What's good about...

Google Cloud logo 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

Google Cloud 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 Google Cloud's prices compare against Scaleway?

Example configuration Google Cloud Scaleway
VM Small $20.49 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (E2 custom) $10.90 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO)
VM Medium $90.15 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (E2 custom) $42.50 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO)
VM Large $179.87 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (E2 custom) $173.26 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (PRO2-S)
Block Storage $4.10 / mo 100 GB $10.35 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage $24.93 / mo 1 TB $15.80 / mo 1 TB
Load Balancer $29.44 / mo $12.55 / mo LB-GP-S (200 Mbps)
Managed PostgreSQL $93.60 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage $34.87 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 96 GB storage
Managed Redis®* $35.28 / mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (Basic) $38.14 / mo 2 GB RAM
Serverless 25M Executions $47.62 / mo 25M invocations, 2nd gen, 150 ms duration $28.60 / 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 offers GPUs in the following configurations:

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

Scaleway offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name GPUs VRAM vCPUs RAM Price/h
L4-1-24G 1x L4 24GB 8 48GB $0.82
GPU-3070 1x RTX3070 8GB 8 16GB $1.07
Render-S 1x P100 16GB 10 42GB $1.35
L40S-1-48G 1x L40S 48GB 8 96GB $1.53
L4-2-24G 2x L4 48GB 16 96GB $1.63
H100-1-80G 1x H100 80GB 24 240GB $2.75
L40S-2-48G 2x L40S 96GB 16 192GB $3.05
L4-4-24G 4x L4 96GB 32 192GB $3.27
H100-2-80G 2x H100 160GB 48 480GB $5.49
L40S-4-48G 4x L40S 192GB 32 384GB $6.10
L4-8-24G 8x L4 192GB 64 384GB $6.54
L40S-8-48G 8x L40S 384GB 64 768GB $12.20

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

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Our data for Google Cloud was last updated on Sept. 28, 2024, and for Scaleway on Sept. 28, 2024.