Hetzner Storage Box BX41 (20 TB)
- Free allowance
- BX11 1 TB · BX21 5 TB · BX31 10 TB · BX41 20 TB.
- Verdict
- ★ qualifiesusable as stated; the read path was probed
- Cost
- USD 2.27/TB-monthparsed from the record, in USD
- Identity
- cardcard required, no phone
- Binding limit
- per-ip-shaping10 concurrent connections
- Evidence
- documented12 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
- Freshness
- stale on 2026-11-21checked 2026-10-21 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-21
| Free tier | BX11 1 TB · BX21 5 TB · BX31 10 TB · BX41 20 TB. Prices excl. VAT: €3.20 / €10.90 / €20.80 / €40.60 per month. unit TB; metered on unstated |
|---|---|
| Price | EUR 2.03 per TB per month at 20 TB (EUR 40.60 a month), EUR 2.18 at 5 TB (EUR 10.90 a month), EUR 2.08 at 10 TB and EUR 3.20 at 1 TB, all excluding VAT, with no setup fee |
| Limits |
10 concurrent connections is the ceiling on parallel reads; there is no S3 object API, so no presigned URLs, and every read runs through WebDAV, SFTP or rsync |
| Identity | card card |
| Egress | "Traffic: Unlimited *" on every tier, and "Each Storage Box comes with unlimited traffic" (docs). The asterisk is a real fair-use clause: a documented 2022 enforcement email told a customer "your traffic use, which currently averages above 250 TB/month ... is far above what we consider fair use." The 250 TB/month in that email is the only threshold Hetzner has ever enforced. free allowance: 250 TB per month |
| Per-object cap | not stated |
| Retention | not stated |
| Interface | ftp, ftps, sftp, scp, rsync, smb, webdav, ssh, rclone SFTP, SCP, rsync, FTPS, SMB/CIFS, WebDAV, BorgBackup, SSH (port 23); 100 sub-accounts; 10 concurrent connections |
| Tooling | No S3 endpoint — this is the one real gap. rclone via SFTP or WebDAV; Borg/restic first-class |
| Composes with | WebDAV -> AList -> Cloudflare works. 100 sub-accounts let you hand one directory each to separate services. |
| Reliability | Cost: aggressive new-account KYC. LET threads document ID-card scans being requested and accounts silently refused for country/risk reasons; UnionPay accepted but does not waive KYC. |
| Evidence note | documented The page states the number in the record; the claim is documented, not measured. | re-read 2026-10-22 from the raw HTML (HTTP 200, 116,243 bytes, sha256 recorded in the capture). The price is documented; it is not a measured transaction. |
| Parsed numbers |
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Evidence 12
| date | source | what it proved |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-22 | www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-box/ | BX41 is EUR 40.60 per month for 20 TB. Re-read the raw HTML: HTTP 200, 116,243 bytes; the price block reads product-key="ROBOT_1336" and '€ 40.60 per month, excl. VAT', and the 20 TB row reads '20 TB Upgrade/Downgrade'. |
| 2026-10-22 | docs.hetzner.com/storage/storage-box/general/ | each Storage Box includes unlimited traffic. Re-read https://docs.hetzner.com/storage/storage-box/general/: HTTP 200, 7332 bytes, sha256 e5e1ee04e00ee5eb. Quoted: x. ## Pricing For information about available plans and prices, see [hetzner.com/storage/storage-box](https://www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-box/). Each Storage Box comes with unlimited traffic. ## Additional users The original user is the main user. Via Hetzner Console, you can add additional users which will be sub-accounts. The main user has complete access to all directories — including all sub-account directories. Sub-accounts have access to |
| 2026-10-21 | www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-box/bx21/ | BX21: 5 TB, "Traffic: Unlimited *", 20 snapshots, €10.90/mo excl. |
| 2026-10-21 | source not published | search on include_domains=hetzner.com — the full ladder BX11 €3.20 / BX21 €10.90 / BX31 €20.80 / BX41 €40.60 excl. VAT with the storage table 1/5/10/20 TB and "Traffic | Unlimited" |
| 2026-10-21 | docs.hetzner.com/storage/storage-box/general/ | "Each Storage Box comes with unlimited traffic", protocol list |
| 2026-10-21 | lowendtalk.com/discussion/180504/hetzner-traffic-use-notice- | the 250 TB/month fair-use enforcement email, verbatim |
| 2026-10-21 | lowendtalk.com/discussion/207732/hetzner-storage-box-new-acc | and /217671 — KYC rejections |
| 2026-10-21 | fsn1-speed.hetzner.com/10GB.bin | Single-stream ranged GET of 200 MB from a residential line measured 1.05 MB/s (47 MB in 45 s) — i.e. a user's own uplink was the limiter, not Hetzner; do not read this as a Hetzner throughput figure. |
| 2026-11-01 | www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-box/bx41/ | the tier's protocol list names no S3 API, so the interface list must not carry s3 |
| 2026-11-01 | www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-box/ | the plan matrix caps concurrent connections at 10 on every tier and lists 10/20/30/40 snapshots |
| 2026-11-01 | www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-box/ | the 20 TB tier is EUR 40.60 a month, excluding VAT |
| 2026-11-01 | www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-box/bx41/ | the 20 TB tier includes 40 snapshots |
More fields 2
| price verbatim | €2.03/TB/mo at the 20 TB tier (€40.60/20). at 5 TB: BX21 = €2.18/TB/mo. at 20 TB: BX41 = €2.03/TB/mo. ~$2.19 and ~$2.19 at 1.08 USD/EUR. Non-EU buyers pay excl. VAT (the €3.81/€12.97/€24.75/€48.31 figures circulating online are VAT-inclusive German prices — do not use them). |
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| verified | [{"url": "https://docs.hetzner.com/storage/storage-box/general/","date": "2026-10-22","via": null,"http_status": 200,"bytes": 7332,"sha256": "e5e1ee04e00ee5eb5793615e3065feaea046ecac21ef080fb5c48513b36e53a9","pattern_found": true,"what_changed": "no change: the page still states the claim","capture": null},{"url": "https://www.hetzner.com/storage/storage-box/","date": "2026-10-22","via": null,"http_status": 200,"bytes": 116243,"sha256": null,"pattern_found": true,"what_changed": "no change: €40.60 for 20 TB still stated","capture": null}] |
Unknown values 4
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- per object cap stated: the field may be stated in a source that was not read
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