Hetzner Raised Prices a Third Time in 2026 - Now Netcup Costs 4x Less for Dedicated Cores
Hetzner Raised Prices a Third Time in 2026: Now Netcup Costs 4x Less for Dedicated Cores
Hetzner just raised prices again. On June 15, 2026, the company pushed through its third price adjustment of the year, and this one is the most aggressive yet for anyone who buys dedicated CPU power. The dedicated vCPU (CCX) line nearly tripled.
Meanwhile, Netcup hasn't touched its pricing since the May 1 increase we covered in our RAMpocalypse comparison. The result: the gap between the two providers, already wide in March, has now blown wide open.
If you were leaning toward Hetzner for a dedicated-core server, the math has changed completely. Here's the verified, up-to-date breakdown.
What Happened on June 15
This is Hetzner's third pricing action of 2026:
- February 23 announcement → April 1: a broad increase across all products, new and existing, with cloud servers in Germany and Finland up roughly 30-37% per tier.
- April (dedicated setup fees): adjustments to one-time dedicated server setup fees.
- June 15: a standardization + price increase for new orders, hitting the dedicated vCPU (CCX) and shared AMD (CPX) lines hardest.
Alongside the price changes, Hetzner standardized its dedicated server catalog. Models now carry -1, -2, and -3 designations instead of custom RAM/storage configs, and a new -1-Ltd "limited" tier uses components sourced at lower prices. Setup fees on most dedicated servers came down to partly offset the monthly increases.
Source: Hetzner standardization and price adjustment statement and the official price adjustment docs.
Important: the June 15 increase applies to new orders and rescales only. If you already run a Hetzner cloud server and leave it untouched, you keep your old price. Any resize (up or down) re-prices it at the new rates, so don't rescale unless you have to.
The June 15 Cloud Price Changes (Germany / Finland)
Net monthly prices, before and after June 15:
| Plan | Type | Old Price | New Price | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CCX13 | 2 dedicated | €15.99 | €42.99 | +169% |
| CCX23 | 4 dedicated | €31.49 | €85.99 | +173% |
| CCX33 | 8 dedicated | €62.49 | €138.49 | +122% |
| CCX43 | 16 dedicated | €124.99 | €275.99 | +121% |
| CCX53 | 32 dedicated | €249.99 | €533.49 | +113% |
| CX33 | 4 shared | €6.49 | €8.49 | +31% |
| CX43 | 8 shared | €11.99 | €15.99 | +33% |
| CAX21 | 4 ARM | €7.99 | €10.49 | +31% |
| CAX31 | 8 ARM | €15.99 | €20.99 | +31% |
The pattern is clear: dedicated vCPU servers got hammered (more than doubling), while the shared Intel/AMD (CX) and ARM (CAX) lines saw "only" ~31-33% increases. Hetzner attributes this to the ongoing memory and component crisis, where RAM, SSD, and GPU prices swing wildly week to week.
Netcup Didn't Move
Netcup's last adjustment was May 1, 2026 (+18.51% for existing customers, +24.33% for new orders). There has been no change since. Here's the current new-order Root Server lineup, taken live from netcup.com (net price, 12-month term, IPv4 + IPv6):
| Plan | Cores | RAM | Storage | Price/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RS 1000 G12 | 4 dedicated | 8 GB DDR5 ECC | 256 GB NVMe | €10.74 |
| RS 2000 G12 | 8 dedicated | 16 GB DDR5 ECC | 512 GB NVMe | €18.01 |
| RS 4000 G12 | 12 dedicated | 32 GB DDR5 ECC | 1 TB NVMe | €33.55 |
| RS 8000 G12 | 16 dedicated | 64 GB DDR5 ECC | 2 TB NVMe | €59.97 |
All run AMD EPYC 9645 "Turin" cores with 2.5 Gbps networking and a generous traffic policy (flat rate, with throttling to 300 Mbit/s only if you push more than 3 TB in any 24-hour window — roughly 90 TB/month of headroom before anything happens).
Note on fairness: we compare new-order to new-order prices throughout. A new Netcup customer pays €10.74 for the RS 1000 G12 today; existing Netcup customers pay around €10.36. Existing Hetzner customers who don't rescale keep their old rates too. The comparison below is what a buyer signing up today actually pays at each provider.
