Hetzner vs NovoServe: Which Is Better?
We track Hetzner and NovoServe prices, uptime and specs 24/7. Here's the live head-to-head for September 2026 — no paid rankings, just the data.
About HetznerHetzner is a German cloud and dedicated-server provider famous for the best price-to-performance in Europe. Where Contabo competes on raw resources, Hetzner competes on network quality, low latency and a polished API — ideal for developers running latency-sensitive workloads.
About NovoServeNovoServe is a Dutch bare-metal hosting provider (est. 2013) with 7,000+ servers across its own Tier III data centers in the Netherlands, Denmark and the United States. Headquartered in Enschede, it operates an 18Tbps carrier-neutral network with 800+ peering partners and sells dedicated servers, GPU servers, storage and unmetered bandwidth lines plus colocation — aimed at MSPs, SaaS, streaming, iGaming, fintech and AI workloads.
Comparison Table
| Feature | Hetzner | NovoServe |
|---|---|---|
| Price / mo | $1.86 win | $68.44 |
| Renewal price | Same as initial | Monthly (promos ex. VAT) |
| Datacenters | 5 | 5 |
| NVMe storage | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Free domain | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| Backups | Paid | — |
| CDN | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| Support | Ticket 1-4h | — |
| Uptime · 30d | 99.17% | 99.32% win |
Price History
Hetzner · Webhosting SCollecting price history — the trend fills in as we track this plan.
NovoServe · Unmetered 1Gbps Entry ServerCollecting price history — the trend fills in as we track this plan.
Uptime & Performance
Hetzner 99.17% NovoServe 99.32%Pros & Cons
Hetzner- Exceptional price-to-performance — among the cheapest x86 VPS in the EU
- 99.9% uptime advertised for Hetzner Cloud (provider claim)
- Full-featured API with Terraform provider and Kubernetes support
- ARM servers (CAX) starting €3.29/mo — cheapest in Europe
- Transparent pricing — no hidden fees, no bandwidth surprises
- 5 datacenter locations: Nuremberg, Falkenstein, Helsinki, Ashburn, Singapore
- Support is ticket-based only — no live chat or phone
- UI/UX less polished than DigitalOcean or Vultr
- No managed databases (must self-manage)
- Limited global footprint — no APAC or LATAM DCs
- No Windows server images available
- Support response can be slow on weekends
NovoServe- Own 18Tbps carrier-neutral backbone with 800+ peering partners
- 5 Tier III data centers: Amsterdam (×2), Rotterdam/The Hague, Copenhagen, New York
- Entry dedicated servers from €59/mo with 25TB traffic included by default
- Unmetered bandwidth lines on 1G, 2G, 5G, 10G and up to 50Gbps dedicated ports
- GPU fleet: NVIDIA V100 / RTX 3090, AMD MI50 / MI210, up to 4× RTX PRO 6000 96GB
- In-house anti-DDoS scrubbing centers on every server
- Most stock servers run older generations (HPE G8/Gen9, Xeon E5/v2)
- Custom builds, HPC and colocation are quote-only — no public price list
- Bare metal only — no shared hosting, VPS or managed services
- Published prices are ex. VAT (21% Dutch VAT for EU consumers)
- No money-back guarantee on dedicated servers
- Only EU + US East Coast locations — nothing in Asia
The Verdict
Hetzner and NovoServe are evenly matched on the data we track. Choose based on the rows that matter most to you in the table above.
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FAQ
Right now Hetzner has the lower entry price across the plans we track. Prices update every few hours — the live snapshot above always shows the current starting price for both.
Over the last 30 days of our monitoring, NovoServe had the higher measured uptime. We ping both providers every few minutes from multiple locations — see the uptime graph above.
Yes. Both run standard KVM virtualization, so you can snapshot your server, export the image, and import it on the other provider. For most stacks a fresh deploy plus a data copy is simpler.
It depends on your priority: pick the one that wins on the rows that matter most to you in the table above (price, uptime, datacenters, backups). For latency-sensitive apps favour uptime and network; for value favour price and specs.