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Cloud Provider Guide

Elestio supports 9 cloud providers across 100+ regions. Each provider has different features, pricing, and capabilities.

Provider Comparison

Feature Netcup Hetzner AWS GCP Azure Scaleway Vultr Linode DO
Catalog deploy ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
CI/CD deploy ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Volumes ✗ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Snapshots limited ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Size downgrade ✓ ✗ ✓ ✗ ✓ ✓ — — —
Firewall ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
SSL/Domains ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

Choosing a Provider

Use Netcup when:
  • You want the best price/performance ratio
  • You don't need block volumes or full snapshots
  • You may need to downgrade your instance size later
  • EU-based (Germany) is acceptable
Use Hetzner when:
  • You need block volumes for persistent storage
  • You need reliable snapshots and power management
  • You want a strong EU-based infrastructure (Germany, Finland)
  • Note: Hetzner does not support size downgrades
Use AWS when:
  • You need global reach (many regions worldwide)
  • You need size-downgrade flexibility
  • You're already in the AWS ecosystem
Use Azure when:
  • You need Microsoft cloud infrastructure
  • You need size-downgrade flexibility
  • You need specific Azure regions (e.g., germanywestcentral)

Available Regions

# See all regions for a provider
elestio sizes --provider netcup
elestio sizes --provider hetzner
elestio sizes --provider aws
elestio sizes --provider azure
Common regions

Netcup:

Region Location
nbg Nuremberg, Germany (EU)
mns Manassas, Virginia, USA

Hetzner:

Region Location
fsn1 Falkenstein, Germany
nbg1 Nuremberg, Germany
hel1 Helsinki, Finland
ash Ashburn, Virginia, USA

AWS: us-east-1, us-west-2, eu-west-1, eu-central-1, ap-southeast-1, ap-northeast-1, and more.

Specifying a Provider at Deploy Time

elestio deploy postgresql \
  --project 112 \
  --name my-db \
  --provider hetzner \
  --region fsn1 \
  --size LARGE-4C-8G

Size Downgrade Warning

Attempting to downgrade on an unsupported provider (Hetzner, GCP) can permanently block the service and require Elestio support intervention. The CLI will automatically refuse downgrade requests on unsupported providers.

Only these providers support downgrading:

  • Netcup
  •  AWS
  •  Azure
  •  Scaleway

Support Tiers

Available on all providers:

Tier Monthly Cost Response Time Channel
level1 Included 48 hours Email
level2 +$50/service/mo 24 hours Priority email
level3 +$200/service/mo 4 hours Dedicated engineer 
elestio deploy postgresql --project 112 --support level2
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