Azure
vs
Scaleway
What's good about each
- Integrations with the rest of Microsoft's products
- Extensive range of managed services, from serverless to databases to queues to AI
- Generous free tier, and compute savings plans available
- 60+ datacenter locations around the world
- 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 | Azure | Scaleway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.13 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2pts v2) | $11.92 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO) | 49% cheaper on Azure |
| Medium VM | $86.87 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4pls v2) | $45.97 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO) | 47% cheaper on Scaleway |
| Large VM | $173.74 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (B8pls v2) | $195.38 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (COMPUTE3-X8C-16G) | 11% cheaper on Azure |
| Block storage | $8.10 /mo 100 GB | $10.85 /mo 100 GB SSD · €0.00013 / GB / hour (Low Latency 5K) | 25% cheaper on Azure |
| Object storage | $21.50 /mo 1 TB | $18.36 /mo 1 TB (Standard Multi-AZ) | 15% cheaper on Scaleway |
| PostgreSQL | $131.89 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (Gen 5) | $41.73 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (DB-PLAY2-NANO) | 3.2x more expensive on Azure |
| Redis | $39.60 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic C1) | $40.06 /mo 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (RED1-MICRO, 1 node) | Within 5% |
| Load balancer | $23.25 /mo Standard | $19.20 /mo LB-S (200 Mbps, 1 node) · Node only. A public IPv4 adds €3.60 / mo. | 17% cheaper on Scaleway |
| Serverless | $29.80 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | $33.25 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | 10% cheaper on Azure |
| Egress allowance | 100 GB / mo | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $87.00 /TB $0.087 / GB (Premium network North America) | 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
Azure offers 10 GPU models, while Scaleway offers 5. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Azure | Scaleway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
20 configs · 5 configs
|
$6.98 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.67 /GPU/hr On-demand | 47% cheaper on Scaleway |
|
RTX PRO 6000
40 configs
|
$1.02 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Azure only |
|
H200
4 configs
|
$6.86 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Azure only |
|
A100
20 configs
|
$0.68 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Azure only |
|
GB200
4 configs
|
$11.90 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Azure only |
MI300X
4 configs
|
$1.60 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Azure only |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- | $8.69 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Scaleway only |
|
L40S
4 configs
|
-- | $1.70 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Scaleway only |
|
L4
4 configs
|
-- | $0.91 /GPU/hr On-demand | Scaleway only |
|
P100
1 config
|
-- | $1.42 /GPU/hr On-demand | Scaleway only |
Azure bills on-demand, spot and reserved (12 or 36 months); Scaleway bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Company details
| Fact | Azure | Scaleway |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2008 | 1999 |
| Headquarters | USA | France |
| Locations | 66 | 10 |
| Example customers | General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA | Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai |
| Website | azure.microsoft.com | scaleway.com |
Alternatives to consider
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Our data for Azure was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Scaleway on Sept. 14, 2026.