Hexabyte
vs
Scaleway
Both sell VPS, object storage and GPUs inside the EU. Hexabyte charges less for VMs and storage from Sweden, while Scaleway adds managed databases, Kubernetes, serverless and H100 to B300 GPUs.
What's good about each
- Affordable VPS instances with customizable specs
- S3-compatible object storage with no egress or API fees
- Offers dedicated servers
- EU-based with GDPR-friendly data storage
- 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 | Hexabyte | Scaleway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $4.37 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 20 GB NVMe | $11.61 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO) | 62% cheaper on Hexabyte |
| Medium VM | $11.03 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 80 GB NVMe | $44.81 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO) | 75% cheaper on Hexabyte |
| Large VM | $19.91 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 160 GB NVMe | $190.43 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (COMPUTE3-X8C-16G) | 90% cheaper on Hexabyte |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $10.57 /mo 100 GB SSD (Low Latency 5K) | |
| Object storage | $6.78 /mo 1 TB (no egress or API fees) | $19.87 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress (Standard Multi-AZ) | 66% cheaper on Hexabyte |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $40.67 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (DB-PLAY2-NANO) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $39.05 /mo 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (RED1-MICRO, 1 node) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $18.71 /mo LB-S (200 Mbps, 1 node) · Node only. A public IPv4 adds €3.60 / mo. | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $40.25 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | |
| Egress allowance | 20 TB / mo per instance | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $1.13 /TB per 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
Hexabyte offers 1 GPU model, while Scaleway offers 5. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Hexabyte | Scaleway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
L4
4 configs · 4 configs
|
$0.41 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | 54% cheaper on Hexabyte |
|
H100
5 configs
|
-- | $3.58 /GPU/hr On-demand | Scaleway only |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- | $8.47 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Scaleway only |
|
L40S
4 configs
|
-- | $1.66 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Scaleway only |
|
P100
1 config
|
-- | $1.38 /GPU/hr On-demand | Scaleway only |
Hexabyte 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 | Hexabyte | Scaleway |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Sweden | France |
| Locations | 1 | 10 |
| Example customers | Molnett, Region Västerbotten, Umeå Kommunföretag, Enduce | Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai |
| Website | hexabyte.se | scaleway.com |
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Our data for Hexabyte was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Scaleway on Oct. 1, 2026.