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HostCraft vs Hetzner — an honest comparison.

Hetzner might be the best price-to-performance in the industry — in Europe. For an Indian user the maths changes the moment latency, currency and Windows enter the picture.

Fact-check: what the marketing doesn't say.

"Hetzner is cheap"

In euros, genuinely. But for Indian users it bills EUR on a card with forex markup, there’s no UPI/bKash, and FX swings quietly change your renewal.

"They have Asia covered"

Hetzner added Singapore — which helps SEA, but is still ~40-80ms from Indian metros versus single digits on our Mumbai/Delhi nodes.

"Same specs for less"

Their cloud is Linux-only — there’s no licensed Windows option, so any Windows comparison needs the licence cost added to their headline price.

Spec by spec.

HostCraftHetzner
Entry price $2.59/mo ~€4-5/mo + forex fees
India datacenter ✓ Mumbai + Delhi NCR ✗ Nearest is Singapore
Windows RDP ✓ Licence included ✗ Linux-only cloud
Indian payments ✓ UPI, bKash, USDT ✗ Card/PayPal in EUR
Latency from India 5–40ms 40–80ms (SG) / 120ms+ (EU)
Hourly billing ✗ Monthly wallet ✓ They win
Hardware scale Right-sized Indian fleet Vast — decades of it

The price, itemised

Hetzner’s €4-5 cloud looks close to our $2.59 until you add forex markup (~3-5%), the missing Windows licence if you need it (~€8-15/mo from resellers), and the latency cost of serving Indian users from Singapore. Their per-GB RAM price still wins on raw Linux specs — that’s true and we won’t pretend otherwise. The question is whether your users are where their servers are.

Where Hetzner wins — honestly

  • ✓ Best-in-industry price per GB/vCPU on Linux
  • ✓ Hourly billing, huge fleet, 20+ years of operation
  • ✓ More regions across EU/US/SG
  • ✓ Dedicated + auction servers we don’t offer

Where we win — honestly

  • ✓ Mumbai + Delhi NCR nodes — actual India latency
  • ✓ Windows licence included at every tier
  • ✓ UPI, bKash, Easypaisa, USDT — payments India/BD actually uses
  • ✓ Game hosting alongside VPS on the same account
Real questions

vs Hetzner — FAQ

What Indian buyers ask when comparing the two.

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On raw Linux specs, yes — Hetzner’s pricing is excellent. For Indian users add forex fees, no UPI, and 40-120ms latency; that’s the real comparison.
No — nearest is Singapore. If your users are in India, Mumbai/Delhi wins on latency every time.
Not as a licensed option — it’s a Linux cloud. Windows users need our kind of offering or a BYO-licence dedicated box.
Indian users → us (latency + payments). Global users → honestly evaluate both; their Linux price/perf is the industry benchmark.
No — card or PayPal in euros. We take UPI, bKash, Easypaisa, JazzCash, USDT and Binance Pay.
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