Daytona
vs
Scaleway
What's good about each
- Runs AI-generated and untrusted code in isolated sandboxes
- Sandboxes run as containers, or Linux, macOS or Windows VMs
- Pay as you go, billed per second
- Up to 8 AMD or NVIDIA GPUs per sandbox
- 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 | Daytona | Scaleway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $47.95 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 3 GB disk | $11.80 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO) | 75% cheaper on Scaleway |
| Medium VM | $238.85 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 10 GB disk | $45.53 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO) | 81% cheaper on Scaleway |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $193.51 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (COMPUTE3-X8C-16G) | |
| Block storage | $7.78 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 5 GB free | $10.75 /mo 100 GB SSD (Low Latency 5K) | 28% cheaper on Daytona |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $20.20 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress (Standard Multi-AZ) | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $41.33 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (DB-PLAY2-NANO) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $39.68 /mo 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (RED1-MICRO, 1 node) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $19.01 /mo LB-S (200 Mbps, 1 node) · Node only. A public IPv4 adds €3.60 / mo. | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $40.91 /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
Daytona offers 7 GPU models, while Scaleway offers 5. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Daytona | Scaleway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
10 configs · 5 configs
|
$3.95 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.63 /GPU/hr On-demand | 8% cheaper on Scaleway |
|
B200
10 configs
|
$3.59 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Daytona only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
10 configs
|
$1.74 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Daytona only |
|
H200
10 configs
|
$2.61 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Daytona only |
|
RTX 5090
10 configs
|
$0.74 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Daytona only |
|
RTX 4090
10 configs
|
$0.57 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Daytona only |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- | $8.61 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Scaleway only |
|
L40S
4 configs
|
-- | $1.69 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Scaleway only |
|
L4
4 configs
|
-- | $0.90 /GPU/hr On-demand | Scaleway only |
|
P100
1 config
|
-- | $1.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | Scaleway only |
Daytona bills on-demand and spot; 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 | Daytona | Scaleway |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2023 | 1999 |
| Headquarters | USA | France |
| Locations | -- | 10 |
| Example customers | Meta, Cohere, n8n, SambaNova, WRITER, Turing | Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai |
| Website | www.daytona.io | scaleway.com |
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Our data for Daytona was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Scaleway on Sept. 18, 2026.