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Frankfurt carries the node code DE(Frankfurt) and sits in the EMEA group, one of the three European and Middle Eastern locations alongside London, Lagos, and Dubai. Its role in the network is to serve continental European traffic without routing it through the Americas or Asia, and it is one of the seventeen global data centres SurferCloud lists on the promotion pages. Every plan below is quoted against that node's own rendered price table, not a general rate card.
Not all of the offers here behave the same way, and the difference matters if you are comparing Frankfurt against another location. UHost, Windows VPS, the trial plan, hourly billing, and the bundle deal are priced node by node, so Frankfurt's figures are genuinely its own. The rest — ULightHost, the annual special deals, the $1/mo entry cards, and the quant line — carry the same price at every node, so they are described here as being available at Frankfurt at the standard rate rather than as a local saving. Nine sections follow, one per offer, with every figure read off the rendered table.
UHost is the elastic compute line: dedicated vCPU, dedicated bandwidth, and unmetered traffic on every tier. The promotional page runs two tabs — a New User Deal for first-time customers that renews at the regular price, and an All Users Save tab open to everyone with the renewal price locked. The table below is the New User Deal pricing for Frankfurt. Note the shape of it: the $6.9/mo entry price is flat across nodes, so what actually moves from location to location is the struck-through list price, and therefore how deep the discount reads.
| CPU & RAM | Bandwidth | Traffic | Sale price | List price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2C 2G | 1/2Mbps | Unmetered | $6.9/mo | $26.96/mo |
| 2C 4G | 2/5Mbps | Unmetered | $10.9/mo | $35.56/mo |
| 4C 8G | 2/5Mbps | Unmetered | $18.9/mo | $64.33/mo |
| 8C 16G | 5/10Mbps | Unmetered | $36.9/mo | $132.06/mo |
| 16C 32G | 5/10Mbps | Unmetered | $68.9/mo | $247.13/mo |
The Windows VPS promotion ships a genuine Windows Server licence at no extra cost and charges no setup fee, and its table is priced per node. Frankfurt's entry configuration lists at $26.96/mo and sells at $12.13/mo, with bandwidth stepping up from 1/2 Mbps at the bottom of the range to 5/10/20 Mbps at the top. The licence is the point of this line: it is included in the bill rather than added to it. Each plan runs a 40GB system disk. If you are deciding between a licensed instance and a self-managed one, the trade-offs in comparing cloud desktop architectures and licensing are the relevant backdrop.
| CPU & RAM | Disk | Bandwidth | System | List price | Sale price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2C 2G | 40G | 1/2 Mbps | Linux/Windows | $26.96/mo | $12.13/mo |
| 2C 4G | 40G | 2/5 Mbps | Linux/Windows | $35.56/mo | $16.00/mo |
| 4C 8G | 40G | 2/5/10 Mbps | Linux/Windows | $64.33/mo | $28.95/mo |
| 8C 16G | 40G | 5/10/20 Mbps | Linux/Windows | $132.06/mo | $59.43/mo |
| 16C 32G | 40G | 5/10/20 Mbps | Linux/Windows | $247.13/mo | $111.21/mo |
The trial promotion exists so a workload can be measured on real hardware before it is bought, and it is priced per node. Every configuration is quoted twice, once for a three-day block and once for a seven-day block, and both columns appear below. Frankfurt's entry plan runs $1.9 for three days against a $6.07 list, or $3.9 for seven days against a $14.18 list. The offer is limited to one participation per customer and one unit per purchase, and the price reverts to the regular rate once the trial window closes. Each plan carries a 40GB system disk. If you want the window to produce a decision rather than just a running instance, the method in running a cloud server trial as a measurable evaluation applies directly.
| CPU & RAM | Bandwidth | Traffic | 3-day sale | 3-day list | 7-day sale | 7-day list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2C 2G | 5/10Mbps | Unmetered | $1.9 | $6.07 | $3.9 | $14.18 |
| 2C 4G | 10/20Mbps | Unmetered | $4.9 | $13.23 | $6.9 | $30.88 |
| 4C 8G | 20/50Mbps | Unmetered | $5.9 | $30.31 | $10.9 | $70.70 |
| 8C 16G | 50/100Mbps | Unmetered | $14.9 | $77.18 | $24.9 | $180.09 |
Hourly billing is priced the same at every node except Hong Kong, so Frankfurt's meter matches the global rate rather than offering a local saving: the entry configuration bills at $0.07 per instance-hour, rising to $0.61 for a 16C 32G instance, with dedicated CPU and dedicated bandwidth on every tier. The promotion page states plainly that hourly billing is not discounted and points at the monthly deals instead, which leaves the choice a simple question of how long the instance runs — the hourly-versus-monthly break-even works through that arithmetic. The free system disk is 40GB at this node.
