- Application
- Automation
- Bare Metal
- Block Storage
- Central Processing Unit
- Cloud
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Colocated
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- Colocation
- Configuration Management
- Connectivity
- Control Plane
- Database
- Data Center
- Domain Name System
- Front-End
- Infrastructure-as-a-Service
- Internet
- Multitenant
- Network Fabric
- Networking
- Open Source
- Operating System
- Power
- Remote Management
- Resource Allocation
- Server
- Services
- Software
- Space
- Storage
- Virtual Private Network
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Who is Hetzner?
Hetzner is a European Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and hosting provider offering data center resources, cloud services, and managed infrastructure for businesses and developers.
- Cloud servers and virtualized compute resources (cloud infrastructure)
- Dedicated bare-metal servers hosted in Hetzner data centers (compute infrastructure)
- Object, block, and other hosted storage services (storage infrastructure)
- Managed hosting, web hosting, and domain-related services (hosting and DNS)
- Data center colocation and connectivity services in Hetzner-operated facilities (colocation and networking)
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More About Hetzner
Hetzner provides IaaS capabilities that enterprises, digital businesses, and software teams use to deploy applications, back-end systems, and internet-facing services. Its core portfolio includes cloud servers, dedicated servers, storage services, managed hosting, and colocation, delivered from Hetzner-operated data centers. Organizations use these services to provision compute and storage capacity, host websites and APIs, run development and test environments, and support production workloads that require predictable resource allocation.
The company’s cloud and virtual server offerings (cloud infrastructure) expose on-demand compute instances, networking constructs, and storage options that align with common IaaS usage patterns. Customers typically interact with these environments via web-based control panels, APIs, and standard automation tooling. Workloads on Hetzner cloud resources often rely on Linux distributions, container runtimes, and common open-source stacks for web serving, databases, and application frameworks. The platform supports standard internet protocols such as HTTP/HTTPS, DNS, and various Virtual Private Network (VPN) and tunneling approaches that customers configure within their own environments.
Hetzner’s dedicated server portfolio (compute infrastructure) focuses on single-tenant bare-metal machines hosted in its data centers. These systems are suited for workloads that require full hardware control, specific Central Processing Unit (CPU) and memory allocations, or isolation from other tenants. Enterprises may use dedicated servers for database clusters, high-throughput applications, or legacy software that is not optimized for multi-tenant cloud platforms. Access is usually provided through remote management interfaces and standard Operating System (OS) tooling, giving infrastructure teams control over OS selection, patching, and configuration management.
Storage services (storage infrastructure) at Hetzner cover object and block storage that can be attached to cloud instances or consumed by applications over the network. These services are used for backups, application data, media assets, and archive workloads. Combined with Hetzner’s networking capabilities, including IPv4/IPv6 support, private networking constructs, and connectivity features exposed via its control plane, customers can build segmented architectures that separate front-end, application, and data tiers.
Hetzner also offers web hosting, managed hosting, and domain-related services (hosting and DNS), which are used by organizations that prefer a more managed approach for websites and smaller applications. For enterprises that operate their own hardware, Hetzner provides colocation services (colocation and networking), including rack space, power, cooling, and network connectivity in its data centers. These colocation options allow organizations to place custom infrastructure in proximity to Hetzner’s network fabric and, where applicable, integrate with its cloud or dedicated server offerings.
In a marketplace or directory context, Hetzner aligns with categories such as cloud infrastructure, compute infrastructure, storage infrastructure, hosting and DNS, and colocation and networking. Its services are used as building blocks for application hosting, digital service delivery, and hybrid architectures that combine virtualized cloud resources with dedicated or colocated hardware inside Hetzner facilities.
Our description of Hetzner. Updated February 2026.