What's good about...
Hetzner
- High performance VPS configurations at affordable prices (shared, high memory, dedicated CPU)
- Easy to use web console & developer tooling (Terraform SDKs, official CLI)
- EU-based company, may simplify GDPR compliance for some
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 Hetzner's prices compare against Scaleway?
VM Small
Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Hetzner
Scaleway
VM Medium
Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
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Scaleway
VM Large
Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
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Scaleway
Block Storage
Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Hetzner
Scaleway
Object Storage
Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
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Scaleway
Load Balancer
Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
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Scaleway
Managed PostgreSQL
Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Hetzner
Scaleway
Managed Redis®*
Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
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Scaleway
Serverless 25M Executions
Closest config to 25M invocations, 150ms execution time, 512 MB memory.
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Scaleway
Free egress allowance
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Scaleway
1 TB of egress beyond allowance
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Scaleway
GPU Fleet Overview
Starting Price
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Billing Options
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On-Demand
Scaleway
On-Demand
Available Models
Hetzner offers 2 GPU models, while Scaleway offers 5.
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RTX 6000 Ada
Scaleway
Heads up: We do our best to keep these 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 with the provider before provisioning.
Which services do they offer
Here are some managed services that Hetzner and Scaleway offer:
Company details
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| Website | hetzner.com | scaleway.com |
| Headquarters | Germany | France |
| Founded | 1997 | 1999 |
| Data Center Locations | 6 | 9 |
| Example Customers | Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc | Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai |
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Our data for Hetzner was last updated on March 25, 2026, and for Scaleway on Feb. 20, 2026.