Linode vs Scaleway

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What's good
Price comparison
What services do they offer
Company details
Alternatives to consider

What's good about...

Linode

Many VPS configurations available (high memory, dedicated CPU, GPU)
Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Kubernetes and Object Storage available
Good performance/price for most of its services
Multiple data center locations

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 Linode's prices compare against Scaleway?

Example configuration	Linode	Scaleway
VM Small	$5.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared)	$10.58 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO)
VM Medium	$48.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared)	$41.27 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO)
VM Large	$114.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Dedicated)	$168.24 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (PRO2-S)
Block Storage	$16.00 / mo 160 GB	$10.05 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage	$20.00 / mo 1 TB	$15.34 / mo 1 TB
Load Balancer	$10.00 / mo	$12.19 / mo LB-GP-S (200 Mbps)
Managed PostgreSQL	$65.00 / mo 2 CPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage	$33.86 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 96 GB storage
Managed Redis®*	--	$37.03 / mo 2 GB RAM
Serverless 25M Executions	--	$27.78 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration
Free egress allowance	1-20 TB / mo per instance	--
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	$5.00 $0.005 / GB	Free for most services Bandwidth caps based on instance size

Linode offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
GPU1	1x RTX6000	24GB	8	32GB	$1.50	Source
GPU2	2x RTX6000	48GB	16	64GB	$3.00	Source
GPU3	3x RTX6000	72GB	20	96GB	$4.50	Source
GPU4	4x RTX6000	96GB	24	128GB	$6.00	Source

Scaleway offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
L4-1-24G	1x L4	24GB	8	48GB	$0.79	Source
GPU-3070	1x RTX3070	8GB	8	16GB	$1.04	Source
Render-S	1x P100	16GB	10	42GB	$1.31	Source
L40S-1-48G	1x L40S	48GB	8	96GB	$1.48	Source
L4-2-24G	2x L4	48GB	16	96GB	$1.59	Source
H100-1-80G	1x H100	80GB	24	240GB	$2.67	Source
L40S-2-48G	2x L40S	96GB	16	192GB	$2.96	Source
L4-4-24G	4x L4	96GB	32	192GB	$3.17	Source
H100-2-80G	2x H100	160GB	48	480GB	$5.33	Source
L40S-4-48G	4x L40S	192GB	32	384GB	$5.93	Source
L4-8-24G	8x L4	192GB	64	384GB	$6.35	Source
L40S-8-48G	8x L40S	384GB	64	768GB	$11.85	Source

Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing.

Which services do they offer?

Here are some managed services that Linode and Scaleway offer:

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

Company details

	Linode	Scaleway
Website	www.linode.com	scaleway.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸	France 🇫🇷
Founded	2003	1999
Data Center Locations	24	9
Example Customers	Panasonic, Best Buy, WayFair and Giphy	Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai

	Linode
Website	www.linode.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2003
Data Center Locations	24
Example Customers	Panasonic, Best Buy, WayFair and Giphy