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Hexabyte vs Scaleway

Hexabyte offers predictable costs with no hidden egress fees on object storage and transparent hourly billing with monthly caps. Scaleway provides a broader product catalog including serverless functions and managed Kubernetes.

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What's good about...

Hexabyte logo Hexabyte

  • 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

Scaleway 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 Hexabyte's prices compare against Scaleway?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Hexabyte Hexabyte
$3.69 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 20 GB SSD
Scaleway Scaleway
$11.46 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO)

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Hexabyte Hexabyte
$7.43 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 20 GB SSD
Scaleway Scaleway
$44.68 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO)

VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Hexabyte Hexabyte
$12.43 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 20 GB SSD
Scaleway Scaleway
$182.15 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (PRO2-S)

Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Hexabyte Hexabyte
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Scaleway Scaleway
$10.88 / mo 100 GB

Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Hexabyte Hexabyte
$5.73 / mo 1 TB (no egress or API fees)
Scaleway Scaleway
$16.61 / mo 1 TB

Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Hexabyte Hexabyte
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Scaleway Scaleway
$13.20 / mo LB-GP-S (200 Mbps)

Managed PostgreSQL

Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Hexabyte Hexabyte
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Scaleway Scaleway
$36.66 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 96 GB storage

Managed Redis®*

Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Hexabyte Hexabyte
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Scaleway Scaleway
$40.10 / mo 2 GB RAM

Serverless 25M Executions

Closest config to 25M invocations, 150ms execution time, 512 MB memory.
Hexabyte Hexabyte
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Scaleway Scaleway
$30.07 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration

Free egress allowance

Hexabyte Hexabyte
20 TB / mo per instance
Scaleway Scaleway
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Hexabyte Hexabyte
$1.15 per TB
Scaleway Scaleway
Free for most services Bandwidth caps based on instance size

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Hexabyte Hexabyte
$0.41/hr
Scaleway Scaleway
$0.83/hr

Billing Options

Hexabyte Hexabyte
On-Demand
Scaleway Scaleway
On-Demand

Available Models

Hexabyte offers 1 GPU model, while Scaleway offers 5.

Hexabyte Hexabyte
L4(4)
Scaleway Scaleway
H100(2) L40S(4) L4(4) P100(1) RTX 3070(1)

Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & 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 & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.

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Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Hexabyte and Scaleway offer:

Service Hexabyte Scaleway
Block Storage
Container Registry
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
NoSQL Databases
Object Storage
Serverless Functions
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Hexabyte Hexabyte
hexabyte.se
Scaleway Scaleway
scaleway.com
Headquarters
Hexabyte Hexabyte
Sweden
Scaleway Scaleway
France
Founded
Hexabyte Hexabyte
2016
Scaleway Scaleway
1999
Data Center Locations
Hexabyte Hexabyte
1
Scaleway Scaleway
9
Example Customers
Hexabyte Hexabyte
Molnett, Region Västerbotten, Umeå Kommunföretag, Enduce
Scaleway Scaleway
Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai

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Our data for Hexabyte was last updated on Feb. 12, 2026, and for Scaleway on Feb. 20, 2026.

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50+ GPU models from RTX 3060 to B200, from $0.04/hr
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Learn more