What's good about...

Gcore logo Gcore

  • Competitive pricing with pay-as-you-go model
  • Over 210 global PoPs across six continents
  • Free DDoS protection, WAF, and egress traffic
  • Offers NVIDIA GPUs such as A100, H100, and L40S

Scaleway logo 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 Gcore's prices compare against Scaleway?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Gcore Gcore
$13.96 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (g0-standard-1-2)
Scaleway Scaleway
$11.46 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO)

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Gcore Gcore
$55.78 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (g0-standard-4-8)
Scaleway Scaleway
$44.68 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO)

VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Gcore Gcore
$123.44 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (g0-standard-8-16)
Scaleway Scaleway
$182.15 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (PRO2-S)

Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Gcore Gcore
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Scaleway Scaleway
$10.88 / mo 100 GB

Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Gcore Gcore
$46.68 / mo 1 TB, 250k write requests
Scaleway Scaleway
$16.61 / mo 1 TB

Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Gcore Gcore
$20.30 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 1 Public IP
Scaleway Scaleway
$13.20 / mo LB-GP-S (200 Mbps)

Managed PostgreSQL

Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Gcore Gcore
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Scaleway Scaleway
$36.66 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 96 GB storage

Managed Redis®*

Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Gcore Gcore
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Scaleway Scaleway
$40.10 / mo 2 GB RAM

Serverless 25M Executions

Closest config to 25M invocations, 150ms execution time, 512 MB memory.
Gcore Gcore
$14.81 / mo 25M invocations, 150 ms duration
Scaleway Scaleway
$30.07 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Gcore Gcore
Free for most services Server egress is free. CDN includes 1 TB, then €0.030/GB
Scaleway Scaleway
Free for most services Bandwidth caps based on instance size

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Gcore Gcore
$1.08/hr
Scaleway Scaleway
$0.83/hr

Billing Options

Gcore Gcore
On-DemandCustomReserved (36mo)Reserved (12mo)
Scaleway Scaleway
On-Demand

Available Models

Gcore offers 5 GPU models, while Scaleway offers 5.

Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.

Which services do they offer

Company details

Website
Gcore Gcore
gcore.com
Scaleway Scaleway
scaleway.com
Headquarters
Gcore Gcore
Luxembourg
Scaleway Scaleway
France
Founded
Gcore Gcore
2014
Scaleway Scaleway
1999
Data Center Locations
Gcore Gcore
53
Scaleway Scaleway
9
Example Customers
Gcore Gcore
Xsolla, jsDelivr, Orange, Avast
Scaleway Scaleway
Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai

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Our data for Gcore was last updated on Feb. 12, 2026, and for Scaleway on Feb. 20, 2026.