GPUBank vs Hetzner
Hetzner is a German hosting company, founded in 1997, that rents single-GPU dedicated servers from its own data centers in Germany and Finland. It has no H100: its top card is an RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q at 1199 EUR per month excl. VAT plus a 599 EUR setup fee, or $1.91 per GPU-hour at full-month use, against $1.15 at GPUBank. Hetzner offers a large dedicated host, ISO 27001 and invoice payment; GPUBank bills by the second, has no setup fee and rents H100, H200 and B200 with up to 8 GPUs per instance.
GPUBank
Tallinn, Estonia
RTX PRO 6000
$1.15 / h
- vCPU, RAM, NVMe, IPv4 and traffic included
- Per-second billing after the health check
- Top up in Bitcoin, USDT and 12+ other coins
vCPU, RAM, NVMe, IPv4 and traffic included
Hetzner
Gunzenhausen, Germany · since 1997
RTX PRO 6000
$1.91 / h
- GEX131 host with a 24-core Xeon and 256 to 768 GB DDR5
- ISO/IEC 27001:2022 data centers and a GDPR DPA
- Cards, PayPal, SEPA direct debit and bank transfer, postpaid invoices
Hetzner
Dedicated servers
Germany28 points compared25 of their pages readprices last checked on 29 September 2026page updated 2 November 2026
The verdict
Monthly dedicated servers and ISO 27001 at Hetzner. Data-center GPUs and per-second billing at GPUBank.
Hetzner fits a team that wants one RTX PRO 6000 or RTX PRO 4000 box for a whole month, with a 24-core Xeon, up to 768 GB of RAM, root access and an invoice. For the one GPU both of us rent, the RTX PRO 6000, GPUBank costs 40 % less per GPU-hour than Hetzner's full-month rate, before Hetzner's setup fee. Hetzner bills per started hour, charges a server in full until it is cancelled and adds a one-time setup fee of 209 to 1149 EUR; GPUBank bills by the second and keeps only the disk on the bill when you stop. Hetzner has no H100, H200, B200 or A100 and no multi-GPU server; GPUBank does.
HetznerGPUBank 01The real cost
The same GPUs, side by side, per hour.
Every GPU model both of us rent, at each provider's own published price for one card, in US dollars, excluding VAT. Prices last checked on 29 September 2026.
| GPU | Hetzner per hour | GPUBank per hour | Difference | 100 h at Hetzner | 100 h at GPUBank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 RTX PRO 600096 GB |
$1.91 | $1.15 | −40 % | $191.00 | $115.00 |
Hetzner's figure is a monthly dedicated-server price excl. VAT (1199 EUR) divided by 720 h, before a 599 EUR setup fee. The hourly rate is $2.20 per GPU-hour.
A 70B inference box, 200 h on an RTX PRO 6000
Hetzner
$382.00
GPUBank
$230.00
Saves $152.00 at GPUBank (−40 %)
02Their catalogue
Every GPU Hetzner lists.
5 GPU models listed by Hetzner, each at its lowest public price per GPU-hour. 1 of them is also rented at GPUBank (in blue).
- RTX PRO 600096 GB · on demand$1.91
RTX 6000 Adaon demand$1.37
RTX 4000 Adaon demand$0.37- RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF24 GB · on demand$0.34
GTX 1080on demand$0.12
03What the price includes
What appears on the bill besides the GPU.
The same RTX PRO 6000 session of 2 h 14 m 03 s, line by line, as each provider describes its billing.
Hetzner
2 h 14 m 03 s on RTX PRO 6000
- GPU · $1.91 / h
- $4.27
- vCPU and RAM
- Included
- Storage
- Local NVMe included; extra drives monthly
- Egress
- Unlimited on the 1 Gbit/s port
- Public IPv4
- In the shown price (1.70 EUR per month)
- Billing granularity
- Per started hour, capped at the monthly price
- Minimum charge
- One hour plus a 209 to 1149 EUR setup fee
GPUBank
2 h 14 m 03 s on RTX PRO 6000
- GPU · $1.15 / h
- $2.57
- vCPU and RAM
- Included
- Storage
- Local NVMe included; persistent disk $0.03 per GB-month
- Egress
- Included
- Public IPv4
- Included
- Billing granularity
- Per second, from the health check
- Minimum charge
- None
While stopped
What keeps running on the bill.
Hetzner
Billed in full until the server is cancelled.
GPUBank
Only the persistent disk, $0.03 per GB-month. Compute, IPv4 and scratch cost nothing.
04Where the GPUs run
2 countries against 4, and where they are.
