Should I host on A1 Internet, ANEXIA, Hetzner Germany, or AWS Frankfurt?

Depends on volume + data-residency posture + budget. From an Austrian merchant perspective:

• A1 Internet (A1 Telekom Austria), Austria’s biggest telco-cloud. Best for Austrian data-residency optics + government / regulated sectors. Costs higher than Hetzner, less auto-scaling than AWS. Wien + Salzburg + Linz DCs.
• ANEXIA, Austrian cloud provider (Klagenfurt-HQ), strong on enterprise managed-hosting + GDPR-compliant DCs. Good balance of Austrian-flag + modern tooling.
• Hetzner (Germany, EU), cheapest reliable EU host. Falkenstein + Nürnberg DCs, < 50ms latency to Wien. Many AT merchants use Hetzner for cost reasons; DSB-compliant.
• Adobe Commerce Cloud (Frankfurt region), best if you’re on Adobe Commerce. Auto-scaling, Fastly CDN, 24/7 Adobe support, < 30ms latency to Wien. Costs €25k+/yr.
• AWS Frankfurt (eu-central-1), if you want US-grade tooling but EU data residency. Common for mid-large Austrian stores.
• Hyvä Cloud / Cloudways Frankfurt, managed Magento, €200-800/mo. Good middle ground for €500k, €5M AT stores.

We benchmark + migrate, for most Austrian merchants Hetzner or Cloudways gives the best price/performance; for Wien-based regulated sectors or government suppliers, A1 or ANEXIA wins on data-residency optics.