Hetzner raises prices while significantly lowering bandwidth (US)

Hetzner has announced a significant price increase for its cloud services in the US, effective December 1, 2024. The price hikes range from 4.17% to 27.52%, with the most substantial increase affecting the CPX21 servers. Alongside the price increases, bandwidth allotments will be reduced by an average of 88.19% across all products. The company claims these changes aim to create a more balanced pricing structure, where customers pay according to their resource usage, rather than subsidizing others. This decision has drawn criticism from customers who valued Hetzner for its generous bandwidth offerings. The announcement was made on Thanksgiving Day, which has also been noted unfavorably. The new pricing structure will apply to both new and existing customers who switch tariffs, with existing customers seeing the changes reflected in their invoices starting February 1, 2025. Hetzner has stated that the price for traffic overages will remain unchanged. Customers dissatisfied with the adjustments have the option to cancel their services.

- Hetzner is increasing prices for cloud services in the US by up to 27.52%.

- Bandwidth allotments will be reduced by an average of 88.19%.

- The changes aim to create a fairer pricing model based on resource usage.

- Existing customers will see the new prices reflected in invoices starting February 1, 2025.

- The announcement was made on Thanksgiving Day, drawing criticism from users.