Hetzner
vs
Scaleway
Both sell VPS, object storage, load balancers and GPUs. Hetzner charges less for VMs and storage and sells dedicated servers, while Scaleway adds managed databases, Kubernetes, serverless and H100 to B300 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 | $6.71 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (CX23) | $11.52 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO) | 42% cheaper on Hetzner |
| Medium VM | $10.07 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CX33) | $44.44 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO) | 77% cheaper on Hetzner |
| Large VM | $18.48 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CX43) | $188.84 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (COMPUTE3-X8C-16G) | 90% cheaper on Hetzner |
| Block storage | $4.93 /mo 100 GB | $10.49 /mo 100 GB SSD (Low Latency 5K) | 53% cheaper on Hetzner |
| Object storage | $7.27 /mo 1 TB | $19.71 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress (Standard Multi-AZ) | 63% cheaper on Hetzner |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $40.33 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (DB-PLAY2-NANO) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $38.72 /mo 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (RED1-MICRO, 1 node) | |
| Load balancer | $8.39 /mo LB11 | $18.55 /mo LB-S (200 Mbps, 1 node) · Node only. A public IPv4 adds €3.60 / mo. | 55% cheaper on Hetzner |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $39.92 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | |
| Egress allowance | 1-60 TB / mo per instance | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $1.12 /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
|
$2.15 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hetzner only |
|
RTX 4000 SFF Ada
1 config
|
$0.42 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Hetzner only |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- | $8.40 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Scaleway only |
|
H100
5 configs
|
-- | $3.21 /GPU/hr On-demand | Scaleway only |
|
L40S
4 configs
|
-- | $1.65 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Scaleway only |
|
L4
4 configs
|
-- | $0.88 /GPU/hr On-demand | Scaleway only |
|
P100
1 config
|
-- | $1.37 /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.
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 | 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 |
Alternatives to consider
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Our data for Hetzner was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Scaleway on Oct. 5, 2026.