Hetzner Price Increases & Less Bandwidth

eva2000 · Nov 28, 2024

Just got this email from Hetzner, looks like for some VPS servers in some locations there will be price increases and dramatically less bandwidth included - dropping from 20TB/month to 1TB/month!

We are writing to inform you about important changes to the tariff structure of our Cloud servers (CCX and CPX lines) and our Load balancers at our US locations in Ashburn and Hillsboro.

What will change?
Starting on 1 December 2024, 01:00 am CET, we will begin charging new prices for newly-created Cloud servers and introduce new amounts for included traffic for Cloud Servers and Load balancers at the US locations in Ashburn (ASH) and Hillsboro (HIL). This also applies to existing Cloud servers and Load balancers that are switched to a different tariff using the “Rescale” function. For any existing Cloud servers and Load balancers you have at these locations, the new prices and the new amounts for included traffic will apply later, starting on 1 February 2025, 01:00 am CET. The price for traffic overage will remain unchanged in the new price structure.

What are the new prices and amounts of included traffic?

Below, you can see a list of the old and new prices and the included traffic.
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Why are we making these changes?
With the new tariff structure, we want to make conditions for our customers around the world as fair as possible. To do that, we will calculate our prices based on local conditions in Europe, Singapore, and the USA. 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.

What else do I need to know?
Displayed prices and included traffic on Cloud Console

For technical reasons, we will display the new prices and amounts of included traffic on the Cloud server and Load balancer detail pages on Cloud Console starting on 1 December 2024. This will also be true for your existing Cloud servers and Load balancers. However, the invoice will still be issued according to the previous conditions. A corresponding note will be displayed for your existing affected products. On the invoice preview on the “Usage” page, you will see the correct existing price for your existing servers.

Displayed prices on the Cloud API

In the transition time period between 1 December 2024 and 1 February 2025, the Cloud API will already return the new prices and included traffic. This will also be true for your existing Cloud servers and Load balancers. But this will only affect the display here. The invoice preview will display the correct existing price. And of course, your invoice itself will be for the correct existing price.

Traffic warning

You may see early traffic warnings during the transition time period starting on 1 December 2024 for your existing Cloud servers and Load balancers. Please note that the previous traffic included for existing Cloud servers and Load balancers remains valid until 31 January 2025.

If you do not agree with this adjustment, you can cancel the affected products at any time. We ask for your understanding for why we are making these changes. We truly believe that we can continue to offer you our Cloud Servers and features at the best price-performance ratio despite these adjustments.

We will be happy to answer any questions you may have. Please write us a support request using your account on Cloud Console at Hetzner Cloud

Thank you for your trust and support.

Kind regards

Hetzner Online
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The listed prices exclude VAT/GST tax and exclude cost of IPv4 addresses

Jon Snow · Nov 29, 2024

Was about to post this.

I'm not too happy about the price increase but these servers were cheap so I can't complain.

Jon Snow · Nov 29, 2024

I just noticed with traffic they dropped from 20 to 1. That's a huge change, especially for the higher plans.

eva2000 · Nov 29, 2024

Jon Snow said: ↑

I just noticed with traffic they dropped from 20 to 1. That's a huge change, especially for the higher plans.
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Yeah, I imagine the change was because some folks were abusing the bandwidth and really using 20TB. Hetzner probably advertised 20TB thinking not many folks will use it all.

Jon Snow · Nov 29, 2024

eva2000 said: ↑

Yeah, I imagine the change was because some folks were abusing the bandwidth and really using 20TB. Hetzner probably advertised 20TB thinking not many folks will use it all.
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All of my servers on Hetzner are at 0% so I'll be fine, but it was for peace of mind having a high amount.

I hope they change it to something like:
1 TB
2 TB
4 TB
6 TB
10 TB

Or something like that.

Or at least introduce US dedicated servers.

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