Comment by berkes

In my experience there's no real "catch". Just trade-offs.

Hetzner offers "managed bare metal", for extremely competitive prices. But, in my experience, exactly what I'd expects: "pay peanuts, get peanuts". I love, and chose them for some proof of concepts, early phase and hobby projects. But would not choose them for anything that requires serious stability and availability.

Not because they have flakey or even unpredictable service, but because the trade-off is that "bare metal" requires more work done by me, more responsibility for me, less options for quick failover and so on.

Just like for some situations, a server in your attic is the perfect fit, yet for others a managed cloud infra is the perfect fit, hetzner has some sweet spots.