine. I'm not exactly sure what I did wrong – I think I was trying to change my primary email address, or maybe set up billing – but I was promptly logged out and my account was deleted. They sent me the following automated email:
> Dear Joshua Harms
> After reviewing your updated customer information, we have decided to deactivate your account because of some concerns we have regarding this information. Therefore, we have cancelled all your existing products and orders with us.
> Best regards
> Your Hetzner Online Team
Screenshot: https://imgur.com/a/rPrZka2
I suspected it was because I was using Apple's Private Relay VPN while creating the account, so I turned that off and signed up again with a different username/email address. No issues with the new account so far, but I continue to hear about other people having their accounts terminated.
I haven't moved anything serious over to Hetzner yet, but to be fair I wasn't intending to unless their ARM CPUs become available on private instances.
https://www.hetzner.com/dedicated-rootserver/matrix-ax
Their dedicated servers also have "unlimited" traffic, though as a sibling comment mentions, there might be some kind of unstated limit after all.
Never underestimate the bandwidth of a jumbo jet full of hard drives flying on the gulfstream?
I have a small suggestion: I found it confusing that the price was € 7.40 in the infobox, but € 8.14 in the Traffic section. The infobox mentioned it's exclusive of tax, so I realised the latter figure includes GST for me, but it was a little confusing at first, having it shown two different ways.
CPX11 - 2 shared vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 40 GB, 1TB bandwidth, €7.90 + VAT
CCX13 - 2 dedicated vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 80 GB, 1TB bandwidth, €21.50 + VAT
For comparison with Germany, Finland and US with 20 TB bandwidth: CCX12 is €4.35 + VAT, CCX13 is €12.49 + VAT
People have been asking for other regions for a long time, but Hetzner is usually extremely good price for the specs but in this case the bandwidth allowance is very low (and €7.40+VAT/TB overage) and there are other providers (e.g. greencloud) who can beat this with their standard prices and massively beat this when they run promotions.
Could you then at least start offering object storage on top of your regular storage offerings in the cloud? You have repeatedly stated you won't do this, but I don't understand why. I think people using your services would pay a premium for an AWS compatible storage API.
They're also based in Germany, so they don't have to pay the hyper-inflated SV salaries and probably don't overhire, but I'm only speculating here.
But basically you’re saying, yes, AWS and GCP are making just as much, maybe more, margin as Hetzner?
I get the consistency but by now that's 2 (almost 3) generations old. Would rather have a new start. The 7002 is due for an upgrade. At some point it's no longer a price advantage when the hard is so behind.
I love the seamless experience.
- Take a snapshot from US's box.
- Restore US snapshot to new Singapore box.
- Wait about 15min and it's done.
The prices are still nice, compared to Digital Ocean, Vultr, or Linode.
This would be on my Wishlist super high up and it would instantly solve a big issue in routing with a robust solution.
What does cheaper even mean when it is a lot slower...
Those were old Intel CPUs...
