GCP vs Scaleway

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What's good about them
Price comparison
Services offered
Company details
Alternatives to consider

What's good about...

Google Cloud

Extensive range of managed services with a focus on big data and machine learning
BigQuery and Google Kubernetes Engine are widely considered industry-leading solutions
Strong community and developer tooling
40+ data centers around the world

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 Google Cloud's prices compare against Scaleway?

Example configuration	Google Cloud	Scaleway
VM Small	$20.49 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (E2 custom)	$11.36 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO)
VM Medium	$90.15 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (E2 custom)	$44.30 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO)
VM Large	$179.87 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (E2 custom)	$180.62 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (PRO2-S)
Block Storage	$4.10 / mo 100 GB	$10.79 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage	$24.93 / mo 1 TB	$16.47 / mo 1 TB
Load Balancer	$29.44 / mo	$13.09 / mo LB-GP-S (200 Mbps)
Managed PostgreSQL	$93.60 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage	$36.35 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 96 GB storage
Managed Redis®*	$35.28 / mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (Basic)	$39.76 / mo 2 GB RAM
Serverless 25M Executions	$47.62 / mo 25M invocations, 2nd gen, 150 ms duration	$29.82 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration
Free egress allowance	Depends on service	--
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	$120.00 $0.12 / GB (Premium network)	Free for most services Bandwidth caps based on instance size

GCP GPUs

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
g2-standard-4	1x L4	24GB	4	16GB	$0.71	Source
g2-standard-8	1x L4	24GB	8	32GB	$0.85	Source
g2-standard-12	1x L4	24GB	12	48GB	$1.00	Source
g2-standard-16	1x L4	24GB	16	64GB	$1.15	Source
g2-standard-32	1x L4	24GB	32	128GB	$1.73	Source
g2-standard-24	2x L4	48GB	24	96GB	$2.00	Source
a2-highgpu-1g	1x A100	40GB	12	85GB	$3.67	Source
g2-standard-48	4x L4	96GB	48	192GB	$4.00	Source
a2-highgpu-2g	2x A100	80GB	24	170GB	$7.35	Source
g2-standard-96	8x L4	192GB	96	384GB	$8.00	Source
a2-highgpu-4g	4x A100	160GB	48	340GB	$14.69	Source
a2-highgpu-8g	8x A100	320GB	96	680GB	$29.39	Source
a2-megagpu-16g	16x A100	640GB	96	1360GB	$55.74	Source

Scaleway GPUs

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
L4-1-24G	1x L4	24GB	8	48GB	$0.90	Launch
GPU-3070	1x RTX 3070	8GB	8	16GB	$1.11	Source
Render-S	1x P100	16GB	10	42GB	$1.41	Source
L40S-1-48G	1x L40S	48GB	8	48GB	$1.61	Launch
L4-2-24G	2x L4	48GB	16	96GB	$1.72	Launch
H100-1-80G	1x H100	80GB	24	240GB	$2.86	Launch
L40S-2-48G	2x L40S	96GB	16	192GB	$3.15	Launch
L4-4-24G	4x L4	96GB	32	192GB	$3.37	Source
H100-2-80G	2x H100	160GB	48	480GB	$5.73	Launch
L40S-4-48G	4x L40S	192GB	32	384GB	$6.23	Source
L4-8-24G	8x L4	192GB	64	384GB	$6.67	Launch
L40S-8-48G	8x L40S	384GB	64	768GB	$12.39	Launch

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 Google Cloud and Scaleway offer:

Service	Google Cloud	Scaleway
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN)		--
Container Registry
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
Object Storage
Serverless Cron Jobs		--
Serverless Functions
Static Sites		--
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

	Google Cloud	Scaleway
Website	cloud.google.com	scaleway.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸	France 🇫🇷
Founded	2008	1999
Data Center Locations	40	9
Example Customers	PayPal, GitLab, 20th Century Fox, Target, Scotiabank	Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai

	Google Cloud
Website	cloud.google.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2008
Data Center Locations	40
Example Customers	PayPal, GitLab, 20th Century Fox, Target, Scotiabank