| CPU & RAM | Bandwidth (Mbps) | Traffic | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2C 2G | 1~10,000 | Unmetered | $0.07 |
| 2C 4G | 1~10,000 | Unmetered | $0.08 |
| 4C 8G | 1~10,000 | Unmetered | $0.16 |
| 8C 16G | 1~10,000 | Unmetered | $0.31 |
| 16C 32G | 1~10,000 | Unmetered | $0.61 |
The bundle promotion starts at $6.75/mo across its range and is priced per node, and it carries a 30 Mbps bandwidth cap with unlimited transfer on every tier. Because the entry figure moves with location, Frankfurt's own row is what belongs here: a 1C 2G configuration listing at $242.92/mo against a $29.66/mo sale, up to a 16C 32G configuration at $470.59/mo list and $143.49/mo sale. Two landing pages point at this one offer set — /promos/combine and /promos/cloudserver — and they render the identical table, so they are treated as a single section here rather than two.
| CPU & RAM | Disk | Transfer | Bandwidth | List price | Sale price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1C 2G | 40G | Unlimited | 30 Mbps | $242.92/mo | $29.66/mo |
| 2C 2G | 60G | Unlimited | 30 Mbps | $255.80/mo | $36.10/mo |
| 2C 4G | 80G | Unlimited | 30 Mbps | $263.74/mo | $40.07/mo |
| 4C 4G | 100G | Unlimited | 30 Mbps | $284.84/mo | $50.62/mo |
| 4C 8G | 120G | Unlimited | 30 Mbps | $297.99/mo | $57.19/mo |
| 8C 16G | 120G | Unlimited | 30 Mbps | $355.52/mo | $85.96/mo |
| 16C 32G | 120G | Unlimited | 30 Mbps | $470.59/mo | $143.49/mo |
The ULightHost lightweight line is the cheapest route onto the platform, and its card pricing is identical on every node, so Frankfurt is covered here at the standard rate rather than at a node-specific discount. Eight cards are listed across two deal tracks: a New User Deal that renews at the regular price, and an All Users Save track with the renewal price locked — the single exception being the annual Lite card. Every plan includes one dedicated IPv4 address, 30M bandwidth, unlimited inbound traffic, and support for Linux or Windows. The line is a fixed-configuration appliance that cannot be resized, which is the main reason to weigh it against UHost rather than on price alone; the difference between the two lines is the more useful comparison.
| Deal | Tier | CPU / RAM | Disk | Outbound traffic | Sale price | List price | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New User Deal | Essential | 1vCPU / 2GB | 40GB NVMe | 1TB | $2.9/mo | $7.5/mo | 62% |
| New User Deal | Starter | 2vCPU / 2GB | 60GB NVMe | 2TB | $3.9/mo | $9.5/mo | 59% |
| All Users Save | Essential | 1vCPU / 2GB | 40GB NVMe | 1TB | $6.75/mo | $7.5/mo | 10% |
| All Users Save | Starter | 2vCPU / 2GB | 60GB NVMe | 2TB | $7.6/mo | $9.5/mo | 20% |
| All Users Save | Standard | 2vCPU / 4GB | 80GB NVMe | 3TB | $10.4/mo | $13/mo | 20% |
| All Users Save | Plus | 4vCPU / 4GB | 100GB NVMe | 3TB | $19.5/mo | $26/mo | 25% |
| All Users Save | Ultimate | 4vCPU / 8GB | 120GB NVMe | 4TB | $24/mo | $32/mo | 25% |
| All Users Save | Lite | 1vCPU / 1GB | 40GB NVMe | 200GB | $9.9/year | $48/year | 80% |
The annual promotion covers ULightHost and UHost on monthly, 6-month, and annual cycles, and its Lite Server table prices identically at every node. The ten annual rows below are worth reading as a set: the sale column is exactly half the list column on every single row. Ten traffic tiers are offered, running from 200GB to 4096GB, and the plan is billed on an annual cycle rather than monthly. The page states that apart from the annual ULightHost package, which requires contacting an account manager for manual renewal, the other packages renew automatically. If you are weighing an annual commitment against monthly billing, the framing in the implied interest rate on prepaid discounts is the sharper way to read the gap.
