Oracle Cloud
vs
Scaleway
What's good about each
- Great price-performance ratio
- Wide range of server configurations and managed services
- Comprehensive hybrid and multi-cloud solutions
- 10 TB of free egress per month
- 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 | Oracle Cloud | Scaleway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $10.42 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex) | $11.92 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO) | 13% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| Medium VM | $27.53 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex) | $45.97 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO) | 40% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| Large VM | $92.26 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (VM.Standard.E4.Flex) | $195.38 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (COMPUTE3-X8C-16G) | 2.1x more expensive on Scaleway |
| Block storage | $4.25 /mo 100 GB | $10.85 /mo 100 GB SSD · €0.00013 / GB / hour (Low Latency 5K) | 2.6x more expensive on Scaleway |
| Object storage | $25.57 /mo | $18.36 /mo 1 TB (Standard Multi-AZ) | 28% cheaper on Scaleway |
| PostgreSQL | $70.56 /mo 4 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (PostgreSQL.VM.Standard.Flex.E4) | $41.73 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (DB-PLAY2-NANO) | 41% cheaper on Scaleway |
| Redis | $27.94 /mo 2 GB RAM | $40.06 /mo 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (RED1-MICRO, 1 node) | 30% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
| Load balancer | $7.86 /mo | $19.20 /mo LB-S (200 Mbps, 1 node) · Node only. A public IPv4 adds €3.60 / mo. | 2.4x more expensive on Scaleway |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $33.25 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | |
| Egress allowance | 10 TB / mo | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $8.50 /TB $0.0085 / GB | 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
Oracle Cloud offers 15 GPU models, while Scaleway offers 5. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Oracle Cloud | Scaleway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
1 config · 5 configs
|
$10.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.32 /GPU/hr On-demand | 3x more expensive on Oracle Cloud |
|
B300
1 config · 1 config
|
$15.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $8.69 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 42% cheaper on Scaleway |
|
L40S
1 config · 4 configs
|
$3.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.70 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 2.1x more expensive on Oracle Cloud |
|
P100
2 configs · 1 config
|
$1.27 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.42 /GPU/hr On-demand | 10% cheaper on Oracle Cloud |
|
B200
1 config
|
$14.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Oracle Cloud only |
|
H200
1 config
|
$10.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Oracle Cloud only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config
|
$4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Oracle Cloud only |
|
A100
2 configs
|
$3.05 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Oracle Cloud only |
|
GB200
1 config
|
$16.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Oracle Cloud only |
|
L4
4 configs
|
-- | $0.91 /GPU/hr On-demand | Scaleway only |
Oracle Cloud bills on-demand; Scaleway bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Company details
| Fact | Oracle Cloud | Scaleway |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2016 | 1999 |
| Headquarters | USA | France |
| Locations | 39 | 10 |
| Example customers | Bosch, Uber, Marriott, Telefónica Colombia | Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai |
| Website | www.oracle.com | scaleway.com |
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Our data for Oracle Cloud was last updated on Sept. 11, 2026, and for Scaleway on Sept. 12, 2026.