alt Hacker NewsThis might be true in terms of direct monetary costs.
I want to like Hetzner but the bureaucratic paper process of interacting with them and continuing to interact with them is just... awful.
Not that the other clouds don't also have their own insane bureaucracies so I guess it's a wash.
I'm just saying, I want a provider that leaves me alone and lets me just throw money at them to do so.
Otherwise, I think I'd rather simply deploy my own oversized server in a colo even with the insanely overpriced hardware prices currently.
edit: And shortly after writing this comment I see: "Microsoft won't let me pay a $24 bill, blocking thousands in Azure spending" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46124930
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> I want a provider that leaves me alone and lets me just throw money at them to do so.
That’s been my experience with Hetzner.
A lot of people get butthurt that a business dares to verify who they’re dealing with as to filter out the worst of the worst (budget providers always attract those), but as long as you don’t mind the reasonable requirement to verify your ID/passport they’re hands-off beyond that.
Can you elaborate on what the bureaucracy is you experienced? I'm a Hetzner customer since last month and so far I thoroughly enjoy it. Have not encountered any bureaucracy yet.