OVH
vs
Scaleway
Both sell VPS, bare metal, managed Kubernetes, databases, object storage and H100 GPUs. OVHcloud charges less for VMs and runs datacenters on four continents, while Scaleway charges less for Postgres and adds serverless.
What's good about each
- No egress or object storage request fees in most locations
- Bare metal, VPS and public cloud from one provider
- 40+ datacenters across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific
- European-based, may ease GDPR compliance
- 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 | OVH | Scaleway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $5.35 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (VPS-1) | $11.78 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO) | 55% cheaper on OVH |
| Medium VM | $10.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (VPS-2) | $45.45 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO) | 78% cheaper on OVH |
| Large VM | $27.50 /mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM (VPS-4) | $193.16 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (COMPUTE3-X8C-16G) | 86% cheaper on OVH |
| Block storage | $9.50 /mo 100 GB (High Speed, 3,000 IOPS) | $10.73 /mo 100 GB SSD (Low Latency 5K) | 11% cheaper on OVH |
| Object storage | $8.19 /mo 1 TB (Standard, 1-AZ) | $20.16 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress (Standard Multi-AZ) | 59% cheaper on OVH |
| PostgreSQL | $63.36 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Discovery DB1-4) | $41.26 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (DB-PLAY2-NANO) | 35% cheaper on Scaleway |
| Redis | $55.01 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Discovery DB1-4, Valkey) | $39.61 /mo 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (RED1-MICRO, 1 node) | 28% cheaper on Scaleway |
| Load balancer | $6.84 /mo 200 Mbps (Load Balancer S) · Node only. A floating IP adds $2.30 / mo. | $18.98 /mo LB-S (200 Mbps, 1 node) · Node only. A public IPv4 adds €3.60 / mo. | 64% cheaper on OVH |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $40.83 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited Billed in Singapore and Sydney | 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
OVH offers 9 GPU models, while Scaleway offers 5. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | OVH | Scaleway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
3 configs · 5 configs
|
$2.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.29 /GPU/hr On-demand | 9% cheaper on OVH |
|
L40S
3 configs · 4 configs
|
$1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.68 /GPU/hr On-demand | 7% cheaper on Scaleway |
|
L4
3 configs · 4 configs
|
$1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.90 /GPU/hr On-demand | 10% cheaper on Scaleway |
|
H200
1 config
|
$6.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | OVH only |
|
A100
3 configs
|
$3.07 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | OVH only |
|
V100
3 configs
|
$0.77 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | OVH only |
|
A10
3 configs
|
$1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | OVH only |
|
RTX 5000
3 configs
|
$0.60 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | OVH only |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- | $8.60 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Scaleway only |
|
P100
1 config
|
-- | $1.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | Scaleway only |
OVH bills on-demand; 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.
| Framework | OVH | Scaleway |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | -- |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | US data centers only | -- |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Level 1, Hosted Private Cloud only | -- |
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 | OVH | Scaleway |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1999 | 1999 |
| Headquarters | France | France |
| Locations | 19 | 10 |
| Example customers | AnyDesk, Sopra Steria, Floatplane, German Federal Police | Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai |
| Website | www.ovhcloud.com | scaleway.com |
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Our data for OVH was last updated on Sept. 20, 2026, and for Scaleway on Sept. 20, 2026.