Our Customer Saves $12,600/Year by Migrating from AWS to Hetzner

When EVA Real Estate approached us, their AWS bill had grown to $1,300 per month – and they weren't even using most of what they were paying for. Four months later, they're running the same workloads on Hetzner for just $250/month. That's a savings of $12,600 per year.

Here's exactly how we did it.

Table of Contents

• The Challenge: AWS Costs Out of Control
• The Solution: Migration to Hetzner with Managed Proxmox
• The Results: Before vs. After
• What We Migrated
• Customer Testimonial
• Is This Right for Your Company?
• Ready to Cut Your Cloud Bill?

The Challenge: AWS Costs Out of Control

EVA Real Estate is a PropTech company building tools for real estate professionals. Like many startups, they started on AWS because it was the default choice. Easy to get started, familiar to developers, and "everyone uses it."

But as their platform grew, so did their bill:

• EC2 instances running 24/7, even when traffic was minimal
• RDS databases with reserved capacity they didn't fully utilize
• Data transfer costs that kept surprising them each month
• Complex pricing that made it nearly impossible to predict monthly spend

The final straw? A $1,300 invoice for infrastructure that could easily run on a single dedicated server.

The Solution: Migration to Hetzner with Managed Proxmox

We proposed a complete exit from AWS to dedicated hardware at Hetzner – one of Europe's most cost-effective infrastructure providers.

The migration strategy was straightforward:

1. Assessment: We analyzed their AWS resources, dependencies, and actual utilization
2. Architecture: Designed a Proxmox-based setup on Hetzner dedicated servers
3. Migration: Lifted and shifted their workloads with minimal downtime
4. Optimization: Fine-tuned the new environment for performance and cost

The entire process took less than 4 weeks. You can read more about our AWS to Hetzner migration process.

The Results: Before vs. After

Metric	AWS (Before)	Hetzner (After)	Savings
Monthly Cost	$1,300	$250	$1,050/mo
Annual Cost	$15,600	$3,000	$12,600/yr
Cost Reduction	–	–	81%

But cost wasn't the only improvement:

• Predictable billing: No more surprise charges. A dedicated server costs the same every month.
• Better performance: Dedicated CPU cores instead of shared vCPUs. No "noisy neighbor" problems.
• Full control: Root access, custom configurations, no vendor lock-in.
• European data residency: Data stays in Germany, important for GDPR compliance.

What We Migrated

EVA Real Estate's stack included:

• ERP and CRM software – migrated to Proxmox VMs
• PostgreSQL database – moved to a dedicated VM with local NVMe storage
• Redis cache – containerized on the same host
• CI/CD pipelines – reconfigured to deploy to the new infrastructure

All services now run on a single Hetzner dedicated server with Proxmox VE, with automated backups to a second location.

Customer Testimonial

"I recently worked with Timo and the OutaCloud team, and honestly, it turned out to be one of the best tech decisions I have made for my business. Right from the start, Timo took the time to walk me through every step in a simple and calm way. No matter how many questions I had, he never rushed me. The results speak for themselves. With OutaCloud, we reduced our monthly expenses from $1,300 down to $250. This was a huge win for us."

— Aleksandr Shuliko, CTO at EVA Real Estate

Is This Right for Your Company?

This migration pattern works particularly well if:

• Your workloads are relatively stable (not extreme burst patterns)
• You're paying for always-on compute (EC2, RDS, etc.)
• Your team doesn't have time to manage infrastructure themselves
• You want predictable costs instead of variable cloud billing

It's less suitable if:

• You need extreme auto-scaling for unpredictable traffic spikes
• You're heavily invested in AWS-specific services (Lambda, DynamoDB, etc.)
• You have strict compliance requirements that mandate specific cloud providers

Ready to Cut Your Cloud Bill?

If you're paying more than $500/month on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, there's a good chance we can significantly reduce your costs.

Start here:

• Exit AWS – Overview of our AWS migration services
• AWS to Hetzner – Detailed guide on migrating to Hetzner

Or contact us directly for a free infrastructure assessment. We'll analyze your current setup and show you exactly how much you could save.