At list renewal price, Hetzner Cloud CX23 is cheaper (≈$7.09/mo), but it is not orderable right now, so Elestio Managed n8n (from) (≈$11.00/mo) is the cheaper one you can actually buy. Check the intro vs renewal rows: promo pricing can change the first-year answer.
Hetzner Cloud CX23: €5.99/mo intro, renews at €5.99/mo (billing: monthly, hourly billing; not orderable).
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Elestio vs Hetzner Cloud: prices per month, with source and check date per column
Elestio Managed n8n (from)
Hetzner Cloud CX23
Specs
unknown at entry tier
2 vCPU / 4 GB / 40 GB
Managed for you?
Yes
No – you run Docker, updates, backups
Intro price /mo
$11.00
€5.99
Renewal /mo
$11.00
€5.99
Year 1 ≈ USD
$132
$85
Year 2 ≈ USD
$132
$85
Billing
monthly
monthly, hourly billing
Notes
'Starting at $11/mo'. A dev.to post cites ~$17 for typical setup.
EUR 5.99/mo (USD 7.09) incl. primary IPv4, from Hetzner's own website price API (website-price-api.hetzner.com, product CLOUD_132+CLOUD_21) that the pricing page loads. Plan-to-ID mapping inferred from page order (CAX11 = EUR 6.49 matches). The page shows CX23 as 'not available' to order in NBG1/HEL1.
Which is cheaper for n8n at renewal, Elestio or Hetzner Cloud?
Hetzner Cloud CX23 is cheaper at renewal (≈$7.09/mo), but it isn’t orderable right now; Elestio Managed n8n (from) (≈$11.00/mo) is the cheaper one you can actually buy.
Yes — Elestio Managed n8n (from) lists the same price for intro and renewal ($11.00/mo). Yes — Hetzner Cloud CX23 lists the same price for intro and renewal (€5.99/mo).
Elestio Managed n8n (from): Read directly from the vendor's own pricing page on the checked date (checked 2026-10-16) — https://elest.io/open-source/n8n. Hetzner Cloud CX23: Read directly from the vendor's own pricing page on the checked date (checked 2026-10-16) — https://www.hetzner.com/cloud/cost-optimized/.
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