Hetzner Online GmbH

Hetzner Online GmbH, also known simply as Hetzner, is a German web hosting and IT infrastructure provider headquartered in Germany. The company offers a range of services including dedicated servers, virtual private servers, cloud computing instances, storage solutions, and colocation facilities. Its product portfolio is aimed at businesses, developers, and individual customers who require reliable hosting for websites, applications, and data workloads. Hetzner serves a global market, delivering its services from data centers located in multiple countries. The company emphasizes high performance hardware and network connectivity as part of its service offering. Customers can manage their services through a web‑based control panel and API access.

While specific figures on employee count or revenue are not disclosed in the available sources, Hetzner operates several data center sites in Germany, Finland, and the United States. The provider is known for a pricing model that seeks to balance performance with cost efficiency, positioning it competitively within the European hosting sector. A distinguishing attribute of Hetzner is its focus on owning and operating its own infrastructure rather than relying solely on third‑party cloud platforms. Regarding structural notes, Hetzner Online GmbH remains a privately held company and is not a subsidiary of a larger parent corporation. The organization’s South African branch, which operates under the same brand, experienced security incidents in 2017 and 2018 involving unauthorized access to customer data through SQL injection vulnerabilities. These incidents prompted password resets, forensic investigations, and temporary service suspensions while the underlying vulnerabilities were patched.