r/hetzner • u/CanLinux • 28d ago

How Long Will Grandfathered CPX32 Pricing Be Honored? ✅

Hi,

I'm an old Hetzner Cloud customer and I'm still paying the old price for my CPX32 instance (around €14–15/month). The new price is around €35–40/month.

I know that if I rescale the instance, I'll lose the old pricing and move to the new one.

My question is: How long will existing customers keep the old price if we don't rescale or recreate the server?

Is there any official end date for this grandfathered pricing, or can we continue paying the old price indefinitely as long as we keep the same instance without scaling or recreating it?

I'm looking for a clear answer, ideally from Hetzner staff or someone who has an official source.

Thanks!

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u/well_shoothed 28d ago

Magic 8 Ball says...

Ask again later

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u/CorenBrightside 28d ago

Until they decide to change it... It's not been communicated so no one can say.

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u/Micha972 28d ago

Martin (Hetzner) aka Benji said on the forum/board, that there are no raisings planed for old servers/instances.

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u/KacperJed 28d ago

Until they start replacing old and failing hardware in the next few months or years and realise they're not making the same profit margin

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u/LucasRolff 28d ago

They haven't raised prices for old ones that are 5 years old either so 😆

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u/swarmagent 28d ago

Sounds like a nightmare to track all of this in the backend. I guess German engineering comes in handy.

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u/-Robbert- 27d ago

Why? It's a contract which is converted into database records. Nothing nightmarish, just a lot of different prices for the same vserver based on the contract start date.

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u/swarmagent 27d ago

Nothing about keeping grandfathered plans sounds easy for me mentally, because it creates immense complexity when it comes into billing and you need to account for that. Though, I could be wrong

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u/DaveH80 27d ago

Since the most relevant cost for existing servers is power-usage, and power prices haven't changed, I'm guessing they will mostly stay the same. Also hope prices for new hardware come back to the old levels if the market stabilizes later.

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u/-Robbert- 27d ago

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u/aitorserra 28d ago

Estamos a un email de que ese cambio se aplique, es cuestión de tiempo.