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Hetzner

Servers and hosting billed by the hour, cheap and unmanaged.

6published0not published2not checked yet2026-09-07last checked

Counts, not a score. 6 of 8 things we look for are published by Hetzner, and 2 we have not checked yet. A ratio would need a denominator from outside this site. A count does not.

What it costs you

What it really costs to startAll in, not the first-year promotional price.Going dedicated costs more up front: AX42-1 is EUR 97.30 a month plus a one-off EUR 49.00 setup fee, excluding VAT.Dedicated server setup fee · source · checked 2026-09-07

What it costs to keep alivePer year, once the introductory pricing is over.Every listed price is net: German customers pay 19% VAT on top of the monthly figure.VAT on top · source · checked 2026-09-07

The gate before the first cent

The gate before it pays anythingThe traffic, sales or balance you must reach before a single cent moves.We have not checked this one yet. That is our gap, not theirs.

How long before the first paymentThe gap you have to fund out of your own pocket.We have not checked this one yet. That is our gap, not theirs.

Is it yours or theirs

Who owns what you buildYours, or a room you are allowed to sit in until the rules change?Customer data stays the customer's. The terms grant Hetzner no content licence beyond running the service or complying with law.Data ownership clause · source · checked 2026-09-07

Can you take it with youThe domain, the list, the content. What actually leaves with you.The IP address does not travel with you: no claim to a specific IP, and Hetzner may reassign it with prior written notice.IP address is not yours · source · checked 2026-09-07

Can it be soldIs there a resale market, and what does it pay?Dedicated root servers can be sold customer to customer: Hetzner documents a Robot transfer-token procedure, usually without support help.Server transfer between customers · source · checked 2026-09-07

What takes it all awayThe single rule, ban or dependency that ends it overnight.No safety net on their side: backups are the customer's duty and are meant to be stored off the Hetzner server.Backups are the customer's job · source · checked 2026-09-07

How to read this page

The ten things above are not our idea of what matters. They are what the checklists in twenty hand-written articles on this site already asked, counted up: country and eligibility came first in nineteen of them, waiting time and what you are paid in came next. The payout minimum, the number most people search for, barely appeared. It is one row here, not the headline.

A row marked not publishedmeans we opened the company's own pages looking for it and it was not there. That is a finding, and it is dated. A row marked not checked yet means we have not done the work. Those two are kept apart on purpose: an empty box because we were slow should never look like an empty box because they were quiet.

Found something that has moved? Tell us. It gets checked against the source and the change is dated on the corrections page.

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