# Hetzner Object Storage

8 Hacker News commenters recommended Hetzner Object Storage and 10 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** S3-compatible object storage that several people use as a drop-in replacement and say works well. Critics report recurring downtime, slowdowns and failed transfers.

## Why people recommend it

- Works well in testing (2 comments): "haven't seen too many issues in my testing, beyond the lack of identity control" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47301916)) "it’s been working well so far" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47737625))

## What people warn about

- Slowdowns and stalled requests (4 comments): "Stalls that last a few seconds and hop around the cluster sound like a nightmare to debug." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50163878)) "The main problem is that it sometimes slows down to a crawl, or requests fail altogether." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47308562)) "the servers are kind of slow and sometimes fail to upload/download" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47303121))
- Failed uploads and downloads (4 comments): "they are absolutely terrible at s3. random downtimes, incomplete uploads/downloads, capacity issues" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48092653)) "The main problem is that it sometimes slows down to a crawl, or requests fail altogether." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47308562)) "the servers are kind of slow and sometimes fail to upload/download" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47303121))
- Frequent downtime and outages (2 comments): "they are absolutely terrible at s3. random downtimes, incomplete uploads/downloads, capacity issues" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48092653)) "horror stories for example when it comes to downtime on Hetzner's S3 object store" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49923815))
- Generally unreliable, unstable storage (4 comments): "their S3-compatible storage, which has been a huge fiasco since they launched it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47301854)) "Absolute clown show. Do not trust these people with your business." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50186942)) "Their s3 is utterly garbage even one year after their launch." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46130114))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Amazon S3](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amazon-s3.md): 170 recommend
- [Cloudflare R2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cloudflare-r2.md): 85 recommend
- [Backblaze B2](https://hackerapproved.com/p/backblaze-b2.md): 50 recommend
- [AWS S3](https://hackerapproved.com/p/aws-s3.md): 17 recommend
- [Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amazon-s3-glacier-deep-archive.md): 16 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.hetzner.com/storage/object-storage/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Hetzner Object Storage", https://hackerapproved.com/p/hetzner-object-storage/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).