AWS / GCP can invoice with EU reverse charge so I don’t even pay VAT. With Hetzner I have to claim it back at the end of the year.
replyHetzner is just way cheaper and pricing is more predictable. I don’t need any advanced cloud offerings. And yes, being outside the US is another advantage rn.
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reply> AWS / GCP can invoice with EU reverse charge so I don’t even pay VAT. With Hetzner I have to claim it back at the end of the year.
replyHetzner can do the same as long as you have a valid VAT code.
You mean EU-Vat. And if don't have your business registered in Germany.
replyI'm still amazed my company is paying £10k per month for AWS when they could have one or two servers on Hetzner do the whole thing.
replyIt's not "the company" that makes such decisions, but some senior managers or directors who do. They don't see a penny extra in their paycheck for savings money, but they are on the hook if anything goes wrong with less mainstream tech choices.
replyI'm amazed any company pays AWS for servers. I can get if you're paying for a service like media transcoding, but to put it in perspective, AWS normal prices are now about on par with Hetzner's 5x-increased-due-to-the-crisis new price for new servers
replyHetzner increased their prices a lot last month. It makes having hardware on premise worth thinking about again.
replyGiven current prices I doubt anyone is itching at the bone to spec out hardware.
replyIdk where you would even buy registered DDR5 dims right now. Newegg shows $Request a quote money and that its built to order ... for a 64 GB stick lol.
I think primary reasons are that:
reply-data is kept in EU,
-lower latency for SSH if nearer
-most companies's are not global, and so most of their customers are going to be in the same country or nearby so makes sense to keep near the serves close.