Hetzner vs Latitude.sh (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Hetzner grades higher than Latitude.sh: 2.4 against 1.6 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Hetzner grades higher on value for money, features and ease of use. They get the same grade on the free plan and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Hetzner
German hosting: web hosting, cloud servers and dedicated servers
Latitude.sh
Bare-metal servers, GPU clusters and VMs with hourly or monthly rates
Which one is for you
Pick Hetzner if
- Fits if you're in Europe and want euro billing and German data centres
- Works for small PHP sites on cheap shared hosting
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want a free plan or trial
- Watch out: prices are in euros excl. VAT and were read from a non-US page, so confirm a dollar figure
- Watch out: a one-time setup fee applies, such as €4.12 on Webhosting M
- Skip it if you want managed cloud servers, as they're unmanaged unless you add Managed Server
- Watch out: no domain is included
Pick Latitude.sh if
- Fits if you need bare-metal or GPU servers
- Works for teams that automate their infrastructure
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you need dedicated hardware, as metal starts at $296 a month
- Watch out: reserved discounts are labeled 50% and 65%, but the billing basis is not stated
- Skip it if you want a free trial, as none is listed
- Tight if you need the biggest plans in many locations, as they have fewer
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAHetznerFair | 1.6GPALatitude.shWeak | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | AWebhosting S is €1.60 a month excl. VAT, under the cheaper quarter's $5.28 and under 60% of it. Cloud servers start at €5.49. | CThe smallest VM is $18 a month, in the ordinary range, but the cheapest metal plan is $296. |
| Free plan and trial | FNo free plan and no trial on record; every plan is paid from the first day. | FNothing free and no trial on the pages read, so you pay from day one. |
| Features | BWeb hosting, cloud, dedicated and auction servers, object storage, DNS and SSL, a REST API and Terraform. No gap in the core job is named, though domains are sold separately. | CBare metal, GPU servers, VMs, free outbound traffic and managed services. The biggest plans are in fewer locations. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. Web hosting uses a panel, but cloud and dedicated servers are unmanaged. | DServers you configure yourself, with developer tooling rather than a guided setup. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, Docker and an API and CLI. | BWeb console with developer tooling and an API. |
| Best for | low-priced German hosting and servers | bare-metal and GPU servers |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Hetzner and Latitude.sh. How we grade
Price against what you get
Hetzner starts at about $1.79 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Latitude.sh starts at $18 a month and scores 2.0.
Hetzner scores higher and starts $16.21 a month lower. Of the other web hosts on the chart, none scores higher than Hetzner for less, and 43 score higher than Latitude.sh for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Hetzner also covers file sharing.
- Latitude.sh also covers databases.
At a glance
| Hetzner | Latitude.sh | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Paid |
| Starts at | €1.60 per month excl. VAT (Webhosting S) | $18 per month for a 1 vCPU virtual machine ($0.02 per hour) |
| Free plan | None | None |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Hetzner Online GmbH | Latitude.sh |
| Price read from | hetzner.com | latitude.sh |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Hetzner
- Prices are in euros and exclude VAT, read from a page that was served for a non-US visitor, so a US buyer should confirm the dollar figures.
- Web hosting packages do not include a domain; one must be ordered separately.
- A one-time setup fee is listed on the Webhosting page, for example €4.12 on Webhosting M.
- Cloud and dedicated servers are unmanaged unless you add the separate Managed Server product.
Latitude.sh
- Reserved monthly and yearly options are labeled 50% and 65% cheaper than hourly, but the page text shows one monthly figure per plan, whose billing basis is not stated.
- Compute is dedicated hardware, so the lowest metal plan is far above typical VPS pricing.
- The pricing page lists an FAQ on bandwidth fees and taxes, but its answers were not readable, so overage and tax terms are not recorded.
- Each plan lists the number of locations it is available in, and the largest GPU and metal plans have fewer locations than the small ones.
