Choose DigitalOcean App Platform if you need
- Integration with GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket. We haven't found them on Hetzner Cloud's website.
- SOC 2 or HIPAA. We haven't found them on Hetzner Cloud's website.
At a glance
- DigitalOcean App Platform has a free plan. We haven't confirmed one for Hetzner Cloud.
- DigitalOcean App Platform's lowest paid plan is Paid Tier at $5 per month, starting price per container, as of October 20, 2026.
- Hetzner Cloud's lowest paid plan is Cost-Optimized at € 5.99 per server per month, excl, as of October 28, 2026.
- They list no integrations in common.
- Only DigitalOcean App Platform lists SOC 2 and HIPAA.
- Only Hetzner Cloud lists ISO 27001 and GDPR.
- Both have a public API.
From each tool's own website, checked on the dates below, and from published reviews.
Which to choose
From the facts checked for both tools, not from opinion. A fact we haven't confirmed for one of them is never counted.
Choose Hetzner Cloud if you need
- Integration with Terraform, Ansible or Kubernetes. We haven't found them on DigitalOcean App Platform's website.
- ISO 27001 or GDPR. We haven't found them on DigitalOcean App Platform's website.
DigitalOcean App Platform
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Review Hetzner CloudThe facts
- What it does
- DigitalOcean App PlatformBuild, deploy, and scale apps quickly using a simple, fully managed solution
- Hetzner CloudThe cheap simple cloud solution that your demanding projects deserve.
- Free plan
- DigitalOcean App PlatformYes
- Hetzner CloudNot confirmed
- Pricing
- DigitalOcean App PlatformPer container, monthly
- Hetzner CloudNot confirmed
- Paid plans from
What they share
From the platforms and integrations each website lists.
Integrations
BothNone in common
Only DigitalOcean App Platform
- GitHub
- GitLab
- Bitbucket
- Docker Hub
- GitHub Container Registry
- Datadog
- Papertrail
- Claude Code
- Cursor
Only Hetzner Cloud
- Terraform
People who switched
Reviewers who say they used one of these before the other.
No reviewer has said they moved between DigitalOcean App Platform and Hetzner Cloud yet.
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