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Hetzner vs Neon
Which one should you ship with? Here is the side-by-side panel verdict, pricing read, reviewer split, and community vote comparison.
Infrastructure
Hetzner
Affordable European cloud hosting
100%
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Community
Paid
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Hetzner offers remarkably affordable cloud servers, dedicated servers, and storage from European data centers. Known for incredible price-to-performance ratios.
Infrastructure
Neon
Serverless Postgres with branching and instant scaling
100%
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Community
Free
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Neon is a serverless Postgres database with unique features like database branching (like git for your database), autoscaling to zero, and instant point-in-time restore. The default Postgres choice for serverless architectures.
Reviewer scorecard
“4x the compute per dollar compared to AWS. European data centers for GDPR compliance. The best value in cloud computing.”
“Database branching is a killer feature — branch your DB for every PR, test with real data, merge back. Transformed how we handle database migrations.”
“Unbeatable pricing if you can manage your own infrastructure. Not for teams that need managed services.”
“Scale-to-zero means you actually pay nothing when idle. The cold start is noticeable (~500ms) but acceptable. For serverless apps, Neon is the obvious choice.”
“As cloud bills become a board-level concern, Hetzner's value proposition becomes more compelling every quarter.”
“Neon is making Postgres behave like a serverless primitive. The branching model will become standard — in 3 years, we'll wonder how we ever managed databases without it.”
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