My weekly check of what it really costs to run n8n on the hosts people ask about most. I re-checked every price against each host's own pricing page (or public API) on Nov 2, 2026.
Short version: no price changes this week.
- Hostinger: KVM 1 is still $6.49/mo intro ($155.76 upfront for 24 months) and renews at $11.99/mo. KVM 2 (8 GB) is $8.79 intro and renews at $14.99. Budget for the renewal price, not the intro.
- Hetzner: the Cost-Optimized CX23 (4 GB, €5.99) and CX33 (8 GB, €8.99) are still marked "not available." The 4 GB plan you can actually order, CPX22, is €19.99/mo excl. VAT in EU locations.
- Contabo: Cloud VPS 10 (4 vCPU / 8 GB) is $5.28/mo for the first 24 months and $6.60/mo at the regular price.
- RackNerd: the 2 GB KVM special is still $35.99/yr (about $3/mo), but only as a 12-month prepay on an unmanaged VPS. Month-to-month plans cost much more.
- Vultr / Linode / DigitalOcean: no change. 4 GB is $20 on Vultr and $24 on both Linode and DigitalOcean.
- n8n Cloud: Starter is still $24/mo ($20/mo billed yearly) for 2,500 executions.
Two new comparisons this week, since Hetzner comes up in almost every "where should I host n8n" thread:
To plug in your own workflow counts, the free calculator compares n8n Cloud with a VPS.
Disclosure: the RackNerd links on the site are affiliate links. Rankings are sorted by price either way.
If you spot a price I got wrong, leave a comment and I'll fix it.
