We migrate your DigitalOcean infrastructure to Hetzner – Droplets, Managed Databases, Spaces and more. Benefit from German data centers, transparent pricing and GDPR compliance.
Up to 74% cheaper
100% EU hosting
GDPR compliant
Minimal downtime
Typical cost savings for a web application
* Hetzner CPX32: 160GB NVMe included | ** 20TB traffic included (DO: 5TB)
Prices based on on-demand rates (2025), example config: 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 160 GB SSD. DigitalOcean includes 5TB traffic, Hetzner 20TB.
Savings
DO: $0.01/GB after 1TB, Hetzner: 20TB included
Savings
DO Managed DB etc. with high premiums
No hidden costs, everything included
For every DigitalOcean service there is a cost-effective alternative
Cloud Server (CPX/CAX)
Savings: ~85%
Volumes (NVMe SSD)
Savings: ~70%
Object Storage (S3-compatible)
Savings: ~80%
Managed DB / Self-hosted
Savings: ~85%
Hetzner DNS / Cloudflare
Savings: ~100%
Prometheus + Grafana
Savings: ~100%
Docker / Coolify
Savings: ~90%
Private Networks
Savings: ~100%
A leading real estate agency from Dubai migrated their entire cloud infrastructure to Hetzner and now saves €13,200 per year.
A proven 6-step process for secure migrations
We analyze your DigitalOcean infrastructure: Droplets, databases, Spaces, network and dependencies.
Mapping your DigitalOcean services to Hetzner equivalents with optimized configuration.
Building Hetzner infrastructure parallel to DigitalOcean for seamless migration.
Transfer of databases, files and configurations with minimal downtime.
DNS switching, final synchronization and gradual traffic migration.
Performance tuning, monitoring setup and ongoing support.
We have successfully migrated dozens of cloud setups to Hetzner – from startups to enterprise.
Your DigitalOcean infrastructure remains intact until successful validation. Rollback possible anytime.
Migration, managed hosting, monitoring and support from a single source – even after migration.
We use Proxmox for professional virtualization with HA cluster and live migration.
100% EU hosting in German data centers. DPA and ISO-27001 certification.
Fixed price for migration, no hidden costs. Free initial analysis.
Answers to the most important questions
Duration depends on your infrastructure complexity. Small setups (few Droplets) can be migrated in 1-2 weeks. Complex environments with multiple databases and services need 3-6 weeks. We create an individual timeline after the initial analysis.
For every DigitalOcean managed service there are Hetzner equivalents: Managed Databases become self-hosted PostgreSQL/MySQL on Proxmox, App Platform becomes Docker/Coolify, Spaces becomes Hetzner Object Storage (S3-compatible API). We take over management of these services for you.
Typical savings are around 74%. For comparable Droplets (4 vCPU, 8GB RAM), DigitalOcean costs ~€43/month, Hetzner only €10.99. The price difference is smaller than AWS/Azure/GCP, but Hetzner offers 20TB instead of 5TB traffic.
Yes, Hetzner is a German company with data centers in Germany and Finland. All data stays in the EU, no data transfer to the USA. Hetzner is ISO 27001 certified and offers DPAs for GDPR compliance.
DigitalOcean is cheaper than AWS/Azure, but still significantly more expensive than Hetzner. Additionally: DigitalOcean has no EU data centers in Germany, Hetzner offers better performance per Euro and 20TB traffic included instead of expensive bandwidth costs.
Your DigitalOcean infrastructure remains intact throughout the entire migration. We copy data, we don't move it. Only after successful validation on Hetzner does the final cutover happen. A rollback to DigitalOcean is possible at any time.
Droplets are migrated to Hetzner Cloud Servers (CPX/CAX) or Proxmox VMs. We analyze CPU/RAM/disk requirements and choose the optimal configuration.
We migrate Spaces to Hetzner Object Storage (S3-compatible). In most cases, an endpoint change is sufficient since the S3 API is fully supported.
Managed Databases become self-hosted PostgreSQL/MySQL on Proxmox or Docker. We fully take over backups, monitoring and updates.
We replicate your firewall rules to Hetzner Cloud Firewalls and Linux iptables. Private Networks replace VPCs for secure internal communication.
Snapshots are exported and transferred to Hetzner. Alternatively, we perform a clean migration – ideal for modernizing infrastructure at the same time.
DigitalOcean is cheaper than AWS/Azure, but Hetzner offers even better value: 20TB traffic instead of 5TB, German data centers for GDPR compliance, and about 74% lower costs for comparable configuration.
We replace App Platform with Coolify or custom Docker/Kubernetes setups. You keep Git deploys, environment variables and health checks – but save significantly on infrastructure and runtime costs.
Let us analyze your DigitalOcean bill and show you how much you can save with Hetzner.
Free & no obligation • Response within 24h • ISO-27001 datacenter
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