We have two things to tell you about today. One is a new add-on we are excited about. The other is a price change, and we would rather be direct about it than bury it at the bottom of a product announcement.
The short version:
- 10GI UpLink is available now. It gives a single instance up to 10 Gbit/s of network for €14.99 per month.
- From 14 October 2026, new dedicated-vCPU VPS orders move to a new price list.
- If you already run a dedicated VPS with us, its price does not change. Not on 14 October, and not afterwards.
- Shared-vCPU VPS plans, databases, caches, queues, object storage, serverless containers, static sites and managed apps are not affected.
10GI UpLink: up to 10 Gbit/s for the instances that need it
Most workloads never get close to saturating a 1 Gbit/s link, and they should not have to pay for a faster one. But some do: a database feeding an analytics job, a cache in front of a busy API, a container moving large objects in and out of storage. For those, the network is the ceiling, and until now there was nothing you could do about it.
10GI UpLink is an add-on you switch on per instance. It raises that instance's network allowance from the standard 1 Gbit/s to up to 10 Gbit/s.
| Standard | With 10GI UpLink | |
|---|---|---|
| Network throughput | Up to 1 Gbit/s | Up to 10 Gbit/s |
| Applies to | Public and private networking | Public and private networking |
| Price | Included | €14.99 per instance / month |
| Billing | N/A | Hourly, like the rest of your account, starting only once activation has been verified. |
The fine print, stated plainly
- "Up to" means up to. 10 Gbit/s is the ceiling of the link, not a guaranteed sustained rate. What you actually see depends on your workload. A database with a single vCPU will run out of CPU long before it runs out of network; in our own testing a small PostgreSQL instance was limited by its processor, not by the uplink. If your instance is CPU-bound today, a faster link will not change that.
- The allowance is shared across public and private networking, and applies in each direction. It is one 10 Gbit/s budget per instance, not one for each network.
- Existing traffic charges still apply. 10GI UpLink changes how fast you can move data, not how much of it is included. Your included traffic and the €1.00/TB overage rate are unchanged. A faster link makes it easier to use more traffic, so keep an eye on the usage page for the first few days.
Where it is available, and how to get it
There are two ways to get 10GI UpLink.
- When you create something. The create forms now have a network option. Choose 10 Gb and the workload is built on 10 Gb-capable hardware from the start. The form shows the price before you commit, and if the tier is not available for the options you have picked, it says so and tells you why.
- On something you already run. An existing PostgreSQL database or serverless container can be switched to 10 Gb from its own page, using the 10 Gb uplink card. A serverless container rolls onto a new revision, the same way a normal deploy does. A PostgreSQL database takes the new limit without a restart, as long as it is already running on 10 Gb-capable hardware; the card tells you whether yours is.
A cache gets the tier only when it is created. Applying a new network limit to a running cache would restart it, and restarting an in-memory store throws away everything it holds. Rather than do that to your data, we ask you to create a new cache on the tier.
Support for other database engines, and for VPS instances, is on the way. We will announce each one here when it is ready.
If your database has a public endpoint
Switching a PostgreSQL database with a public endpoint to 10 Gb moves that endpoint onto our 10 Gb gateway. Its hostname stays the same, but the IP address behind it changes. The old address keeps working for about half an hour while DNS catches up, so connections made by hostname carry on without you doing anything. If you have allow-listed the old IP address in a firewall somewhere, update it.
If activation cannot be verified, we do not start charging you for something that is not working. The card will tell you, and you can retry at the price you were quoted.
Dedicated VPS: new prices from 14 October 2026
From 14 October 2026, dedicated-vCPU VPS plans ordered on or after that date will be billed at the following prices. All prices are per month, excluding VAT, and billing remains hourly with a monthly cap.
| Plan | vCPU | RAM | NVMe | Until 13 October | From 14 October |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cascade-2x8 | 2 dedicated | 8 GB | 80 GB | €13.99 | €25.99 |
| Cascade-4x16 | 4 dedicated | 16 GB | 160 GB | €27.99 | €51.99 |
| Cascade-8x32 | 8 dedicated | 32 GB | 240 GB | €54.99 | €103.99 |
| Cascade-16x64 | 16 dedicated | 64 GB | 360 GB | €109.99 | €207.99 |
The new price list is a flat €13.00 per dedicated vCPU at every size. Nothing about the plans themselves changes: the same cores, the same memory, the same storage, the same included traffic.
