Why hackers moved from Hetzner to Raspberry Pi
1 hacker described this switch in public comments. Their words, with links to the originals.
What hackers said about the move
“recently moved from Hetzner to 2 Raspberry Pi's for hosting the server and the runner”huijzer, 2026-03-26original comment ↗
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Hetzner vs Raspberry Pi
| Hetzner | Raspberry Pi | |
|---|---|---|
| Hackers who recommend | 3 | 2 |
| Hackers who criticize | 2 | 0 |
| Moved away from it | 2 | 0 |
| 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 ↗
“my Hetzner IPs kept getting spoofed and then Hetzner would shut down my servers for "abuse".”missedthecue, 2026-04-18original comment ↗
Praise for Raspberry Pi
“the Raspberry Pi stuff makes programmable computing accessible to a kid without much”PaulRobinson, 2026-05-25original comment ↗