| CPU | RAM | Disk | Traffic | List price | Sale price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1C | 1G | 40G | 200GB | $48.00/year | $24.00/year |
| 1C | 1G | 40G | 1024GB | $66.00/year | $33.00/year |
| 1C | 2G | 40G | 400GB | $72.00/year | $36.00/year |
| 1C | 2G | 40G | 1024GB | $90.00/year | $45.00/year |
| 2C | 2G | 60G | 600GB | $84.00/year | $42.00/year |
| 2C | 2G | 60G | 2048GB | $114.00/year | $57.00/year |
| 2C | 4G | 80G | 800GB | $108.00/year | $54.00/year |
| 2C | 4G | 80G | 3072GB | $156.00/year | $78.00/year |
| 4C | 4G | 100G | 3072GB | $312.00/year | $156.00/year |
| 4C | 8G | 120G | 4096GB | $384.00/year | $192.00/year |
The entry-level card promotion starts at $1/mo and prices the same on every node, Frankfurt included. Four cards are listed, each capped at 30M bandwidth with one dedicated IPv4 address, from a 1C 1G Essential card at $1/mo up to a 2C 4G Ultimate card at $3.9/mo. As with the other new-user tiers on this page, the headline price applies to the first billing period and the card auto-renews at the regular rate.
| Tier | CPU / RAM | Disk | Sale price | List price | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essential | 1vCPU / 1GB | 40GB NVMe | $1/mo | $4/mo | 75% |
| Starter | 1vCPU / 2GB | 40GB NVMe | $1.9/mo | $6/mo | 68% |
| Plus | 2vCPU / 2GB | 60GB NVMe | $2.9/mo | $7/mo | 59% |
| Ultimate | 2vCPU / 4GB | 80GB NVMe | $3.9/mo | $9/mo | 57% |
The quant line is built for algorithmic trading and Web3 workloads: nodes are placed within 100km of the major exchanges, 25G plus RDMA networking is used, and the service is positioned as directly connected to exchange and blockchain RPC endpoints. This table prices identically at every node, so Frankfurt carries it at the standard rate. Six configurations are listed, with the smallest starting at $15.49/mo and the largest at $237.68/mo. The line is optimised for placement rather than for general hosting, so if raw compute per dollar is the metric that matters, the cloud server pricing benchmarks are the fairer comparison, and for a trading-specific view of what distance costs, measuring exchange API round-trip time before moving a bot shows the method.
| CPU | RAM | Disk | Bandwidth | List price | Sale price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1C | 2G | 40G | 1/2 M | $19.37/mo | $15.49/mo |
| 2C | 2G | 40G | 1/2 M | $30.24/mo | $24.19/mo |
| 2C | 4G | 40G | 2/5 M | $41.81/mo | $33.45/mo |
| 4C | 8G | 40G | 2/5/10 M | $76.82/mo | $61.46/mo |
| 8C | 16G | 40G | 5/10/20 M | $157.05/mo | $125.64/mo |
| 16C | 32G | 40G | 5/10/20 M | $297.10/mo | $237.68/mo |
Several conditions are stated on the promotion pages themselves and apply regardless of which plan is purchased:
Each promotion has its own purchase page, and each link below carries the Frankfurt offer set:
Two things are worth carrying away from this page. The first is that the entry prices on UHost and the bundle are flat across nodes while the list prices are not, so the headline "$6.9/mo" says less about Frankfurt than the struck-through figure beside it. The second is that most of what is listed here — ULightHost, the annual special deals, the entry cards, and the quant line — costs the same wherever you deploy it, which makes the node-specific offers the ones worth comparing. On placement, choosing a region by its latency floor sets out what a European node can and cannot fix, and if the disk sizing affects which tier you pick, five measurements to take before buying a cloud server is the companion.
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