Hetzner CPX22 — plan assessment
Subject: Hetzner CPX22
CPX22 provides 2 shared AMD vCPUs, 4 GB RAM and 80 GB NVMe. It is €19.99/$23.59 per month in Germany or Finland and €26.99/$31.59 in Singapore, including IPv4 and excluding VAT. EU traffic is 20 TB; Singapore traffic is 1 TB.
Overall score withheld
The evidence coverage is insufficient for a single overall score. The dimension results below are evidence assessments, not a universal quality ranking.
Conclusion
A competitively priced 4 GB shared-CPU plan for EU/Singapore small databases and self-hosted apps. Per-datacenter pricing is strong evidence; independent performance and the backup add-on price are missing.
Dimensions
Assessed dimensions have a score and rationale. Not-assessed dimensions remain visibly unknown; they are not assigned a neutral score.
| Dimension | Status | Score | Rationale and evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Location fit | assessed | 4 / 5 | Germany, Finland and Singapore have datacenter-specific prices. Japan is not available in this dataset. |
| Network performance | not assessed | Overall score withheld | No VPSTab benchmark was run on this plan. |
| Policies and limitations | assessed | 3 / 5 | IPv6/IPv4 behavior and add-on availability are documented; refund and SLA terms were not reviewed. |
| Price transparency | assessed | 4 / 5 | EUR and USD prices are exact per datacenter, VAT exclusion and IPv4 inclusion are visible, and hourly billing is capped. Backup price is not captured. |
| Source freshness | assessed | 5 / 5 | Observed and verified on 2026-10-24. |
| Specifications | assessed | 5 / 5 | vCPU, RAM, NVMe, traffic and location availability are published for CPX22. |
| Support and reliability | not assessed | Overall score withheld | No support or reliability evidence was collected. |
Strengths
- 4 GB RAM and 80 GB NVMe at a competitive USD/EUR price.
- Exact per-datacenter prices, including Singapore.
- 20 TB EU traffic and 1 TB Singapore traffic.
- IPv4 included in the composite price; IPv6 supported.
Weaknesses and limits
- Shared CPU, not a dedicated-core plan.
- Backup add-on price is not captured.
- No independent performance or reliability evidence.
- No Japan location in this dataset.
Suitable for
- Small databases
- Self-hosted applications
- EU/Singapore compute-light services
Not suitable for
- Memory-heavy workloads
- Japan-based deployments
- Workloads requiring measured performance
Known unknowns
- Backup add-on price
- Independent network performance
- Support SLA
Limitations
- Provider-stated only.
- No test instance was purchased or benchmarked.
Correction path: use the source links and verification dates to challenge a claim. Do not treat an old snapshot as current.
Alternatives
DigitalOcean Basic 4 GB
More transfer (4 TB) and a simpler USD price, but catalog-level region evidence.
Linode 4 GB
Adds Osaka and Tokyo availability and fixed backup pricing.
Cited evidence
- Hetzner Cloud FAQ — public IPs and IPv6-only servershttps://docs.hetzner.com/cloud/servers/faq/
- Hetzner price API — CLOUD_124 + CLOUD_21 (CPX22 with IPv4)https://website-price-api.hetzner.com/api/v1/products/CLOUD_124%2BCLOUD_21
- Hetzner Cloud — Regular Performance planshttps://www.hetzner.com/cloud/regular-performance/
- VPSTab review and evaluation methodology v1https://github.com/niceyayale/vpstab/blob/feat/phase-0-foundation/docs/product/review-methodology.md