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CloudLink vs Hetzner

Great EU price/performance — still not a senior SRE team on retainer.

CloudLink vs Hetzner Cloud Architecture Comparison
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Strong
EU fit
15 min
SLA
Yes
Hybrid
EN/FR/DE
Languages
Pain Points

Why Teams Leave Hetzner

Hetzner is popular for European cost efficiency. CloudLink operates production on Hetzner, hyperscalers, or hybrid — with FinOps and a 15-minute SLA.

Ops still on you

Cheap servers do not page a senior engineer in 15 minutes. CloudLink does.

Hybrid reality

Most teams also run AWS/GCP pieces. We unify operations.

Automation debt

Terraform, CI/CD, and Kubernetes still need ownership.

Compliance paperwork

Buyers ask for process evidence, not only location.

Multi-Cloud

Deploy on Any Cloud. We Manage It All.

CloudLink is cloud-agnostic. Whether you're on AWS, Azure, or GCP — our engineers are certified across all three major providers.

AWS
Amazon Web Services
EKS, RDS, Lambda, CloudFront & 200+ services
Az
Microsoft Azure
AKS, Cosmos DB, Functions & 600+ services
G
Google Cloud
GKE, BigQuery, Cloud Run & Vertex AI
Certified across all 3 clouds
Unified Terraform management
Cross-cloud cost optimization
Features

Feature-by-Feature Comparison

Comprehensive comparison across infrastructure, support, security, and cost management

FeatureCloudLinkHetzner
EU cost-efficient hosting ops
15-min CRITICAL SLA
Hybrid multi-cloud
FinOps across providers
FR/EN deliveryN/A
Pricing

Total Cost of Ownership

Monthly cost comparison including all hidden fees, tools, and engineering hours

CloudLink
All-inclusive retainer
Flat Monthly Retainer$3,500
Servers / cloud$500
CloudLink retainer$3,500
1 items included in retainer
Total$7,500/mo
Hetz
Hetzner
Pay per item + engineering
Servers / cloud$500
On-call engineering$8,000
CloudLink retainer$0
Total$8,500/mo
$1,000/mo saved
That's 12% less than Hetzner — $12,000 saved annually

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Migration

Migration Timeline

Our engineers handle the entire migration from Hetzner. Zero downtime guaranteed.

Week 1
Hybrid architecture plan
Week 1
Automation + monitoring
Ongoing
Retainer SLA
Zero-downtime migration
Full security audit included
Money-back guarantee
LM

"We kept Hetzner economics and gained a real DevOps partner."

Lukas M.
Head of Eng, EU SaaS

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SOC2 Certified
15-Min SLA
99.99% Uptime
4.9/5 on Clutch
7
Focused Service Paths
B2B
Cloud Operations Focus
Clear
Scope Before Delivery
Written
Technical Next Steps
Start with a scoped technical conversation. We document the current state, constraints, and next step before recommending work.
CloudLink delivery approach
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