The Headline Matchup: RS 1000 G12 vs CCX13
The cheapest dedicated-core option at each provider, side by side:
| Spec | Netcup RS 1000 G12 | Hetzner CCX13 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | €10.74/mo | €42.99/mo |
| Dedicated cores | 4 (EPYC 9645) | 2 (EPYC) |
| RAM | 8 GB DDR5 ECC | 8 GB |
| Storage | 256 GB NVMe | 80 GB NVMe |
| Traffic | ~90 TB/day-equiv before throttle | 20 TB |
| Network | 2.5 Gbps dedicated | shared |
Hetzner's cheapest dedicated-core server now costs exactly 4x more than Netcup's — for half the cores and less than a third of the storage.
Back in March, the same matchup (RS 1000 G12 at €10.36 vs CCX13 at ~€16.49) was a 59% gap. After June 15, that gap is +300%. It quadrupled in three months.
Value Per Euro
Dedicated cores per euro
| Server | Dedicated Cores | Price | Cores/€ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netcup RS 1000 G12 | 4 | €10.74 | 0.37 |
| Hetzner CCX13 | 2 | €42.99 | 0.05 |
| Hetzner CCX23 | 4 | €85.99 | 0.05 |
Netcup now delivers roughly 8x more dedicated cores per euro than Hetzner's CCX line.
Storage per euro
| Server | NVMe Storage | Price | GB/€ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netcup RS 1000 G12 | 256 GB | €10.74 | 23.8 |
| Hetzner CCX13 | 80 GB | €42.99 | 1.9 |
| Hetzner CX43 | 160 GB | €15.99 | 10.0 |
That's about 12x more storage per euro than the CCX13, and more than 2x even against Hetzner's shared CX43.
What About Shared and ARM?
Hetzner's June 15 increase was much gentler on the shared (CX) and ARM (CAX) lines, so this is where it remains competitive:
| Plan | Specs | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| CX43 | 8 shared vCPU, 16 GB, 160 GB | €15.99 | Shared and throttled under load |
| CAX21 | 4 ARM vCPU, 8 GB, 80 GB | €10.49 | Great value if your stack runs on ARM64 |
Even so, the shared CX43 at €15.99 costs 49% more than the RS 1000 G12 while giving you shared cores instead of dedicated ones. The ARM CAX21 at €10.49 is genuinely close to Netcup's price, but only makes sense for ARM-native workloads — and Netcup offers its own ARM64 VPS line if that's what you need.
Where Hetzner still wins outright: hourly billing, snapshots-as-a-service workflows, a polished cloud API, load balancers, and the dedicated server auction for high-end one-off hardware.
Updated Summary Table
| Spec | Netcup RS 1000 G12 | Hetzner CCX13 | Hetzner CX43 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | €10.74/mo | €42.99/mo | €15.99/mo |
| CPU | 4 dedicated (EPYC 9645) | 2 dedicated | 8 shared (throttled) |
| RAM | 8 GB DDR5 ECC | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Storage | 256 GB NVMe | 80 GB | 160 GB |
| Traffic | flat (3 TB/24h soft cap) | 20 TB | 20 TB |
| Network | 2.5 Gbps dedicated | shared | shared |
| 2026 increases | +18.5% (one round) | tripled over three rounds | ~30% over three rounds |
The Verdict
After the RAMpocalypse in March, Netcup's RS 1000 G12 was already the budget king. After Hetzner's third hike on June 15, it's not even close anymore — at least for dedicated CPU power.
For €10.74/month, the RS 1000 G12 gives you 4 dedicated EPYC 9645 cores, 8 GB of DDR5 ECC RAM, 256 GB of NVMe, and 2.5 Gbps networking. Hetzner's nearest dedicated-core equivalent, the CCX13, now costs €42.99 for half the cores and a fraction of the storage.
Hetzner remains a reasonable pick if you need hourly billing, its cloud API and tooling, ARM (CAX) instances, or the dedicated server auction. Its shared CX plans are still fine for bursty, low-utilization workloads. But for sustained, dedicated performance per euro — self-hosting, databases, game servers, dev environments, app servers — Netcup's G12 Root Servers are now the obvious choice by a wide margin.
If you read our earlier RAMpocalypse comparison or the original budget-server breakdown, think of this as the third act: the trend has only accelerated.
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