Comparing Hetzner vs. HostEurope as VPS hosting providers (2025)

Hetzner Online GmbH is a German internet service provider based in Gunzenhausen, employing around 306 people as of 2021.

The company was founded in 1997 by Martin Hetzner and has operated under various legal structures, currently as a GmbH. Its services include dedicated servers, cloud solutions, web hosting, domain registration, and colocation services in data centers located in Germany, Finland, and the U.S.

The Host Europe Group Ltd., based in Hayes, England, is a hosting provider acquired by GoDaddy in April 2017. Founded in 1997, the company operated under different names in its early years and became one of Europe's largest privately owned hosting providers. It managed over 5 million domains and offered web hosting, cloud solutions, and SaaS services across multiple brands in the UK, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Romania, and Spain.

The company changed ownership multiple times, including sales to Montagu Private Equity in 2010 and Cinven in 2013. Through acquisitions, it expanded its market presence, notably purchasing domainfactory GmbH in 2013 and Intergenia in 2014. In 2015, Host Europe relocated dedicated and virtual servers to a data center in Strasbourg, leading to customer concerns about data privacy. GoDaddy completed the acquisition of Host Europe Group for €