Countries where Hetzner says its GPUs run, from its own region list or documentation, against GPUBank's four regions. A pin marks a country, not the exact site.
Germany
Finland
Paris
Frankfurt
Ashburn
Singapore
Hetzner2
- Germany
Finland
GPUBank4
Paris- Frankfurt
Ashburn
Singapore
Hetzner · 2 countriesGPUBank · 4 regions
05Paying and signing up
How each one takes your money.
Hetzner
Payments and sign-up
Payment methods
Bank transfer
No cryptoMinimum top-up None, postpaid
To start
- 1Email and password
- 2Contact details
- 3Billing address
Billing modelPostpaid monthly invoice
GPUBank
Payments and sign-up
Payment methods
A prepaid USD balance, topped up in crypto. Every GPU-second is drawn from it.
Minimum top-up $25
To start
- 1Email and password
- 2Top up in crypto
- 3Launch a GPU
Billing modelPrepaid balance
06Trust and support
Certificates, uptime and who answers.
| Hetzner | GPUBank | |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Not published | Not published |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Not published |
| HIPAA | Not published | No |
| GDPR DPA | DPA available | Published DPA, applies automatically |
| Availability target | No server SLA; 99.9 % network target | 99.9 % monthly, per region |
| Status page | status.hetzner.com | Public status page |
| Support | Free phone and email, 24/7 on-site staff | Tickets from a $25 balance |
07Their site, our site
What you see before you pay.
Both sites as a visitor sees them, without an account: the Hetzner pricing page captured on 29 September 2026, and GPUBank's live board. Cookie banners and chat bubbles are closed; nothing else is edited.
- 1Monthly, hourly and setup prices are public and labelled excl. VAT, with an EUR and VAT selector.
- 2The GEX131 card reads starting from; the three RAM and disk tiers are priced only in the configurator.
- 3The FAQ answers a question about H100 servers by pointing to a feedback form.
- 1Live stock per region and every price, without an account.
- 2Per-hour and per-second prices, with vCPU, RAM, NVMe, IPv4 and traffic in them.
- 3A machine-readable price feed at /prices.json.
08The spec sheet
28 points, read off both sites.
GPUBank aheadHetzner aheadEven
| Criterion | GPUBank | Hetzner |
|---|---|---|
| Price and catalogue | ||
| H100 SXM, per GPU-hourHetzner points H100 requests to a feedback form. Its RTX PRO 6000 is $2.20 at the hourly rate. | $1.85, all-in | No H100; RTX PRO 6000 at $1.91 (monthly rate) |
| Cheapest GPU-hourLive Server Auction listing at 76 EUR per month excl. VAT. The cheapest current model, GEX45, is $0.34. | $0.23, RTX 4090 | $0.12, used GTX 1080 (auction, monthly)Ahead |
| GPU models listed | 10 | 5 (2 in the current GEX line) |
| What the GPU price includesHetzner's host is larger. Its prices exclude VAT. | vCPU, RAM, NVMe, IPv4, traffic | CPU, RAM, NVMe, traffic, IPv4 |
| Billing | ||
| Billing granularity | Per second | Per started hour, capped at the monthly price |
| Minimum chargeServer Auction servers have no setup fee. | None | One hour plus a 209 to 1149 EUR setup fee |
| Stopped instance | Disk only | Billed in full until the server is cancelled |
| Persistent storageHetzner has no persistent volumes for GPU servers. Extra 3.84 TB NVMe is 96 EUR per month. | $0.03 per GB-month | Local NVMe included; extra drives monthly |
| Egress trafficThe 10 Gbit uplink add-on includes 20 TB, then per-TB charges. | Included | Unlimited on the 1 Gbit/s port |
| Public IPv4 | Included | In the shown price (1.70 EUR per month) |
| Billing model | Prepaid balance | Postpaid monthly invoice |
| Payment and sign-up | ||
| Crypto paymentsHetzner docs state: We do not accept cryptocurrencies. | Bitcoin, USDT, Ethereum and 12+ more | Not accepted |
| Card payments | No | Visa, Mastercard, AMEX, UnionPay, PayPal, SEPAAhead |
| Minimum deposit | $25 | None, postpaidAhead |
| Platform | ||
| API and CLI | REST API, CLI, Python SDK | Robot REST API; no CLI |
| Terraform | Official provider | No provider found for dedicated servers |
| Serverless GPUs | No | No |
| Managed Kubernetes | No | No |
| Ready-made templatesDebian and Ubuntu on GEX131; no containers, notebooks or app templates. | 25 | OS images only |
| Interruptible or spot | Yes, 40 % off | No |
| GPUs per instance | Up to 8 | 1 GPU per server |
| Multi-node interconnect | Not offered | Not published |
| Network and regions | ||
| RegionsOfficial pages disagree on which sites carry GEX45 and GEX131. | 4 | 3 (Falkenstein, Nuremberg, Helsinki) |
| Countries | France, Germany, US, Singapore | Germany, Finland |
| EU regions | Paris, Frankfurt | All three, in Germany and FinlandAhead |
| Trust and support | ||
| Availability targetTerms promise only economically reasonable efforts toward 99.9 % annual network availability. | 99.9 % monthly | No server SLA; 99.9 % network target |
| Compliance reports | None published | ISO/IEC 27001:2022, GDPR DPAAhead |
| Public status page | Yes | status.hetzner.com |
| Support | Tickets from a $25 balance | Free phone and email, 24/7 on-site staffAhead |
09The right fit
Different needs. A clear choice.
