# Hetzner dedicated server Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/hetzner-dedicated-servers/ 31 people recommended Hetzner dedicated server in Hacker News comments, 7 had mixed feelings and 26 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 9 of 12 months, in 22 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** Cheap dedicated servers with strong specs and unmetered bandwidth, though critics cite recent steep price rises and disk failures. Summary written by Claude from 56 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 53 of those comments still count. ## Why people recommend it - Low cost for high performance (7 comments in the sample): "Right now from Hetzner you can get a dedicated server with 6c/12t Ryzen2 3600, 64GB RAM and 2x512GB Nvme SSD for €37/mo" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46346113)) "You pay just about the same but you get a lot more performance for the same money." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46896857)) "You get an incredible amount of power for a very reasonable price" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45817084)) - Trusted choice for self-hosting (4 comments in the sample): "I tend to mostly use dedicated servers from Hetzner for my own projects and for my client's projects." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47297192)) "nothing will beat self-hosted on Hetzner dedicated servers, at a great price." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46837497)) "I found hetzner boxes to be the best/most referred to option" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46818651)) - Servers ready within a day (3 comments in the sample): "They have plenty of dedicated servers available at the click of a button..." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48553157)) "you can usually get a dedicated server installed and ready tomorrow" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46055544)) "we're on hetzner/ovh boxes, so delivery time really isnt an issue" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48710183)) - Unmetered bandwidth included (1 comment in the sample): "a Hetzner dedicated server has unlimited ingress and egress. It seems like it’s the only provider that does." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49030637)) ## What people warn about - Recent steep price increases (7 comments in the sample): "making this price increase very questionable. No one has real reason to choose hetzner if it is not affordable" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48543279)) "now it's 99 EUR for the most basic/cheapest option.. up to 350 EUR for something modest like a 16 Core Ryzen" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47002270)) "Hetzner increased the setup price on its dedicated servers. Some servers have gone from €39 to 269." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46855022)) - Hardware failures with little redundancy (3 comments in the sample): "When some component in OP's dedicated server fails, they will find out what that extra DO money was going toward." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47816181)) "They assumedly PXE-boot consumer grade UEFI hardware that is unlikely to have a dedicated management interface." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50271624)) "we lost the whole RAID array in a rented Hetzner server to some hardware failure" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45924734)) ## Other dedicated server hosts people recommend - [OVH dedicated server](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ovh-dedicated-servers/): 14 recommend, 3 mixed, 2 criticize - [Hetzner Server Auction](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hetzner-server-auction/): 14 recommend, 0 mixed, 4 criticize ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://www.hetzner.com/dedicated-rootserver/) ## The badge A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged. ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Hetzner dedicated server", https://hackerapproved.com/p/hetzner-dedicated-servers/ (31 recommend, 7 mixed, 26 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026). Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.