I Deployed the Same App on DigitalOcean and Hetzner!

DigitalOcean has been my go-to for purchasing VPS for the past few years. However, recently, some cheaper cloud providers, particularly Hetzner, have been getting a lot of attention!

In their cheapest plan, you can get 2 cores, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB SSD, and 20 TB bandwidth for just $4/month!


To get something similar on DigitalOcean, you’d need to pay $24/month!

Now on paper, it sounds like a great deal! and seems like a no-brainer to switch to Hetzner. But is there a catch? Is it as good as everyone claims? How much traffic can Hetzner’s cheapest plan handle compared to something like DigitalOcean?

To find out, I deployed the same app on both platforms in the same region, compared their performance, and shared my findings in this video: https://youtu.be/mrDXF-Y9T50

If you’re in a hurry, here’s the result 👇