2026-05-03
GDPR, data residency and cloud costs for EU SMBs on Hetzner
GDPR compliance and cloud cost decisions are usually made in different rooms. The gap is where over-engineered architectures and unexpected bills come from.
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2026-04-16
Why Hetzner charges for stopped servers
Powering off a Hetzner cloud server doesn't reduce the bill. Here's the capacity-economics reason behind the policy and what to do instead.
2026-04-05
Hetzner billing surprises: what AWS, Azure, and GCP habits get wrong
Seven Hetzner billing model differences that produce unexpected invoices — with concrete numbers and what each costs you after the April 2026 price adjustment.
2026-03-02
Hetzner April 2026 price increase: what changed and what it costs
Hetzner raises cloud server, volume, and snapshot prices by 30-37% on April 1, 2026. Here's the full breakdown and what a typical setup will cost after the increase.
2026-01-15
Why your Hetzner bill is higher than expected
A diagnostic guide for surprise Hetzner invoices. Start with the five causes that explain most cases, then work through six categories of common issues and a 10-minute reconciliation checklist.
2025-11-20
The Hetzner Cloud costs you're probably missing
Six categories of Hetzner resources that keep charging after you stop using them, with the hcloud commands to find each one. Updated for April 2026 pricing.