# Hetzner alternatives: what AI models name instead, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. 218 of the 252 answers in the 1 category where Hetzner holds a standing named it neither first nor as an alternative; these are the first choices those answers made. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/hetzner/alternatives

## Named instead, most often (every category and segment added)

- Amazon Web Services: 72
- Microsoft Azure: 47
- DigitalOcean Droplets: 37
- Google Cloud: 7
- Atlantic.Net: 6
- Azure: 4

## Cloud hosting

**Small business**: 63 of 84 answers did not name Hetzner (Hetzner is #3 of 14 at 6%).

- DigitalOcean Droplets: first choice in 28 of those 63
- Amazon Web Services: first choice in 5 of those 63
- Atlantic.Net: first choice in 3 of those 63
- Cloudways: first choice in 3 of those 63
- Microsoft Azure: first choice in 3 of those 63
- Render: first choice in 2 of those 63
- Vultr: first choice in 2 of those 63
- Cloudflare Pages: first choice in 1 of those 63

**Mid-market**: 72 of 84 answers did not name Hetzner (Hetzner is #10 of 14 at 0%).

- Amazon Web Services: first choice in 26 of those 72
- Microsoft Azure: first choice in 17 of those 72
- DigitalOcean Droplets: first choice in 8 of those 72
- Akamai Connected Cloud: first choice in 3 of those 72
- Atlantic.Net: first choice in 3 of those 72
- Vultr: first choice in 2 of those 72
- Amazon Web Services, AWS: first choice in 1 of those 72
- Cloudways: first choice in 1 of those 72

**Enterprise**: 83 of 84 answers did not name Hetzner.

- Amazon Web Services: first choice in 41 of those 83
- Microsoft Azure: first choice in 27 of those 83
- Google Cloud: first choice in 7 of those 83
- Azure: first choice in 4 of those 83
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: first choice in 3 of those 83
- DigitalOcean Droplets: first choice in 1 of those 83
- GCP: first choice in 1 of those 83
- Microsoft Azure with an Enterprise Agreement: first choice in 1 of those 83

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