Cerebrium
vs
Scaleway
What's good about each
- Per-second billing, with no charge for idle GPUs
- Cold starts of 2-4 seconds via memory and GPU snapshots
- SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR and ISO 27001 certified
- Ten GPU types, from T4 to B200
- Region pinning for data residency, on US and EU capacity
- All data centers in the EU
- Outbound traffic included on Instances
- GPUs from L4 up to B300, plus hosted AI models
- Managed Kubernetes, databases, serverless and Kafka
- Bare metal and Apple silicon servers
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Cerebrium | Scaleway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $22.73 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (CPU only) | $11.61 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO) | 49% cheaper on Scaleway |
| Medium VM | $113.94 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CPU only) | $44.81 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO) | 61% cheaper on Scaleway |
| Large VM | $227.89 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU only) | $190.43 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (COMPUTE3-X8C-16G) | 16% cheaper on Scaleway |
| Block storage | $5.00 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 100 GB included | $10.57 /mo 100 GB SSD (Low Latency 5K) | 53% cheaper on Cerebrium |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $19.87 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress (Standard Multi-AZ) | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $40.67 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (DB-PLAY2-NANO) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $39.05 /mo 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (RED1-MICRO, 1 node) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $18.71 /mo LB-S (200 Mbps, 1 node) · Node only. A public IPv4 adds €3.60 / mo. | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $40.25 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | Free and unlimited Bandwidth caps based on instance size |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
Cerebrium offers 9 GPU models, while Scaleway offers 5. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Cerebrium | Scaleway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
4 configs · 5 configs
|
$3.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.58 /GPU/hr On-demand | 5% cheaper on Cerebrium |
|
L40S
4 configs · 4 configs
|
$1.95 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.66 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 15% cheaper on Scaleway |
|
L4
4 configs · 4 configs
|
$0.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | 10% cheaper on Cerebrium |
|
B200
4 configs
|
$6.01 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Cerebrium only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
4 configs
|
$2.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Cerebrium only |
|
H200
4 configs
|
$4.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Cerebrium only |
|
A100
8 configs
|
$2.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Cerebrium only |
|
T4
4 configs
|
$0.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Cerebrium only |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- | $8.47 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Scaleway only |
|
P100
1 config
|
-- | $1.38 /GPU/hr On-demand | Scaleway only |
Cerebrium bills on-demand; Scaleway bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | Cerebrium | Scaleway |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 | 1999 |
| Headquarters | USA | France |
| Locations | 3 | 10 |
| Example customers | Tavus, Deepgram, Resemble AI | Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai |
| Website | www.cerebrium.ai | scaleway.com |
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Our data for Cerebrium was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Scaleway on Oct. 1, 2026.