What's good about...
Cloudways
- Deploy to 65+ datacenter regions across multiple cloud providers
- Built-in cache, database, and CDN integration
- Offers free SSL, staging environments, and automated backups
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 Cloudways's prices compare against Scaleway?
Example configuration |
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VM Small | $11.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (DO1GB) | $11.34 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO) |
VM Medium | $88.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (DO8GB) | $44.24 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO) |
VM Large | $149.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (DO16GB) | $180.35 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (PRO2-S) |
Block Storage | -- | $10.78 / mo 100 GB |
Object Storage | -- | $16.45 / mo 1 TB |
Load Balancer | -- | $13.07 / mo LB-GP-S (200 Mbps) |
Managed PostgreSQL | -- | $36.30 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 96 GB storage |
Managed Redis®* | Included depending on plan | $39.70 / mo 2 GB RAM |
Serverless 25M Executions | -- | $29.78 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration |
Free egress allowance | 1 TB - 12 TB / mo included depending on plan | -- |
1 TB of egress beyond allowance | $20.00 $0.02 / GB (DO provider) | Free for most services Bandwidth caps based on instance size |
Scaleway GPUs
Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
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L4-1-24G | 1x L4 | 24GB | 8 | 48GB | $0.90 | Launch |
GPU-3070 | 1x RTX 3070 | 8GB | 8 | 16GB | $1.11 | Source |
Render-S | 1x P100 | 16GB | 10 | 42GB | $1.41 | Source |
L40S-1-48G | 1x L40S | 48GB | 8 | 48GB | $1.61 | Launch |
L4-2-24G | 2x L4 | 48GB | 16 | 96GB | $1.72 | Launch |
H100-1-80G | 1x H100 | 80GB | 24 | 240GB | $2.86 | Launch |
L40S-2-48G | 2x L40S | 96GB | 16 | 192GB | $3.15 | Launch |
L4-4-24G | 4x L4 | 96GB | 32 | 192GB | $3.37 | Source |
H100-2-80G | 2x H100 | 160GB | 48 | 480GB | $5.72 | Launch |
L40S-4-48G | 4x L40S | 192GB | 32 | 384GB | $6.23 | Source |
L4-8-24G | 8x L4 | 192GB | 64 | 384GB | $6.67 | Launch |
L40S-8-48G | 8x L40S | 384GB | 64 | 768GB | $12.39 | Launch |
Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing.
Which services do they offer
Here are some managed services that Cloudways and Scaleway offer:
Service |
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Block Storage | ||
Content Delivery Network (CDN) | -- | |
Container Registry | -- | |
GPU-powered Servers | -- | |
Load Balancer | -- | |
Managed Containers | ||
Managed Kubernetes | -- | |
Managed MySQL | ||
Managed PostgreSQL | -- | |
Managed Redis®* | ||
Object Storage | -- | |
Serverless Functions | -- | |
Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Company details
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Website | www.cloudways.com | scaleway.com |
Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | France 🇫🇷 |
Founded | 2012 | 1999 |
Data Center Locations | -- | 9 |
Example Customers | Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko | Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai |
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Website | www.cloudways.com |
Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
Founded | 2012 |
Data Center Locations | -- |
Example Customers | Stone Digital, BlueSkyPhoenix, DigiPix, PlatoData.io, James Schramko |
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Website | scaleway.com |
Headquarters | France 🇫🇷 |
Founded | 1999 |
Data Center Locations | 9 |
Example Customers | Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai |
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Our data for Cloudways was last updated on May 5, 2025, and for Scaleway on Sept. 28, 2024.