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Azure vs Scaleway

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What's good about...

Microsoft Azure logo Azure

  • 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

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 Azure's prices compare against Scaleway?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Microsoft Azure Azure
$6.13 / mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2pts v2)
Scaleway Scaleway
$11.64 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO)

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Microsoft Azure Azure
$86.87 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4pls v2)
Scaleway Scaleway
$45.40 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO)

VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Microsoft Azure Azure
$173.74 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (B8pls v2)
Scaleway Scaleway
$185.08 / 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.
Microsoft Azure Azure
$8.10 / mo 100 GB
Scaleway Scaleway
$11.06 / mo 100 GB

Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Microsoft Azure Azure
$21.50 / mo 1 TB
Scaleway Scaleway
$16.88 / 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.
Microsoft Azure Azure
$23.25 / mo Standard
Scaleway Scaleway
$13.41 / 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.
Microsoft Azure Azure
$131.89 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (Gen 5)
Scaleway Scaleway
$37.25 / 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.
Microsoft Azure Azure
$39.60 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic C1)
Scaleway Scaleway
$40.74 / mo 2 GB RAM

Serverless 25M Executions

Closest config to 25M invocations, 150ms execution time, 512 MB memory.
Microsoft Azure Azure
$29.80 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration
Scaleway Scaleway
$30.56 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration

Free egress allowance

Microsoft Azure Azure
100 GB / mo
Scaleway Scaleway
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Microsoft Azure Azure
$87.00 $0.087 / GB (Premium network North America)
Scaleway Scaleway
Free for most services Bandwidth caps based on instance size

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Microsoft Azure Azure
$0.09/hr
Scaleway Scaleway
$0.83/hr

Billing Options

Microsoft Azure Azure
On-DemandSpotReserved (12mo)Reserved (36mo)
Scaleway Scaleway
On-Demand

Available Models

Azure offers 10 GPU models, while Scaleway offers 5.

Microsoft Azure Azure
H100(14) A100(20) H200(2) RTX Pro 6000(40) V100(4) A10(24) T4(16) GB200(2) MI300X(2) M60(12)
Scaleway Scaleway
H100(2) L40S(4) L4(4) P100(1) RTX 3070(1)

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

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Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Azure and Scaleway offer:

Service Azure Scaleway
Analytics
App Testing
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Container Registry
Crash Reporting
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
NoSQL Databases
Object Storage
Performance Monitoring
Push Notifications
Realtime Databases
Remote Config
Serverless Cron Jobs
Serverless Functions
Static Sites
User Authentication
Vector Databases
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Microsoft Azure Azure
azure.microsoft.com
Scaleway Scaleway
scaleway.com
Headquarters
Microsoft Azure Azure
United States of America
Scaleway Scaleway
France
Founded
Microsoft Azure Azure
2008
Scaleway Scaleway
1999
Data Center Locations
Microsoft Azure Azure
66
Scaleway Scaleway
9
Example Customers
Microsoft Azure Azure
General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA
Scaleway Scaleway
Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai

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Our data for Azure was last updated on June 5, 2026, and for Scaleway on Feb. 20, 2026.

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Fully Dedicated GPU Servers
No Virtualization. No Shared GPUs
Stable Performance for AI Training & Inference
Full Control for Production Workloads
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