Hetzner Storage Share vs Storage Boxes: Which Storage Product Fits Your Use?

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Hetzner's Storage Share and Storage Boxes both give you remote file storage, but they are built for different jobs. Storage Share is positioned around storing and sharing files with access from anywhere, starting at €4.29 per month excluding VAT. Storage Boxes are positioned around accessing your storage from everywhere via PC, smartphone, and tablet, starting at €3.20 per month excluding VAT. If sharing and collaboration are central to your workflow, Storage Share is the closer match; if you mainly need a low-cost place to keep and reach files across your own devices, Storage Boxes fit better.

The core difference in one table

Dimension Storage Share Storage Boxes
Primary purpose (per Hetzner) Easily store and share files Access your storage from everywhere and at any time
Access channels named "any time and from any place" PC, smartphone, and tablet
Sharing emphasis Explicit — sharing is part of the product description Not emphasized in the product description
Starting price €4.29/month, excl. VAT €3.20/month, excl. VAT
Best fit Teams or individuals who need to hand files to others Individuals or setups that need multi-device access to their own storage

The price gap is about €1.09 per month at the entry level, so cost alone rarely decides it. The deciding factor is whether other people need to receive or work with your files.

How to choose

Pick Storage Share if…

  • You regularly send files to clients, colleagues, or friends and want sharing to be a first-class part of the tool rather than an add-on.
  • You need access "from any place," which suggests browser or app access beyond a single desktop.
  • The €4.29/month entry price fits your budget for the convenience of built-in sharing.

Pick Storage Boxes if…

  • Your main need is reaching the same files from your PC, phone, and tablet.
  • You are storing data primarily for yourself or your own devices, without a sharing workflow.
  • You want the lower entry price of €3.20/month.

A concrete scenario

Suppose a freelance designer delivers project files to clients monthly and also wants their archive on a phone. The delivery step points to Storage Share. Suppose instead a household wants photos and documents reachable from a laptop and two phones, with no external recipients. That is the Storage Boxes pattern.

What the Hetzner page does and does not tell you

The product overview confirms the purpose statements and starting prices above. It does not list storage capacities, protocols, user counts, or sharing features for either product, so do not assume specific limits from this page alone. Before committing, open each product's own page from the overview and check capacity tiers and features against your actual data volume.

Practical next steps

  1. Estimate your storage need in GB and how fast it will grow over 12 months.
  2. List who must access the files: only you, your own devices, or other people.
  3. Match that list to the table above — sharing need points to Storage Share, multi-device personal access points to Storage Boxes.
  4. Compare the entry prices against your budget, remembering both figures exclude VAT.
  5. Confirm capacity and features on the individual product pages before ordering.

If your answer to step 2 includes anyone outside your own devices, start with Storage Share. If not, Storage Boxes is the lower-cost starting point.