Hostinger
vs
Scaleway
What's good about each
- Affordable plans with generous server specs and free bandwidth
- One-click installation for Plesk, Wordpress, cPanel, Nextcloud and more
- Uses NVMe SSD storage and AMD EPYC processors on all VPS
- Includes automated backups and 24/7 live chat support
- 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
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Hostinger | Scaleway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.99 /mo 1 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (KVM 1) | $11.92 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO) | 41% cheaper on Hostinger |
| Medium VM | $17.99 /mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (KVM 4) | $45.97 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO) | 2.6x more expensive on Scaleway |
| Large VM | $35.99 /mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (KVM 8) | $195.38 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (COMPUTE3-X8C-16G) | 5.4x more expensive on Scaleway |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $10.85 /mo 100 GB SSD · €0.00013 / GB / hour (Low Latency 5K) | |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $18.36 /mo 1 TB (Standard Multi-AZ) | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $41.73 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (DB-PLAY2-NANO) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $40.06 /mo 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (RED1-MICRO, 1 node) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $19.20 /mo LB-S (200 Mbps, 1 node) · Node only. A public IPv4 adds €3.60 / mo. | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $33.25 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | |
| Egress allowance | 4-32 TB per instance | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited 4-32 TB per instance, then lower bandwidth | Free for most services 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
Scaleway offers 5 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Hostinger. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Hostinger | Scaleway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
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-- | $3.32 /GPU/hr On-demand | Scaleway only |
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-- | $8.69 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Scaleway only |
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-- | $1.70 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Scaleway only |
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-- | $0.91 /GPU/hr On-demand | Scaleway only |
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-- | $1.42 /GPU/hr On-demand | Scaleway only |
Scaleway bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Company details
| Fact | Hostinger | Scaleway |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2004 | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Lithuania | France |
| Locations | 9 | 10 |
| Example customers | Little Karma Co, Netherix Studios, Be-Mag | Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai |
| Website | www.hostinger.com | scaleway.com |
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Our data for Hostinger was last updated on Aug. 25, 2026, and for Scaleway on Sept. 12, 2026.