Hetzner vs OVHcloud 2026: Best EU Cloud?

Yes — even with Hetzner’s 30–50% hike effective April 1, 2026, equivalent configurations remain cheaper than OVHcloud. The CX22 (2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM) goes from €4.59 to roughly €6–7/month, still undercutting OVHcloud’s 2 vCPU Starter at $6.46. Dedicated server pricing gap remains the widest: Hetzner auction servers ~$35–50/month vs OVHcloud’s ~$107 floor. The value advantage narrows but does not disappear.

Yes. Hetzner Kubernetes Service (HKS) provides a fully managed control plane at no charge — you pay only for the worker nodes (standard cloud server rates). For a typical 3-node production cluster, this saves €30–60/month compared to OVHcloud’s Managed Kubernetes, where control plane costs are embedded in plan pricing. It’s one of the strongest cost arguments for Hetzner if Kubernetes is core to your infrastructure.

OVHcloud wins clearly. Their VAC (Vacuum and Clean) anti-DDoS system is one of the most capable in European hosting, capable of mitigating multi-Tbps volumetric attacks at the network edge before traffic reaches your server. Hetzner includes basic DDoS mitigation across all plans, but it is not at the same scale or sophistication. For gaming servers, crypto exchanges, financial APIs, or any platform that is a high-profile attack target, OVHcloud’s protection tier is the right call.

Straightforward for standard workloads. Both providers support S3-compatible object storage, standard Linux images, Docker, and Terraform — making lift-and-shift migrations repeatable. Database migrations use standard pg_dump/restore (PostgreSQL) or mysqldump (MySQL). The main complexity is network config: Hetzner Private Networks vs OVHcloud vRack. Expect 4–8 hours of engineering time for a typical 3-tier app using a blue-green deployment strategy to achieve near-zero downtime.

Yes — OVHcloud operates all EU-region infrastructure entirely within EU territory and is fully GDPR-compliant. Notably, OVHcloud was selected by the European Central Bank as a cloud infrastructure provider for the digital euro project in 2026, which sets a high bar for EU sovereignty and compliance. Hetzner is equally GDPR-compliant with all EU data centers in Germany and Finland. Both are solid choices for GDPR, and for the most stringent regulated-industry requirements, OVHcloud’s enterprise certification stack gives it an edge.