Contabo
vs
Scaleway
Both sell VPS, object storage and GPUs. Contabo charges less for VMs and storage on four continents, while Scaleway adds managed databases, Kubernetes and serverless inside the EU.
What's good about each
- Low-cost VPS and dedicated servers
- Offers GPUs and object storage too
- Available in 9 regions around the world
- 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 | Contabo | Scaleway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.21 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 4) | $11.61 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO) | 47% cheaper on Contabo |
| Medium VM | $8.47 /mo 6 vCPU, 12 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 6) | $44.81 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO) | 81% cheaper on Contabo |
| Large VM | $15.82 /mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM (Cloud VPS 8) | $190.43 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (COMPUTE3-X8C-16G) | 92% cheaper on Contabo |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $10.57 /mo 100 GB SSD (Low Latency 5K) | |
| Object storage | $11.25 /mo 1 TB | $19.87 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress (Standard Multi-AZ) | 43% cheaper on Contabo |
| 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 allowance | Unlimited, fair usage policy applies 200 Mbit/s to 1 Gbit/s port by plan | -- Not listed | |
| 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
Contabo offers 4 GPU models, while Scaleway offers 5. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Contabo | Scaleway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
L40S
2 configs · 4 configs
|
$1.08 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | $1.66 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Different terms |
|
RTX PRO 6000
2 configs
|
$2.20 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | -- | Contabo only |
|
H200
3 configs
|
$2.88 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | -- | Contabo only |
|
RTX PRO 5000
2 configs
|
$1.08 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) | -- | Contabo only |
|
H100
5 configs
|
-- | $3.58 /GPU/hr On-demand | Scaleway only |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- | $8.47 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Scaleway only |
|
L4
4 configs
|
-- | $0.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | Scaleway only |
|
P100
1 config
|
-- | $1.38 /GPU/hr On-demand | Scaleway only |
Contabo bills reserved (1 months); 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 | Contabo | Scaleway |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2003 | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Germany | France |
| Locations | 9 | 10 |
| Example customers | -- | Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai |
| Website | contabo.com | scaleway.com |
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Our data for Contabo was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Scaleway on Oct. 1, 2026.