What Hetzner does better
- GEX131 host with a 24-core Xeon and 256 to 768 GB DDR5
- ISO/IEC 27001:2022 data centers and a GDPR DPA
- Cards, PayPal, SEPA direct debit and bank transfer, postpaid invoices
- Used auction GPU servers from 76 EUR per month, no setup fee
- Free phone and email support with 24/7 on-site technicians
Choose GPUBank if
- RTX PRO 6000 at $1.15 per GPU-hour, against $1.91 to $2.20 plus setup fee
- H100, H200, B200, A100, L40S and MI300X, which Hetzner does not rent
- Per-second billing, no setup fee, disk-only cost when stopped
- Up to 8 GPUs per instance, where Hetzner allows one per server
- Crypto top-ups, plus Ashburn and Singapore regions
Moving from Hetzner takes an afternoon.
Hetzner GPU servers are bare metal with local disks and no documented snapshot or image export. Data leaves with standard tools, and traffic on the 1 Gbit/s port is unlimited.
- 1Launch an RTX PRO 6000 or larger GPU on GPUBank with a persistent disk in Frankfurt or Paris.
- 2Copy data and models with rsync or scp from the Hetzner server before you cancel it.
- 3Package the environment as a Docker image or pick a template, then cancel the Hetzner server.
# 1. a GPU and a disk on GPUBank gpubank launch --gpu rtx-pro-6000 --region eu-paris --disk data # 2. copy your data from the old machine rsync -azP old-host:/workspace/ root@<new-ip>:/workspace/ # 3. run the same image or template ssh root@<new-ip> 'cd /workspace && ./start.sh'
A few things you might be wondering.
No. Hetzner's GPU line has one RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF model and one RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q model, and its FAQ answers H100 requests with a feedback form. GPUBank rents the H100 SXM at $1.85 per GPU-hour and the H100 PCIe at $1.35.
Yes. Hetzner's GEX131-1 costs 1199 EUR per month excl. VAT, $1.91 per GPU-hour at full-month use or $2.20 at the hourly rate, plus a 599 EUR setup fee. GPUBank charges $1.15 per GPU-hour with no setup fee. Hetzner's price includes a larger host: a 24-core Xeon, 256 GB DDR5 and 2x 960 GB NVMe.
Yes, per started hour, capped at the monthly price after about 624 hours. A one-time setup fee of 209 to 1149 EUR applies, and a server is billed in full until it is cancelled, even when switched off. GPUBank bills by the second and a stopped instance costs only its disk.
No. Hetzner's docs state that it does not accept cryptocurrencies. It takes credit cards, PayPal, SEPA direct debit and bank transfer. GPUBank is paid from a USD balance topped up in Bitcoin, USDT, Ethereum and more than a dozen other coins.
No. Hetzner's FAQ says every GEX server has exactly one GPU and cannot take more. GPUBank rents up to 8 GPUs per instance.
Without. Every price on this page excludes VAT and sales tax, for Hetzner and for GPUBank, so the two columns compare like for like. Tax is added at checkout according to where the buyer is based.
Sources
Every figure about Hetzner was read on its own pages or official documentation. Prices last checked on 29 September 2026.
