Lium
vs
Scaleway
What's good about each
- Competitive pricing, billed per minute with no hourly minimum
- Rent a single GPU or a full 8-GPU node
- Wide range of GPU models, including H100, H200 and RTX PRO 6000
- CLI, Python SDK and an agent skill for coding agents
- 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 | Lium | Scaleway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $11.72 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $45.22 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $192.20 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (COMPUTE3-X8C-16G) | |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $10.67 /mo 100 GB SSD (Low Latency 5K) | |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $20.06 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress (Standard Multi-AZ) | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $41.05 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (DB-PLAY2-NANO) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $39.41 /mo 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (RED1-MICRO, 1 node) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $18.88 /mo LB-S (200 Mbps, 1 node) · Node only. A public IPv4 adds €3.60 / mo. | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $40.63 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | 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
Lium offers 13 GPU models, while Scaleway offers 5. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Lium | Scaleway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
8 configs · 5 configs
|
$1.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.27 /GPU/hr On-demand | 48% cheaper on Lium |
|
B300
2 configs · 1 config
|
$9.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $8.55 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 5% cheaper on Scaleway |
|
L40S
1 config · 4 configs
|
$0.38 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.68 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 77% cheaper on Lium |
|
B200
3 configs
|
$5.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Lium only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
6 configs
|
$1.19 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Lium only |
|
H200
4 configs
|
$3.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Lium only |
|
RTX 5090
9 configs
|
$0.58 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Lium only |
|
A100
1 config
|
$1.05 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Lium only |
|
L4
4 configs
|
-- | $0.90 /GPU/hr On-demand | Scaleway only |
|
P100
1 config
|
-- | $1.39 /GPU/hr On-demand | Scaleway only |
Lium bills on-demand and spot; 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 | Lium | Scaleway |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2024 | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Saint Kitts and Nevis | France |
| Locations | 23 | 10 |
| Example customers | -- | Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai |
| Website | lium.io | scaleway.com |
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Our data for Lium was last updated on Sept. 28, 2026, and for Scaleway on Sept. 28, 2026.