Price and plans compared
At the time of our check, the cheapest Hetzner Cloud plan on the price list was CX23, which pairs 2 shared vCPU with 4 GB of memory and 40 GB of NVMe from $7.09 a month including a primary IPv4, and it was marked as unavailable. The same $7.09 a month buys DataPasa VPS-3, where the 2 vCPU are dedicated and the 4 GB of memory comes with 64 GB of NVMe.
Lower down the range the difference grows. Hetzner listed CPX12, a single vCPU with 2 GB of memory and 40 GB of NVMe, from $14.09 a month with IPv4. DataPasa VPS-2 has the same single vCPU and 2 GB of memory plus 32 GB of NVMe for $3.54. Hetzner prices vary by location and currency, so look at their page before deciding.
Billing: prepaid hourly vs invoiced after use
Each provider meters cloud servers hourly, but the money moves at different times. Hetzner bills after the service is used: servers have an hourly rate and a monthly price cap, and invoices cover full calendar months. Its documentation states that paying in advance is not possible. That suits companies that like one monthly invoice and a card or SEPA mandate on file.
Our model is reversed: no invoice, only a prepaid balance you load from $5. Ordering a server deducts its first hour, and from then on each hour is paid before it starts. Removing the server ends the deductions. A low balance triggers a warning email, and nothing can be billed to you once the month has closed.
Payment methods and sign-up checks
On the Hetzner side you can pay by card (Visa, Mastercard, American Express, UnionPay), by SEPA direct debit on EUR accounts, by bank transfer or with PayPal. Its payment overview rules out cryptocurrencies and wallets like Apple Pay. As a fraud measure, newcomers can be asked for a government ID or an advance payment from their own credit card.
At DataPasa, Stripe handles the card route, so Apple Pay and Google Pay work too, while Cryptomus covers roughly 100 coin and network pairs. Opening an account takes an email. Each crypto deposit is checked against sanctions lists and illicit sources, and one that gets flagged may wait until identity is confirmed. Leaving later? Leftover money from card payments can go back to the original card, but crypto top-ups cannot be refunded.
When Hetzner is the better choice
Hetzner is a large and long established provider. It offers cloud servers in Germany, Finland, the USA and Singapore, plus dedicated servers, domains and a much bigger ecosystem of documentation, tutorials and community guides. If you need several regions, a wide product range or monthly invoicing for a company, Hetzner covers more ground.
DataPasa makes more sense if paying in crypto matters, if you would rather not send documents when registering, if a prepaid balance helps keep spending predictable or if you need small German servers with dedicated vCPU at a low hourly rate. Mixing the two is fine as well: Hetzner for core infrastructure, DataPasa for whatever you would rather fund with crypto.