If you already have a dedicated VPS, nothing changes for you
This is the part we most want you to read. Every dedicated VPS that exists before 14 October 2026 keeps the price it has today, for as long as that server exists. You do not need to do anything, sign anything or contact us. There is no deadline after which the old price expires.
We did it this way deliberately. You chose us at a price, you built something on it, and we do not think a change in our costs should arrive as a surprise on a server you are already running.
The new prices apply to servers created on or after 14 October, including additional servers ordered by existing customers. If you have been planning to add dedicated capacity, a server you create before that date is billed at today's price from then on.
Why we are doing this
We would rather explain this honestly than reach for a euphemism.
The European infrastructure market repriced sharply during 2026. The cost of the hardware we run on, and the cost of adding more of it, rose substantially over the year, in several steps. We absorbed the first rounds. Our shared plans and most of the catalog moved once, in July, and have not moved since.
Our dedicated-vCPU plans are a different case. A dedicated vCPU is exactly that: a processor core we reserve for you and cannot sell to anyone else. There is no overcommit to soften the arithmetic. At the old prices, these plans had drifted to roughly a third of what the rest of the market charges for the same specification, and below what it costs us to add new capacity for them. We could keep selling them at that price only by not growing, and that is not a service anyone should build on.
So we are resetting the price for new orders to a level that lets us keep buying good hardware, while leaving every existing server where it is.
How the new prices compare
Our Cascade plans match a widely used set of dedicated-vCPU cloud plans specification for specification: the same vCPU count, the same memory and the same NVMe, hosted in the same region. That makes a like-for-like comparison unusually easy, so here it is.
| Specification | DanubeData from 14 October | Hetzner Cloud (CCX) | Difference (approx.) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 vCPU / 8 GB / 80 GB | €25.99 | €42.99 | 40% lower |
| 4 vCPU / 16 GB / 160 GB | €51.99 | €85.99 | 40% lower |
| 8 vCPU / 32 GB / 240 GB | €103.99 | €138.49 | 25% lower |
| 16 vCPU / 64 GB / 360 GB | €207.99 | €275.99 | 25% lower |
Competitor figures are public list prices for dedicated-vCPU plans in Germany, excluding VAT, as published on 20 September 2026. Prices change; check the provider's own site for current figures.
We are not the cheapest VPS you can buy, and we are not trying to be. Discount providers sell shared cores at a fraction of these prices, and for many workloads that is the right choice. Our own shared-vCPU plans start at €5.49 and are unchanged. What we are trying to be is the best value for a dedicated core with managed snapshots, firewalls, private networking and a team that answers.
What stays the same
- Shared-vCPU VPS plans: unchanged, from €5.49 per month.
- Managed databases, caches and queues: unchanged.
- Object storage, serverless containers, static sites, container registry and managed apps: unchanged.
- Traffic: the same included allowance and the same €1.00/TB overage.
- Every dedicated VPS created before 14 October 2026: unchanged.
Questions you might have
Will the price of my existing dedicated VPS go up?
No. A dedicated VPS created before 14 October 2026 keeps its current price for as long as it exists.
I am on a shared-vCPU plan. Does this affect me?
No. Shared plans are not part of this change.
I am an existing customer. What will a new dedicated server cost me?
A server created before 14 October 2026 is billed at today's prices and keeps them. A server created on or after that date is billed at the new prices. Your existing servers are unaffected either way.
What about a server I create from a snapshot or a backup?
Restoring a snapshot onto the same server does not change anything. Creating a new server from a snapshot or backup creates a new instance, and a new instance created on or after 14 October is billed at the new prices.
Is 10GI UpLink included in the new dedicated prices?
No. 10GI UpLink is a separate, optional add-on at €14.99 per instance per month, and it is not yet available for VPS. It is available today for PostgreSQL databases, caches and serverless containers.
Can I turn 10GI UpLink off again?
Not from the dashboard yet. 10GI UpLink is billed hourly for as long as it is enabled on an instance, and the charge ends when that instance is deleted. If you need it removed from an instance you are keeping, open a ticket and we will take care of it. A self-service switch is on our list.
Talk to us
If you have questions about how this affects a specific server or a project you are planning, open a ticket from your dashboard or write to us, and a person will answer. If you are planning a larger dedicated deployment and want to talk about it before 14 October, this is a good moment to get in touch.
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