Hetzner
vs
Scaleway
Hetzner and Scaleway are both European. Hetzner sells VPS and dedicated servers at lower prices, while Scaleway adds managed databases, Kubernetes, serverless and a wider range of GPUs.
What's good about each
- 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
- 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 | Hetzner | Scaleway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.91 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (CX23) | $11.86 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO) | 42% cheaper on Hetzner |
| Medium VM | $10.37 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CX33) | $45.76 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO) | 4.4x more expensive on Scaleway |
| Large VM | $19.03 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CX43) | $194.49 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (COMPUTE3-X8C-16G) | 10x more expensive on Scaleway |
| Block storage | $5.08 /mo 100 GB | $10.80 /mo 100 GB SSD (Low Latency 5K) | 2.1x more expensive on Scaleway |
| Object storage | $7.49 /mo 1 TB | $20.30 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress (Standard Multi-AZ) | 2.7x more expensive on Scaleway |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $41.54 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (DB-PLAY2-NANO) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $39.88 /mo 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (RED1-MICRO, 1 node) | |
| Load balancer | $8.64 /mo LB11 | $19.11 /mo LB-S (200 Mbps, 1 node) · Node only. A public IPv4 adds €3.60 / mo. | 2.2x more expensive on Scaleway |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $41.11 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | |
| Egress allowance | 1-60 TB / mo per instance | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $1.15 /TB €1 / TB | 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
Hetzner offers 2 GPU models, while Scaleway offers 5. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Hetzner | Scaleway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config
|
$2.22 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hetzner only |
|
RTX 4000 SFF Ada
1 config
|
$0.43 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hetzner only |
|
H100
5 configs
|
-- | $3.65 /GPU/hr On-demand | Scaleway only |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- | $8.65 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Scaleway only |
|
L40S
4 configs
|
-- | $1.70 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Scaleway only |
|
L4
4 configs
|
-- | $0.91 /GPU/hr On-demand | Scaleway only |
|
P100
1 config
|
-- | $1.41 /GPU/hr On-demand | Scaleway only |
Hetzner bills on-demand; Scaleway bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Company details
| Fact | Hetzner | Scaleway |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1997 | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Germany | France |
| Locations | 6 | 10 |
| Example customers | Outdooractive, Bitdefender, Userlike, Whereby, Autodoc | Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai |
| Website | hetzner.com | scaleway.com |
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Our data for Hetzner was last updated on Sept. 15, 2026, and for Scaleway on Sept. 15, 2026.