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LuxVPS is a full-KVM VPS provider operating from Equinix FR5, FR7, and FR8 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, with plans starting at €4.50/mo that include free 4x daily backups, NVMe storage, and 3.2 Tbit/s Premium DDoS Protection. Extras that Hetzner either doesn't offer or charges separately for.
Already know Hetzner's specs? See the full side-by-side comparison.
Why Switch
Based on Hetzner's published Frankfurt CX pricing and add-ons, compared directly against Luxvps.
Hetzner still advertises the Cost-Optimized CX line, but all eight plans are currently marked not available. The cheapest 8 GB plan you can actually order is the CPX32 at €35.49/mo, over five times our €6.95.
Hetzner charges +20% of your plan's base price for automated backups, e.g. €6.59/mo total on the CX23 instead of €5.49/mo. Luxvps includes 4x daily backups free on every plan.
Hetzner describes CX storage only as "SSD" and publishes neither the drive type nor a RAID level. Luxvps publishes both: NVMe on every plan, RAID-1 on the EPYC Tiny and Ultimate.
Hetzner publishes no DDoS mitigation capacity figure for its cloud servers. Luxvps publishes 3.2 Tbit/s Premium DDoS Protection, included on every plan at no extra cost.
Hetzner's CX line doesn't tell you which CPU your VPS lands on. At Luxvps you always know: the EPYC Tiny (2 vCores, 8 GB RAM, 60 GB NVMe) runs on Dual AMD EPYC 7763 for €6.95/mo, €1.54 under the CX33.
The Alternative
Full KVM virtualisation, Equinix Frankfurt FR5/FR7/FR8, free 4x daily backups, NVMe storage, 3.2 Tbit/s Premium DDoS Protection, and IPv4 + /64 IPv6, included on every plan, no add-ons.
€1.54/mo less. Dual AMD EPYC 7763. Free 4x daily backups. NVMe RAID-1.
| Hetzner CX33 | Luxvps EPYC Tiny | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | €8.49/mo | €6.95/mo |
| Total with 4x daily backups | €10.19/mo (+20%) | €6.95/mo (included free) |
| vCPU | 4 (shared) | 2 vCores (shared) |
| RAM | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Storage | 80 GB SSD | 60 GB NVMe RAID-1 |
| Traffic | 20 TB | 10 TB |
| DDoS Protection | Not published | 3.2 Tbit/s |
| CPU | Intel/AMD (varies) | Dual AMD EPYC 7763 |
| Virtualisation | KVM | KVM |
Hetzner prices read from hetzner.com on 5 August 2026, in EUR, excluding VAT. We quote Hetzner's base price; their own page shows €8.99 for the CX33 because it bundles the €0.50/mo primary IPv4, which Luxvps includes. Hetzner backup surcharge is +20% of the base price. All eight Cost-Optimized CX plans are currently marked not available; the cheapest 8 GB plan Hetzner will actually sell you is the CPX32 at €35.49/mo. Luxvps prices are final, with no setup fee and no required add-ons. This is one of four tiers — see the full side-by-side comparison for CX23, CX43, and CX53 as well.
Plans
All plans include free 4x daily backups, IPv4 + /64 IPv6, 3.2 Tbit/s Premium DDoS Protection, NVMe storage, and 24/7 support.
Migration
Both providers are Frankfurt-based, so migration doesn't change latency for your users.
Pick a plan, pay, and deploy. Full root access, no contracts, no setup fees. Your new server is live in under 60 seconds.
Copy your data over from your Hetzner CX instance using rsync, SCP, or your preferred method. There's no automated migration tool. It's a manual transfer.
Point your domain's A and AAAA records to your new Luxvps IPv4 and /64 IPv6 address once you've verified everything works.
Luxvps operates from Equinix FR5, FR7, and FR8 in Frankfurt am Main, the same city Hetzner serves from, so your users won't notice any change in latency during or after the migration.
FAQ
rsync, SCP, or your preferred method, and switch your DNS records over. Since both providers are Frankfurt-based, latency to your users stays identical during and after the migration.
Pick a plan, pay, deploy. Full root access, no contracts, no setup fees. Live in under 60 seconds.