alt Hacker NewsThe main reason is that they are based locally, they charge in EUR, you can get the VAT back, and they are much more affordable than AWS.
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andy_ppp • today at 2:08 PM
I'm still amazed my company is paying £10k per month for AWS when they could have one or two servers on Hetzner do the whole thing.
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khurs • today at 2:40 PM
I think primary reasons are that:
-data is kept in EU,
-lower latency for SSH if nearer
-most companies's are not global, and so most of their customers are going to be in the same country or nearby so makes sense to keep near the serves close.
AWS / GCP can invoice with EU reverse charge so I don’t even pay VAT. With Hetzner I have to claim it back at the end of the year.
Hetzner is just way cheaper and pricing is more predictable. I don’t need any advanced cloud offerings. And yes, being outside the US is another advantage rn.