Nebius
vs
Scaleway
What's good about each
- Nvidia GPUs from L40S up to GB300 NVL72 racks
- Preemptible GPU instances at a lower hourly rate
- Managed Kubernetes and Slurm clusters at no extra charge
- Free outbound traffic from virtual machines
- Per-token inference API for open-weight models
- 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 | Nebius | Scaleway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $35.71 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | $11.78 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO) | 67% cheaper on Scaleway |
| Medium VM | $71.42 /mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | $45.45 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO) | 36% cheaper on Scaleway |
| Large VM | $142.85 /mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | $193.16 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (COMPUTE3-X8C-16G) | 26% cheaper on Nebius |
| Block storage | $7.10 /mo 100 GB (Network SSD) | $10.73 /mo 100 GB SSD (Low Latency 5K) | 34% cheaper on Nebius |
| Object storage | $19.42 /mo 1 TB (Standard) | $20.16 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress (Standard Multi-AZ) | Within 5% |
| PostgreSQL | $104.35 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (2vcpu-8gb) | $41.26 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (DB-PLAY2-NANO) | 60% cheaper on Scaleway |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $39.61 /mo 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (RED1-MICRO, 1 node) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $18.98 /mo LB-S (200 Mbps, 1 node) · Node only. A public IPv4 adds €3.60 / mo. | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $40.83 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | |
| Egress | Free from VMs, billed from Object Storage | 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
Nebius offers 8 GPU models, while Scaleway offers 5. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Nebius | Scaleway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
2 configs · 5 configs
|
$3.85 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.29 /GPU/hr On-demand | 15% cheaper on Scaleway |
|
B300
2 configs · 1 config
|
$7.85 /GPU/hr On-demand | $8.60 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 9% cheaper on Nebius |
|
L40S
4 configs · 4 configs
|
$1.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.68 /GPU/hr On-demand | 8% cheaper on Nebius |
|
B200
2 configs
|
$3.95 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Nebius only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
2 configs
|
$0.95 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Nebius only |
|
H200
2 configs
|
$2.45 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Nebius only |
|
GB200
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Nebius only |
|
GB300
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Nebius only |
|
L4
4 configs
|
-- | $0.90 /GPU/hr On-demand | Scaleway only |
|
P100
1 config
|
-- | $1.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | Scaleway only |
Nebius 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 | Nebius | Scaleway |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2022 | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Netherlands | France |
| Locations | 10 | 10 |
| Example customers | Revolut, Sword Health, Brave, Voxel51, Recraft | Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai |
| Website | nebius.com | scaleway.com |
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Our data for Nebius was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Scaleway on Sept. 19, 2026.