FlexStack vs Scaleway

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What's good
Price comparison
What services do they offer
Company details
Alternatives to consider

What's good about...

FlexStack

One-click deploy to AWS without complicated infrastructure or templates
Easy-to-use dashboard and excellent documentation
No vendor lock-in - uses your own AWS account and can "eject" anytime
Generous free tier with affordable monthly plans

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 FlexStack's prices compare against Scaleway?

Example configuration	FlexStack	Scaleway
VM Small	--	$10.58 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO)
VM Medium	--	$41.27 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO)
VM Large	--	$168.24 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (PRO2-S)
Block Storage	--	$10.05 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage	--	$15.34 / mo 1 TB
Load Balancer	--	$12.19 / mo LB-GP-S (200 Mbps)
Managed PostgreSQL	--	$33.86 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 96 GB storage
Managed Redis®*	--	$37.03 / mo 2 GB RAM
Serverless 25M Executions	--	$27.78 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	--	Free for most services Bandwidth caps based on instance size

FlexStack charges a fixed subscription fee on top of your AWS usage. It's available in three plans including a free tier:

Starter $0/mo: Includes 1 environment, 1 team member and 2 running services.
Indie $9/mo: Includes 10 environments, 1 team member and 50 running services.
Team $29/user/mo: Unlimited environments, team members and services.

You can view the complete list of features on their pricing page.

Scaleway offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
L4-1-24G	1x L4	24GB	8	48GB	$0.79	Source
GPU-3070	1x RTX3070	8GB	8	16GB	$1.04	Source
Render-S	1x P100	16GB	10	42GB	$1.31	Source
L40S-1-48G	1x L40S	48GB	8	96GB	$1.48	Source
L4-2-24G	2x L4	48GB	16	96GB	$1.59	Source
H100-1-80G	1x H100	80GB	24	240GB	$2.67	Source
L40S-2-48G	2x L40S	96GB	16	192GB	$2.96	Source
L4-4-24G	4x L4	96GB	32	192GB	$3.17	Source
H100-2-80G	2x H100	160GB	48	480GB	$5.33	Source
L40S-4-48G	4x L40S	192GB	32	384GB	$5.93	Source
L4-8-24G	8x L4	192GB	64	384GB	$6.35	Source
L40S-8-48G	8x L40S	384GB	64	768GB	$11.85	Source

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 FlexStack and Scaleway offer:

Service	FlexStack	Scaleway
Block Storage	--
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

	FlexStack	Scaleway
Website	flexstack.com	scaleway.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸	France 🇫🇷
Founded	2024	1999
Data Center Locations	--	9
Example Customers	--	Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai