Hetzner raises prices while significantly lowering bandwidth (US)
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Hetzner raises prices⌗
This morning I received an email from Hetzner stating that they are raising prices in the US while significantly reducing bandwidth.
The largest price percentage increase is 27.52% for CPX21 servers, and the smallest is 4.17% for CX3+ servers.
Bandwidth allotments are decreasing on average, across all products, 88.19% from previous allotments.
I’ve been a big fan of Hetzner. Unfortunately they’ve made a feeble attempt to dress this change up in the name of “fairness”.
With the new tariff structure, we want to make conditions for our customers around the world as fair as possible … Until this change, customers who have used fewer resources have covered the costs, in a way, for other customers who have used much more resources. We want to make things more balanced. The new prices will give our customers the best possible price for the resources they use.
- Hetzner
I’d love to see a better explanation for why prices are increasing so much in exchange for such a significant drop in bandwidth allotments. A lot of Hetzner customers cite generous bandwidth allotments as one of the reasons they’ve chosen Hetzner as a provider. As far as I can tell, that generosity has evaporated in the great US of A.
And the fact that this was announced on Thanksgiving Day, a major holiday in the US, certainly deserves a dishonorable mention.
Update⌗
Now that I’ve looked at my invoice, Hetzner’s price change and justification is even more frustrating.
I personally use 0TB per month across 6 CPX21 servers (I know I’m over-provisioned; that’s not the point). The point is I’ve been paying €42.30 + €1.00/mo for 20TB of bandwidth, of which I’ve used zero on average. What Hetzner’s statement tells me is that even at that price, I was subsidizing some heavy users. And to thank me for it, I can now pay €53.94/mo in exchange for 12TB, for fairness.
New price and bandwidth table⌗
From the updated bandwidth and pricing table provided in Hetzner’s email, here are the price changes for CCX and CPX servers in Ashburn and Hillsboro.
| Product | Old(€) | New(€) | Increase(%) | Old Traffic (TB) | New Traffic (TB) | Traffic Decrease (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPX11 | 3.85 | 4.49 | 16.62% | 20 | 1 | 95.000000 |
| CPX21 | 7.05 | 8.99 | 27.52% | 20 | 2 | 90.000000 |
| CPX31 | 13.10 | 15.99 | 22.06% | 20 | 3 | 85.000000 |
| CPX41 | 24.70 | 29.99 | 21.42% | 20 | 4 | 80.000000 |
| CPX51 | 54.40 | 59.99 | 10.28% | 20 | 5 | 75.000000 |
| CCX13 | 11.99 | 12.99 | 8.34% | 20 | 1 | 95.000000 |
| CCX23 | 23.99 | 25.99 | 8.34% | 20 | 2 | 90.000000 |
| CCX33 | 47.99 | 49.99 | 4.17% | 30 | 3 | 90.000000 |
| CCX43 | 95.99 | 99.99 | 4.17% | 40 | 4 | 90.000000 |
| CCX53 | 191.99 | 199.99 | 4.17% | 50 | 6 | 88.000000 |
| CCX63 | 287.99 | 299.99 | 4.17% | 60 | 8 | 86.666667 |
| LB11 | 5.39 | 5.39 | 0.00% | 20 | 1 | 95.000000 |
| LB21 | 16.40 | 16.40 | 0.00% | 20 | 2 | 90.000000 |
| LB31 | 32.90 | 32.90 | 0.00% | 20 | 3 | 85.000000 |
Hetzner’s email⌗
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