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HostHatch or netcup?

Short answer

netcup wins 6 of 11 categories against HostHatch's 3. HostHatch starts at $4.00 and netcup at $2.07 a month; both have servers in Amsterdam, Singapore and Vienna.

Checked October 14, 2026. How we rank

categories won, out of 11

CategoryHostHatchnetcup
Entry price$4.00$2.07 wins
Best price per GB RAM$0.72 wins$1.13
Data-center footprint14 locations, 12 countries wins5 locations, 5 countries
Included features8 of 1812 of 18 wins
Cheaper at equal RAM4 of 5 sizes wins1 of 5 sizes
Traffic on the entry plan1 TBUnmetered wins
DDoS protection includedYesYes
Windows ServerNoNo
Billing flexibilitymonthly, quarterly, semi-annual, yearlyhourly, monthly, annual wins
Ways to paycard, paypal, wirecard, paypal, sepa, wire wins
Customer reputation2.7 (91 reviews)3.8 (3,022 reviews) wins

Same RAM, side by side

RAMHostHatchnetcup
1 GB Storage 1 TB: $5.00 1 vCPU / 1 GB RAM / 1000 GB HDD / 2.5 TB VPS piko G11s: $2.07 1 vCPU / 1 GB RAM / 30 GB SSD / unmetered
2 GB NVMe 2 GB: $4.00 1 vCPU / 2 GB RAM / 10 GB NVMe / 1 TB no plan at this size
4 GB NVMe 4 GB: $6.00 2 vCPU / 4 GB RAM / 20 GB NVMe / 1 TB VPS 500 G12.5: $8.94 2 vCPU / 4 GB RAM / 64 GB SSD / unmetered
8 GB NVMe 8 GB: $9.00 2 vCPU / 8 GB RAM / 35 GB NVMe / 2 TB VPS 1000 G12.5: $15.69 4 vCPU / 8 GB RAM / 128 GB SSD / unmetered
16 GB NVMe 16 GB: $15.00 4 vCPU / 16 GB RAM / 75 GB NVMe / 4 TB VPS 2000 G12.5: $29.13 8 vCPU / 16 GB RAM / 256 GB SSD / unmetered
32 GB NVMe 32 GB: $29.00 8 vCPU / 32 GB RAM / 125 GB NVMe / 8 TB VPS 4000 G12.5: $49.09 12 vCPU / 32 GB RAM / 512 GB SSD / unmetered

Choose HostHatch if

  • you need one of its 14 locations
Go to HostHatch

Choose netcup if

  • the lowest monthly bill matters most
  • you want hourly billing
Go to netcup

Cities both cover

Amsterdam, Singapore, Vienna.

Questions

Is HostHatch or netcup cheaper?

netcup has the lower entry price; the size table compares equal-RAM plans.

Which has more locations, HostHatch or netcup?

HostHatch: 14; netcup: 5.