- 01hetzner.com/dedicated-rootserver/matrix-gpu/catalogue, FAQ (locations, no H100, single GPU)
- 02hetzner.com/dedicated-rootserver/gex45/specs, price (rendered screenshot), terms, payment methods
- 03hetzner.com/dedicated-rootserver/gex131/specs, price (rendered screenshot), locations, terms, support
- 04hetzner.com/dedicated-rootserver/gex131/configurator/server types GEX131-1/-2/-3, IPv4 line, 10G uplink
- 05website-price-api.hetzner.com/api/v1/products/ROBOT_1768%2BROBOT_1266GEX45 monthly, hourly, setup
- 06website-price-api.hetzner.com/api/v1/products/ROBOT_1747%2BROBOT_1266GEX131-1 prices
- 07website-price-api.hetzner.com/api/v1/products/ROBOT_1748GEX131-2 prices
- 08website-price-api.hetzner.com/api/v1/products/ROBOT_1749GEX131-3 prices
- 09website-price-api.hetzner.com/api/v1/products/ROBOT_1266IPv4 price
- 10website-price-api.hetzner.com/api/v1/products/ROBOT_1338uplink add-on price
- 11hetzner.com/_resources/app/data/app/live_data_sb.jsonauction GPU servers and prices
- 12docs.hetzner.com/general/others/new-billing-model/hourly billing, monthly cap, rounding, postpaid
- 13docs.hetzner.com/general/billing-and-account-management/billing-at-hetzner/payment-overview/payment methods, no crypto, currencies, credit
- 14docs.hetzner.com/general/billing-and-account-management/billing-at-hetzner/value-added-tax/VAT on net prices
- 15docs.hetzner.com/robot/dedicated-server/dedicated-server-hardware/price-server-addons/storage, network, support add-on prices
- 16docs.hetzner.com/general/infrastructure-and-availability/hetzner-pricing-structure-explained/setup fee rationale, no discounts
- 17docs.hetzner.com/general/security-and-identify/fraud-prevention-faq/order checks
- 18docs.hetzner.com/general/billing-and-account-management/account-getting-started/sign-up requirements
What we could not verify (6)
- Per-TB overage price for the 10 Gbit uplink add-on (value blank in the captured page text)
- VRAM of Server Auction GPUs is not stated in the listings
- Exact data center availability of GEX45 and GEX131 (official pages disagree)
- No official Terraform provider or CLI for dedicated servers found on the pages read (hcloud tooling covers Hetzner Cloud, which has no GPUs)
- Server Auction data is a live snapshot of 2026-09-29
- Setup fees, hourly and monthly prices were read from the price API; the GEX131-2 and -3 prices are shown only in the configurator after rendering
In short
GPUBank vs Hetzner, in facts.
The essentials of this comparison in one table, for quick readers and AI assistants. Prices last checked on 29 September 2026.
Read as Markdown- H100 SXM, per GPU-hour
- Hetzner: No H100; RTX PRO 6000 at $1.91 (monthly rate)
GPUBank: $1.85, all-in - Cheapest GPU-hour
- Hetzner: $0.12, used GTX 1080 (auction, monthly)
GPUBank: $0.23, RTX 4090 - Billing granularity
- Hetzner: Per started hour, capped at the monthly price
GPUBank: Per second - Stopped instance
- Hetzner: Billed in full until the server is cancelled
GPUBank: Disk only - Persistent storage
- Hetzner: Local NVMe included; extra drives monthly
GPUBank: $0.03 per GB-month - Egress traffic
- Hetzner: Unlimited on the 1 Gbit/s port
GPUBank: Included - Crypto payments
- Hetzner: Not accepted
GPUBank: Bitcoin, USDT, Ethereum and 12+ more - Card payments
- Hetzner: Visa, Mastercard, AMEX, UnionPay, PayPal, SEPA
GPUBank: No - Minimum deposit
- Hetzner: None, postpaid
GPUBank: $25 - GPU models listed
- Hetzner: 5 (2 in the current GEX line)
GPUBank: 10 - Regions
- Hetzner: 3 (Falkenstein, Nuremberg, Helsinki)
GPUBank: 4 - Serverless GPUs
- Hetzner: No
GPUBank: No - Availability target
- Hetzner: No server SLA; 99.9 % network target
GPUBank: 99.9 % monthly - Compliance reports
- Hetzner: ISO/IEC 27001:2022, GDPR DPA
GPUBank: None published - Support
- Hetzner: Free phone and email, 24/7 on-site staff
GPUBank: Tickets from a $25 balance - Headquarters
- Hetzner: Gunzenhausen, Germany
GPUBank: Tallinn, Estonia
How this page was made
Every price and policy of Hetzner was read on its own website, documentation or public API on 29 September 2026, with the address of each page listed above. A value we could not read on a primary source is marked "Not published" rather than estimated. GPUBank figures come from this site and its terms. Prices change: check both providers before you buy. Hetzner, its logo and its website belong to their owner and are shown only to identify the service compared. GPUBank is not affiliated with Hetzner.
