Elastx
vs
Scaleway
Both are EU-only clouds. Elastx runs OpenStack in Sweden, while Scaleway charges less for VMs and Postgres and adds serverless and H100 GPUs.
What's good about each
- Three availability zones, all in Sweden
- ISO 27001, 27017, 27018 and 14001 certified
- 24/7 support included at no extra cost
- Datacenters run on 100% renewable electricity
- A100, L4, L40S and RTX PRO 6000 GPUs
- 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 | Elastx | Scaleway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $26.12 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB disk | $11.61 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO) | 56% cheaper on Scaleway |
| Medium VM | $126.43 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 120 GB disk | $44.81 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO) | 65% cheaper on Scaleway |
| Large VM | $252.86 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 240 GB disk | $190.43 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (COMPUTE3-X8C-16G) | 25% cheaper on Scaleway |
| Block storage | $28.32 /mo 100 GB SSD (4000 IOPS) | $10.57 /mo 100 GB SSD (Low Latency 5K) | 63% cheaper on Scaleway |
| Object storage | $69.87 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress | $19.87 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress (Standard Multi-AZ) | 72% cheaper on Scaleway |
| PostgreSQL | $182.77 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB disk | $40.67 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (DB-PLAY2-NANO) | 78% cheaper on Scaleway |
| Redis | $182.77 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB disk (Valkey) | $39.05 /mo 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (RED1-MICRO, 1 node) | 79% cheaper on Scaleway |
| Load balancer | $38.59 /mo v1-lb-1 | $18.71 /mo LB-S (200 Mbps, 1 node) · Node only. A public IPv4 adds €3.60 / mo. | 52% cheaper on Scaleway |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $40.25 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | |
| Egress | $49.85 /TB 1 TB external traffic | 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
Elastx offers 4 GPU models, while Scaleway offers 5. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Elastx | Scaleway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
L40S
1 config · 4 configs
|
$2.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.66 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 25% cheaper on Scaleway |
|
L4
1 config · 4 configs
|
$0.98 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | 9% cheaper on Scaleway |
|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config
|
$2.77 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Elastx only |
|
A100
2 configs
|
$3.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Elastx only |
|
H100
5 configs
|
-- | $3.24 /GPU/hr On-demand | Scaleway only |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- | $8.47 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Scaleway only |
|
P100
1 config
|
-- | $1.38 /GPU/hr On-demand | Scaleway only |
Elastx bills on-demand; 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 | Elastx | Scaleway |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Sweden | France |
| Locations | 3 | 10 |
| Example customers | -- | Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai |
| Website | elastx.se | scaleway.com |
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Our data for Elastx was last updated on Sept. 22, 2026, and for Scaleway on Oct. 2, 2026.