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Cloudflare vs Hetzner

Monthly hosting costs for typical app profiles — computed with the same recommendation engine as StackPlan stack reports. Assumes balanced budget and ops preferences unless noted.

Pricing data:Cloudflare · updated Jun 2026Hetzner · updated Jun 2026

Web app

MetricCloudflareHetzner
Cost at 1k DAU$66/mo$34.10/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$19.10/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$66/mo$34.10/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$735.65/mo$34.10/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$7508.40/mo$34.10/mo
Services used
  • Cloudflare · Workers · Free
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Hetzner · Cloud VPS · CX22
  • DigitalOcean · Managed Postgres · Basic 2GB RAM
Fit score82/10065/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

SaaS product

MetricCloudflareHetzner
Cost at 1k DAU$66.40/mo$34.50/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$19.10/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$66.40/mo$34.50/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$741.25/mo$39.70/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$7568/mo$93.70/mo
Services used
  • Cloudflare · Workers · Free
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Cloudflare · Queues · Paid
  • Cloudflare · Cron Triggers · Free
  • Hetzner · Cloud VPS · CX22
  • DigitalOcean · Managed Postgres · Basic 2GB RAM
  • Cloudflare · Queues · Paid
  • Cloudflare · Cron Triggers · Free
Fit score82/10066/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

E-commerce store

MetricCloudflareHetzner
Cost at 1k DAU$67.96/mo$38.50/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$19.54/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$67.96/mo$38.50/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$755.19/mo$77.22/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$7703.72/mo$463.98/mo
Services used
  • Cloudflare · Workers · Free
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Cloudflare · R2 · Standard
  • Hetzner · Cloud VPS · CX22
  • DigitalOcean · Managed Postgres · Basic 2GB RAM
  • Hetzner · Volumes · Pay as you go
Fit score83/10067/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

API / backend service

MetricCloudflareHetzner
Cost at 1k DAU$66/mo$34.10/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$19.10/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$66/mo$34.10/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$735.65/mo$34.10/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$7508.40/mo$34.10/mo
Services used
  • Cloudflare · Workers · Free
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Hetzner · Cloud VPS · CX22
  • DigitalOcean · Managed Postgres · Basic 2GB RAM
Fit score82/10065/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

Mobile app backend

MetricCloudflareHetzner
Cost at 1k DAU$67.96/mo$38.50/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$19.54/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$67.96/mo$38.50/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$755.19/mo$77.22/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$7703.72/mo$463.98/mo
Services used
  • Cloudflare · Workers · Free
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Cloudflare · R2 · Standard
  • Hetzner · Cloud VPS · CX22
  • DigitalOcean · Managed Postgres · Basic 2GB RAM
  • Hetzner · Volumes · Pay as you go
Fit score83/10067/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

Realtime / collaborative

MetricCloudflareHetzner
Cost at 1k DAU$66/mo$34.10/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$19.10/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$66/mo$34.10/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$735.65/mo$34.10/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$7508.40/mo$34.10/mo
Services used
  • Cloudflare · Workers · Free
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Hetzner · Cloud VPS · CX22
  • DigitalOcean · Managed Postgres · Basic 2GB RAM
Fit score80/10075/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

Jobs & pipelines

MetricCloudflareHetzner
Cost at 1k DAU$66.40/mo$34.50/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$19.10/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$66.40/mo$34.50/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$741.25/mo$39.70/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$7568/mo$93.70/mo
Services used
  • Cloudflare · Workers · Free
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Cloudflare · Queues · Paid
  • Cloudflare · Cron Triggers · Free
  • Hetzner · Cloud VPS · CX22
  • DigitalOcean · Managed Postgres · Basic 2GB RAM
  • Cloudflare · Queues · Paid
  • Cloudflare · Cron Triggers · Free
Fit score82/10076/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

AI app

MetricCloudflareHetzner
Cost at 1k DAU$67.96/mo$38.50/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$19.54/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$67.96/mo$38.50/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$755.19/mo$77.22/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$7703.72/mo$463.98/mo
Services used
  • Cloudflare · Workers · Free
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Cloudflare · R2 · Standard
  • Hetzner · Cloud VPS · CX22
  • DigitalOcean · Managed Postgres · Basic 2GB RAM
  • Hetzner · Volumes · Pay as you go
Fit score83/10067/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

Internal tool

MetricCloudflareHetzner
Cost at 1k DAU$66/mo$34.10/mo
Cost at 100 DAU$0/mo$19.10/mo
Cost at 1K DAU$66/mo$34.10/mo
Cost at 10K DAU$735.65/mo$34.10/mo
Cost at 100K DAU$7508.40/mo$34.10/mo
Services used
  • Cloudflare · Workers · Free
  • Cloudflare · D1 · Paid (Workers Paid)
  • Hetzner · Cloud VPS · CX22
  • DigitalOcean · Managed Postgres · Basic 2GB RAM
Fit score82/10065/100
Verdict: Costs trade off by traffic level — compare the table above for your expected scale.

These numbers assume a typical profile

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