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What Hetzner Cloud (VPS + Coolify) really costs at your usage

Hetzner Cloud (VPS + Coolify) priced at YOUR usage from verified pricing pages — no free tier — paid from day one. See the free-tier ceiling, the per-unit overage, and exactly when it starts costing real money.

Prices verified 2026-07-15 against official pricing pages · fit weights are our estimates (see methodology) · share the URL to share your configuration

As of Jul 2026, with 500GB bandwidth/month, 6 millions requests / month, 3 GB server ram needed, a $50 budget for this slot, Hetzner Cloud (VPS + Coolify) ranks first for these inputs at 78% fit and a StackSays-estimated $4.99/month. Fit weights are our estimates; prices trace to official pages. Change any input below and the verdict recomputes.

Your situation

The verdict updates as you move these.

Bandwidth / month (GB)data served to visitors; media-heavy sites burn this fastestServer RAM needed (GB)for container hosts (Railway/Render/Fly/VPS); serverless platforms ignore thisBudget for this slot ($/mo)what you'd accept paying for the hosting platform layerTeam size1 = solo; bundled platforms save glue time for small teams

Clear pick for your inputs

Hetzner Cloud (VPS + Coolify)fit 78% · est $4.99/mo

The price floor: 4GB RAM + 20TB traffic for ~$5 — you are the ops team

Hetzner Cloud (VPS + Coolify)fit 78%

$4.99/mo

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The decision, in plain words

For a solo builder at 500GB bandwidth/month and a $50.00/mo budget for the hosting platform slot, Hetzner Cloud (VPS + Coolify) leads at 78% fit and $4.99/mo. The two rules doing the work: budget fit (~$4.99/mo is 10% of your $50/mo budget); ecosystem maturity (established — our estimate from ecosystem age, docs and hiring pool).

Honest weak spot of the pick: no free tier — paying from day one.

Generated from the calculation above — every number traces to the sourced data; nothing here is written by an AI making things up.

Why Hetzner Cloud (VPS + Coolify) scores 78%

Budget fit (weight 30, our estimate) — ~$4.99/mo is 10% of your $50/mo budget+30

Batteries included (weight 12, our estimate) — Hosting platform only — you assemble the rest separately+0

Exit cost (weight 4, our estimate) — Your own VPS — nothing to migrate away from+4

Ecosystem maturity (weight 8, our estimate) — established — our estimate from ecosystem age, docs and hiring pool+8

Free-tier runway (weight 10, our estimate) — No free tier — paying from day one-6

Total (lines sum exactly)36

Possible range −64…+64 (sum of active rule weights) · fit % = (total + max) / (2 × max)(36 + 64) / 128 = 78%

How the $4.99/mo estimate is calculated

CX22 VPS base$4.99

Note — ≈€4.35/mo + VAT (post-June-2026 price rise): 2 vCPU, 4GB RAM, 40GB NVMe, 20TB traffic. Coolify (open source) gives it a Vercel-like deploy experience$0

Monthly total (lines sum exactly)$4.99

What could change this verdict

No single input change within the tested range changes the winner.

Cost risk

Estimated now (StackSays estimate, not your final bill)$4.99/mo · CX22 VPS

Free-tier statusNo free tier — paid from the first unit

Next known billing thresholdCX22 VPS caps at 4GB server ram — beyond that you change plans

Official prices verified 2026-07-15; calculation is deterministic code over those prices.

At a glance

Tool	Free tier	Paid entry	Verified
Hetzner Cloud (VPS + Coolify)	No free tier	CX22 VPS $4.99/mo	2026-07-15

Where did you land?anonymous, one click

Data sources

Tool	Source	Verified
Hetzner Cloud (VPS + Coolify)	Hetzner Cloud (pricing via 2026 trackers; EUR list price)	2026-07-15

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