Gcore
vs
Scaleway
What's good about each
- Cloud regions on six continents
- Free egress from virtual machines and bare metal
- Per-minute billing, only while a VM runs
- Nvidia GPUs from L40S up to GB300 NVL72 racks
- CDN and DDoS protection on the same account
- 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 | Gcore | Scaleway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $11.72 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (g3a-standard-1-2) | $11.61 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO) | Within 5% |
| Medium VM | $46.91 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (g3a-standard-4-8) | $44.81 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO) | Within 5% |
| Large VM | $93.83 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (g3a-standard-8-16) | $190.43 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (COMPUTE3-X8C-16G) | 51% cheaper on Gcore |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $10.57 /mo 100 GB SSD (Low Latency 5K) | |
| Object storage | $52.26 /mo 1 TB (Standard) | $19.87 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress (Standard Multi-AZ) | 62% cheaper on Scaleway |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $40.67 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (DB-PLAY2-NANO) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $39.05 /mo 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (RED1-MICRO, 1 node) | |
| Load balancer | $17.15 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (lb1-1-2) | $18.71 /mo LB-S (200 Mbps, 1 node) · Node only. A public IPv4 adds €3.60 / mo. | 8% cheaper on Gcore |
| Serverless | $7.46 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms (Darmstadt) | $40.25 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | 81% cheaper on Gcore |
| Egress | Free from VMs, billed from Object Storage | 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
Gcore offers 6 GPU models, while Scaleway offers 5. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Gcore | Scaleway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
9 configs · 5 configs
|
$1.73 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.58 /GPU/hr On-demand | 52% cheaper on Gcore |
|
B300
1 config · 1 config
|
$6.78 /GPU/hr On-demand | $8.47 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 20% cheaper on Gcore |
|
L40S
4 configs · 4 configs
|
$1.22 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.66 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 27% cheaper on Gcore |
|
H200
1 config
|
$3.08 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Gcore only |
|
A100
5 configs
|
$1.42 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Gcore only |
|
GB300
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Gcore only |
|
L4
4 configs
|
-- | $0.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | Scaleway only |
|
P100
1 config
|
-- | $1.38 /GPU/hr On-demand | Scaleway only |
Gcore 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 | Gcore | Scaleway |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2014 | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Luxembourg | France |
| Locations | 33 | 10 |
| Example customers | Microsoft, ProSieben, Higgsfield, Leonardo AI, Funcom | Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai |
| Website | gcore.com | scaleway.com |
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Our data for Gcore was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Scaleway on Oct. 1, 2026.