Cleura vs Scaleway

Cleura focuses on compliance and preventing vendor lock-in via OpenStack, while Scaleway provides a broader ecosystem of managed PaaS tools. Both are strong advocates for European data sovereignty.

What's good about...

Cleura logo Cleura

  • All infrastructure located in EU (Sweden and Germany) for full data sovereignty
  • OpenStack-based platform with no vendor lock-in
  • Transparent pricing with per-second billing
  • €50 free trial credit for new users
  • Strong focus on compliance and regulated industries

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 Cleura's prices compare against Scaleway?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Cleura Cleura
$15.26 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Public)
Scaleway Scaleway
$11.46 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO)

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Cleura Cleura
$88.81 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Public)
Scaleway Scaleway
$44.68 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO)

VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Cleura Cleura
$177.61 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Public)
Scaleway Scaleway
$182.15 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (PRO2-S)

Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Cleura Cleura
$11.46 / mo 100 GB
Scaleway Scaleway
$10.88 / mo 100 GB

Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Cleura Cleura
$31.15 / mo 1 TB
Scaleway Scaleway
$16.61 / mo 1 TB

Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Cleura Cleura
$39.45 / mo Octavia LBaaS
Scaleway Scaleway
$13.20 / mo LB-GP-S (200 Mbps)

Managed PostgreSQL

Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Cleura Cleura
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Scaleway Scaleway
$36.66 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 96 GB storage

Managed Redis®*

Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Cleura Cleura
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Scaleway Scaleway
$40.10 / mo 2 GB RAM

Serverless 25M Executions

Closest config to 25M invocations, 150ms execution time, 512 MB memory.
Cleura Cleura
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Scaleway Scaleway
$30.07 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Cleura Cleura
$32.94 €0.02875 / GB
Scaleway Scaleway
Free for most services Bandwidth caps based on instance size

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Cleura Cleura
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Scaleway Scaleway
$0.83/hr

Billing Options

Cleura Cleura
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Scaleway Scaleway
On-Demand

Available Models

Scaleway offers 5 GPU models.

Cleura Cleura
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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.

Which services do they offer

Company details

Website
Cleura Cleura
cleura.com
Scaleway Scaleway
scaleway.com
Headquarters
Cleura Cleura
Sweden
Scaleway Scaleway
France
Founded
Cleura Cleura
2002
Scaleway Scaleway
1999
Data Center Locations
Cleura Cleura
6
Scaleway Scaleway
9
Example Customers
Cleura Cleura
Miljödata, Clavister, Spintr, Boost.ai
Scaleway Scaleway
Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai

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Our data for Cleura was last updated on Feb. 12, 2026, and for Scaleway on Feb. 20, 2026.