Providers

Providers: Lightsail vs Hetzner

This page compares the two PullPreview providers (lightsail and hetzner) by instance sizes and list pricing.

Assumptions and scope

• Last checked: 2026-02-13
• Lightsail prices: Linux/Unix bundles from AWS Lightsail pricing (US East, N. Virginia / us-east-1), with and without public IPv4.
• Hetzner prices: server_types API in location nbg1 (monthly net, EUR, excl. VAT), with primary IPv4.
• Hetzner default location in PullPreview is hardcoded to nbg1 (chosen from top-availability locations at time of writing).
• PullPreview defaults:
  • Lightsail: instance_type: small
  • Hetzner: instance_type: cpx21

At a glance

Item	Lightsail	Hetzner
Default instance_type in PullPreview	small	cpx21
Default region/location in PullPreview	us-east-1	nbg1
Default size resources	2 GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 60 GB SSD	4 GB RAM, 3 vCPU, 80 GB SSD
Default monthly list price	$12.00 (public IPv4) / $10.00 (IPv6 only)	EUR 7.05
Lowest entry size in table below	nano at $5.00 (or $3.50 IPv6 only)	cx23 at EUR 2.99 (cost_optimized) / cpx11 at EUR 3.85 (regular_purpose)

Lightsail sizes used by PullPreview

PullPreview supports these Lightsail bundle names directly: nano, micro, small, medium, large, xlarge, 2xlarge.

Lightsail size	RAM	vCPU	SSD	Transfer	Monthly (public IPv4)	Monthly (IPv6 only)
nano	0.5 GB	2	20 GB	1 TB	$5.00	$3.50
micro	1 GB	2	40 GB	2 TB	$7.00	$5.00
small	2 GB	2	60 GB	3 TB	$12.00	$10.00
medium	4 GB	2	80 GB	4 TB	$24.00	$20.00
large	8 GB	2	160 GB	5 TB	$44.00	$40.00
xlarge	16 GB	4	320 GB	6 TB	$84.00	$80.00
2xlarge	32 GB	8	640 GB	7 TB	$164.00	$160.00

Hetzner server types (available in nbg1)

PullPreview accepts raw Hetzner server type names (for example: cpx21, cx23, ccx23, etc.).
Default is cpx21.

Shared cost_optimized

Type	CPU	vCPU	RAM	SSD	Monthly (EUR, nbg1)
cx23	x86/shared	2	4 GB	40 GB	2.99
cax11	ARM/shared	2	4 GB	40 GB	3.29
cx33	x86/shared	4	8 GB	80 GB	4.99
cax21	ARM/shared	4	8 GB	80 GB	5.99
cx43	x86/shared	8	16 GB	160 GB	8.99
cax31	ARM/shared	8	16 GB	160 GB	11.99
cx53	x86/shared	16	32 GB	320 GB	16.99
cax41	ARM/shared	16	32 GB	320 GB	23.99

Shared regular_purpose

Type	CPU	vCPU	RAM	SSD	Monthly (EUR, nbg1)
cpx11	x86/shared	2	2 GB	40 GB	3.85
cpx22	x86/shared	2	4 GB	80 GB	5.99
cpx21	x86/shared	3	4 GB	80 GB	7.05
cpx32	x86/shared	4	8 GB	160 GB	10.49
cpx31	x86/shared	4	8 GB	160 GB	13.10
cpx42	x86/shared	8	16 GB	320 GB	19.49
cpx41	x86/shared	8	16 GB	240 GB	24.70
cpx52	x86/shared	12	24 GB	480 GB	27.99
cpx62	x86/shared	16	32 GB	640 GB	38.49
cpx51	x86/shared	16	32 GB	360 GB	54.40

Dedicated general_purpose

Type	CPU	vCPU	RAM	SSD	Monthly (EUR, nbg1)
ccx13	x86/dedicated	2	8 GB	80 GB	11.99
ccx23	x86/dedicated	4	16 GB	160 GB	23.99
ccx33	x86/dedicated	8	32 GB	240 GB	47.99
ccx43	x86/dedicated	16	64 GB	360 GB	95.99
ccx53	x86/dedicated	32	128 GB	600 GB	191.99
ccx63	x86/dedicated	48	192 GB	960 GB	287.99

Practical recommendation

• Keep Lightsail if you want the most conservative AWS-only setup and existing IAM setup.
• Use Hetzner if you want lower entry pricing and more size options at the low/mid tiers.
• If you switch providers, set provider, region, image, and instance_type explicitly in workflow with: so costs are predictable.