DigitalOcean
vs
Scaleway
Both sell VPS, managed Kubernetes, databases, serverless and H100 to B300 GPUs at similar prices. DigitalOcean runs on four continents and adds AMD GPUs, while Scaleway keeps every datacenter in the EU.
What's good about each
- Monthly price caps on bundled Droplet plans
- Nvidia and AMD GPU Droplets, plus bare metal
- Outbound traffic allowance shared across the whole account
- Large tutorial library and 1-click app marketplace
- 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 | DigitalOcean | Scaleway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic) | $11.78 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO) | 49% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Medium VM | $48.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (Basic) | $45.46 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO) | 5% cheaper on Scaleway |
| Large VM | $168.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | $193.21 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (COMPUTE3-X8C-16G) | 13% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Block storage | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | $10.73 /mo 100 GB SSD (Low Latency 5K) | 7% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Object storage | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | $20.16 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress (Standard Multi-AZ) | Within 5% |
| PostgreSQL | $60.90 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB storage | $41.27 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (DB-PLAY2-NANO) | 32% cheaper on Scaleway |
| Redis | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | $39.62 /mo 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (RED1-MICRO, 1 node) | 62% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Load balancer | $12.00 /mo Regional HTTP, 1 node | $18.98 /mo LB-S (200 Mbps, 1 node) · Node only. A public IPv4 adds €3.60 / mo. | 37% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Serverless | $34.69 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | $40.84 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | 15% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
| Egress allowance | 500 GB - 12 TB / mo per instance, pooled | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB | 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
DigitalOcean offers 10 GPU models, while Scaleway offers 5. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | DigitalOcean | Scaleway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
3 configs · 5 configs
|
$4.41 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.29 /GPU/hr On-demand | 26% cheaper on Scaleway |
|
B300
2 configs · 1 config
|
$7.94 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $8.60 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Different terms |
|
L40S
1 config · 4 configs
|
$1.57 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.68 /GPU/hr On-demand | 7% cheaper on DigitalOcean |
|
H200
3 configs
|
$3.40 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | DigitalOcean only |
MI300X
3 configs
|
$1.91 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | DigitalOcean only |
|
MI355X
1 config
|
$4.50 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | DigitalOcean only |
|
RTX 6000 Ada
1 config
|
$1.57 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | DigitalOcean only |
|
MI325X
3 configs
|
$2.88 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | DigitalOcean only |
|
L4
4 configs
|
-- | $0.90 /GPU/hr On-demand | Scaleway only |
|
P100
1 config
|
-- | $1.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | Scaleway only |
DigitalOcean bills on-demand, spot and reserved (12 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.
| Framework | DigitalOcean | Scaleway |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | -- |
| ISO 27001 | Data centers only | Yes |
| HIPAA | Yes | -- |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | SAQ-A | -- |
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 | DigitalOcean | Scaleway |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 1999 |
| Headquarters | USA | France |
| Locations | 16 | 10 |
| Example customers | Crisp, ScraperAPI, GHost, and CTO.ai | Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai |
| Website | digitalocean.com | scaleway.com |
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Our data for DigitalOcean was last updated on Sept. 22, 2026, and for Scaleway on Sept. 23, 2026.