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Hetzner

Cloud hosting provider for developers and teams

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Hetzner is a German IT company founded in 1997 that provides cloud hosting, dedicated servers, colocation, shared hosting, storage boxes, domains, and SSL certificates. Its cloud platform addresses the need for virtual server infrastructure that can be provisioned and managed through a web console, REST API, and CLI, with servers available in Germany, Finland, Singapore, and the USA.

Cloud offerings include shared-resource plans (Cost-Optimized, Regular Performance) and dedicated-vCPU plans (General Purpose), alongside networks, stateful firewalls, images for Linux distributions, and one-click apps such as Docker, WordPress, Nextcloud, and GitLab. Integrations cover languages like Python and Go and frameworks including Ansible, Terraform, and Kubernetes. The platform is GDPR-compliant, with ISO/IEC 27001-certified data centers in Germany and Finland, a 99.9% uptime SLA, and 24/7 support.

Hetzner serves businesses and internet projects of various sizes, from development and testing environments to production workloads. Cloud servers are configured and billed based on the selected plan and resource usage, with a price calculator available for estimating costs.

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