VPS · head to head · checked 8 August 2026

Alibaba Cloud vs Hetzner

6 VPS plans from the two, side by side: what each plan includes, what it costs, and where the price comes from.

Alibaba Cloud

from $11/mo

ecs.n4.small · 3 plans listed

Best price per vCPU: $10.50/vCPU (ecs.n4.large)

Hetzner

from €5.99/mo

CAX11 · 3 plans listed

Best price per vCPU: $3.26/vCPU (CAX11)

Which is cheaper, Alibaba Cloud or Hetzner?

Hetzner's cheapest listed plan is CAX11 at €5.99/mo; Alibaba Cloud's is ecs.n4.small at $11/mo.

Which gives more for the money, Alibaba Cloud or Hetzner?

On price per vCPU, Hetzner does best with CAX11 at $3.26/vCPU; Alibaba Cloud's best is ecs.n4.large at $10.50/vCPU.

How many VPS plans does each offer here?

We list 3 for Alibaba Cloud and 3 for Hetzner, each checked against the provider's own pricing page.

Alibaba Cloud

Everything from Alibaba Cloud

ecs.n4.smallapprox
vCPU
1 (shared)
RAM
2 GB
Storage
Not included — system disk billed separately
Transfer
Not included — billed separately
Region
Singapore
$11/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-08
ecs.n4.largeapprox
vCPU
2 (shared)
RAM
4 GB
Storage
Not included — system disk billed separately
Transfer
Not included — billed separately
Region
Singapore
$21/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-08
ecs.n4.xlargeapprox
vCPU
4 (shared)
RAM
8 GB
Storage
Not included — system disk billed separately
Transfer
Not included — billed separately
Region
Singapore
$61/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-08

Hetzner

Everything from Hetzner

CAX11
vCPU
2 (shared)
RAM
4 GB
Storage
40 GB NVMe SSD
Transfer
20 TB
Region
EU · US · Singapore
€5.99/mo~$6.53Visit price source · checked 2026-08-05
CPX22
vCPU
2 (shared)
RAM
4 GB
Storage
80 GB NVMe SSD
Transfer
20 TB
Region
EU · US · Singapore
€19.49/mo~$21.24Visit price source · checked 2026-08-05
CCX13approx
vCPU
2 (dedicated)
RAM
8 GB
Storage
80 GB NVMe SSD
Transfer
20 TB
Region
EU · US · Singapore
€42.99/mo~$46.86Visit price source · checked 2026-08-05

Alibaba Cloud against the rest

Hetzner against the rest

How this page is made: every figure above is computed from the plans listed, which were checked against each provider's own pricing page (linked per plan, with the date). Nothing here is ranked by who pays us. The highlighted plan is each provider's best on price per vCPU. Non-USD prices are converted at an approximate fixed rate for comparison only. See our methodology and how we make money.