# Hetzner Storage Box

27 Hacker News commenters recommended Hetzner Storage Box and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 9 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Cheap SFTP storage that people use for backups, with 1TB for under 5 euros a month. The main complaint is slow transfer speeds.

## Why people recommend it

- Low price per terabyte (10 comments): "Hetzner Storage Box is nothing fancy but good enough for a backup and is sensibly cheaper for the alternatives" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47764021)) "Their storage box is cheaper than any competitor in the market that I've looked into" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48705263)) "1TB for under 5 bucks/month, 5TB for under 15. Sftp access. Point your restic there." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47763506))
- Good enough for backups (4 comments): "Hetzner Storage Box is nothing fancy but good enough for a backup and is sensibly cheaper for the alternatives" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47764021)) "I'd just get a storage box from hetzner and enable nightly zfs snapshots" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47777016)) "good enough for a backup and is sensibly cheaper for the alternatives" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47766171))
- Works with restic, rclone, SFTP (4 comments): "1TB for under 5 bucks/month, 5TB for under 15. Sftp access. Point your restic there." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47763506)) "Hetzner Storage boxes with rclone and the "crypt" option are a drop-in replacement" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46026432)) "up to and including official support for rclone" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46026996))
- Automated snapshots add immutability (2 comments): "it's more affordable and has automated snapshots that adds a layer of easy immutability" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47768703)) "I'd just get a storage box from hetzner and enable nightly zfs snapshots" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47777016))

## What people warn about

- Slow transfer speeds (2 comments): "the 3MB/s transfer rates I am currently achieving on a 1000/400 fibre connection" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50021051)) "I've heard they are very slow." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46158580))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Apple iCloud](https://hackerapproved.com/p/icloud.md): 144 recommend
- [Dropbox](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dropbox.md): 140 recommend
- [OneDrive](https://hackerapproved.com/p/onedrive.md): 86 recommend
- [Google Drive](https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-drive.md): 66 recommend
- [rsync.net](https://hackerapproved.com/p/rsync-net.md): 34 recommend

## Where to get it

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

## Cite as

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