Key features
Hetzner
- Shared web hosting
- Four Webhosting packages with mailboxes, databases, cronjobs and PHP processes, and no minimum contract period.
- Cloud servers
- Shared-resource and dedicated-vCPU cloud servers, with stateful firewalls included at no extra cost and one-click apps such as Docker, GitLab CE and Nextcloud.
- Dedicated servers
- AX, EX, GPU, SX and DX lines, plus a Server Auction of refurbished machines starting at €78.70 a month.
- REST API and CLI
- Cloud resources can be managed through a REST API and a command-line tool, with integrations for Terraform, Ansible and Kubernetes.
- Storage products
- S3-compatible Object Storage, Storage Box backup servers and Storage Share, which Hetzner describes as GDPR-compliant storage.
- Domains, DNS and SSL
- Domain registration from €4.90 a year, DNS management and SSL certificates are sold separately.
Latitude.sh
- Bare-metal servers
- Fully automated AMD-based metal servers are listed in small to extra-large sizes with NVMe storage and up to 200 Gbps networking.
- GPU servers
- Dedicated GPU plans range from a single H100 to eight-GPU NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 and HGX B300 clusters.
- Virtual machines
- General-purpose VMs come in six sizes with local storage and a 10 Gbps network.
- Free outbound traffic
- Each plan lists 20 TB of free outbound traffic and unlimited inbound.
- Managed services
- Managed Postgres, Kubernetes, block, file and object storage and private networks are in the product menu.
- Developer tooling
- An API, SDKs, a CLI and a Terraform provider are listed.
Plans
Hetzner
Webhosting S€1.60
per month, excl. VAT
10GB storage, unlimited mailboxes, 1 database, 1 cronjob, 2 PHP processes and a 192MB memory limit. No contract minimum.
Webhosting M€4.12
per month, excl. VAT
50GB storage, unlimited mailboxes, 5 databases, 5 cronjobs, 5 PHP processes and a 256MB memory limit.
Webhosting L€8.32
per month, excl. VAT
100GB storage, 20 databases, 10 cronjobs, 10 PHP processes, a 384MB memory limit, and Redis, SSH and Node.js.
Webhosting XL€16.72
per month, excl. VAT
300GB storage, unlimited mailboxes, 50 databases, 20 cronjobs, 20 PHP processes and a 512MB memory limit.
Cloud servers€5.49
per month and up, excl. VAT
Regular Performance shared-resource cloud servers from €5.49; Cost-Optimized from €5.99; General Purpose with dedicated vCPUs from €36.99.
Latitude.sh
vm.micro$18
per month and up, shown beside an hourly rate of $0.02
1 vCPU, 4 GB RAM and 40 GB local storage on a 10 Gbps network. Larger VMs run to 32 vCPUs and 128 GB at $372 a month.
Metal m4.metal.small$296
per month and up, shown beside an hourly rate of $0.41
6 cores AMD 4244P, 48 GB RAM and 2 x 960 GB NVMe. The largest listed metal plan is $3,971 a month.
Metal GPU g3.h100.small$1,230
per month and up, shown beside an hourly rate of $1.68
1 x NVIDIA H100 80 GB with 2 x 3.8 TB NVMe. Multi-GPU plans run from $17,520 to $46,720 a month.
Ways to pay less
Hetzner
No public discounts listed.
Latitude.sh
- Annual discount
Reserved instances cheaper than hourly
The pricing page says paying upfront for monthly reserved instances is 50% cheaper than hourly and yearly is 65% cheaper.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Hetzner or Latitude.sh?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Hetzner is cheaper to start with: about $1.79 a month, against $18 a month for Latitude.sh. Hetzner starts at €1.60 per month excl. VAT (Webhosting S), and Latitude.sh starts at $18 per month for a 1 vCPU virtual machine ($0.02 per hour).
Which has a free plan, Hetzner or Latitude.sh?
As of Nov 13, 2026, neither Hetzner nor Latitude.sh has a free plan.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.