# Hetzner experiences

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** hosting\
**Created:** [December 17, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hetzner-experiences/54430 "2016-12-17T16:37:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 17, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/hetzner-experiences/54430/1 "2016-12-17T16:37:07Z")

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Time to test a new hosting company 🙂 .This time I opted for German Hetzner, and their 4.80€ VPS CX1. Note that this price is **VAT inclusive** , so it is one of the very cheapest on the market (many providers present VAT 0% prices) for a consumer.

It’s a [solid package](https://www.hetzner.de/pt/hosting/produkte_vserver/cx10):

- 1GB RAM
- 1 Core CPU
- 25GB SSD
- 1 snapshot included in the price (paid extra option at OVH and many others)
- DDoS protection and the usual goodies

I **was** going to benchmark this and move one instance there right away, but the always flexible Germans do not open new accounts during weekends. They validate the massive 4.80€ transaction manually, before issuing the virtual server. And yes, this is 2016. Also their support seems to be available only during extended office hours. For the record **servers never break during office hours**.

I’ll get back to this topic some time later when they have finally booted my server…Not sure when I have the time to do it, as I would have had some **today** , but it’s Saturday. It would be nice to read any comments while waiting.

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