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AWS vs Scaleway

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What's good about...

Amazon Web Services logo AWS

  • Extensive range of managed services, from serverless to databases to queues to video streaming
  • Generous free tier and savings plan available to lock-in discounts
  • 30+ datacenter locations around the world

Scaleway logo Scaleway

  • Plenty managed services available, from queues to serverless to databases
  • Wide range of server configurations: Bare-metal, ARM, GPUs, Apple silicon
  • Uncomplicated, easy to use dashboard
  • Based in Europe, may ease compliance requirements for some

Price comparison

How do AWS's prices compare against Scaleway?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$7.49 / mo 2 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (t3.micro)
Scaleway Scaleway
$11.87 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO)

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$119.80 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (t3.xlarge)
Scaleway Scaleway
$45.79 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO)

VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Amazon Web Services AWS
$248.20 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (c5.2xlarge)
Scaleway Scaleway
$194.59 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (COMPUTE3-X8C-16G)

Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$8.00 / mo 100 GB
Scaleway Scaleway
$10.81 / mo 100 GB SSD · €0.00013 / GB / hour (Low Latency 5K)

Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$24.63 / mo 1 TB
Scaleway Scaleway
$18.29 / mo 1 TB (Standard Multi-AZ)

Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$22.57 / mo Network Load Balancer
Scaleway Scaleway
$19.12 / mo LB-S (200 Mbps, 1 node) · Node only. A public IPv4 adds €3.60 / mo.

Managed PostgreSQL

Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$57.59 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (db.t3.medium)
Scaleway Scaleway
$41.56 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (DB-PLAY2-NANO)

Managed Redis®*

Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$24.82 / mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (cache.t2.small)
Scaleway Scaleway
$39.90 / mo 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (RED1-MICRO, 1 node)

Serverless 25M Executions

Closest config to 25M invocations, 150ms execution time, 512 MB memory.
Amazon Web Services AWS
$36.26 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration
Scaleway Scaleway
$33.11 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration

Free egress allowance

Amazon Web Services AWS
100 GB / mo
Scaleway Scaleway
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Amazon Web Services AWS
$90.00 $0.09 / GB (North America)
Scaleway Scaleway
Free for most services Bandwidth caps based on instance size

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Amazon Web Services AWS
$0.19/hr
Scaleway Scaleway
$0.91/hr

Billing Options

Amazon Web Services AWS
On-DemandReserved (36mo)Reserved (12mo)Reservation
Scaleway Scaleway
On-Demand

Available Models

AWS offers 18 GPU models, while Scaleway offers 5.

Amazon Web Services AWS
H100(6) A100(6) H200(1) RTX PRO 6000(6) L40S(24) B200(1) B300(1) V100(6) L4(30) T4(21)
View all 18 GPUs
Scaleway Scaleway
H100(5) L40S(4) B300(3) L4(4) P100(1)

Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.

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Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that AWS and Scaleway offer:

Service AWS Scaleway
Analytics
App Testing
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Container Registry
Crash Reporting
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
NoSQL Databases
Object Storage
Performance Monitoring
Push Notifications
Realtime Databases
Remote Config
Serverless Cron Jobs
Serverless Functions
Static Sites
User Authentication
Vector Databases
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Amazon Web Services AWS
aws.amazon.com
Scaleway Scaleway
scaleway.com
Headquarters
Amazon Web Services AWS
United States of America
Scaleway Scaleway
France
Founded
Amazon Web Services AWS
2006
Scaleway Scaleway
1999
Data Center Locations
Amazon Web Services AWS
31
Scaleway Scaleway
10
Example Customers
Amazon Web Services AWS
Vanguard, Disney, Samsung, Zocdoc, GoPro
Scaleway Scaleway
Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai

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Our data for AWS was last updated on Aug. 13, 2026, and for Scaleway on Aug. 13, 2026.

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NVIDIA H100 from $1.38/hr, A100 80GB from $0.78/hr, RTX A6000 from $0.27/hr
No commitments, billed per minute, SOC 2 and GDPR compliant
Hot swappable hardware, templates for ComfyUI and Ollama
One-click connection to VS Code or Cursor, simple CLI to connect without SSH
Try now