Why hackers moved from Hetzner to DigitalOcean
1 hacker described this switch in public comments. Their words, with links to the originals.
What hackers said about the move
“I moved from Heztner to DO because my Hetzner IPs kept getting spoofed and then Hetzner would shut down my servers for "abuse".”missedthecue, 2026-04-18original comment ↗
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Hetzner vs DigitalOcean
| Hetzner | DigitalOcean | |
|---|---|---|
| Hackers who recommend | 3 | 1 |
| Hackers who criticize | 2 | 2 |
| Moved away from it | 2 | 2 |
| Moved to it | 0 | 1 |
Counts are distinct hackers in the sampled comments, not market share.
Criticism of Hetzner
“how can you imagine being competitive with US cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) by raising the prices so much”Lucasoato, 2026-06-24original comment ↗
Praise for DigitalOcean
No further praise for DigitalOcean captured yet.