Packet·ai
vs
Scaleway
What's good about each
- Dynamic tier: shared GPUs at about half the dedicated rate
- Free, unlimited data egress
- Single GPUs from RTX 4090 to B200
- S3-compatible object storage and OpenAI-compatible inference API
- 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 | Packet·ai | Scaleway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $11.61 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $44.81 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $190.43 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (COMPUTE3-X8C-16G) | |
| Block storage | $7.20 /mo 100 GB | $10.57 /mo 100 GB SSD (Low Latency 5K) | 32% cheaper on Packet·ai |
| Object storage | $18.00 /mo 1 TB | $19.87 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress (Standard Multi-AZ) | 9% cheaper on Packet·ai |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $40.67 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (DB-PLAY2-NANO) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $39.05 /mo 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (RED1-MICRO, 1 node) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $18.71 /mo LB-S (200 Mbps, 1 node) · Node only. A public IPv4 adds €3.60 / mo. | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $40.25 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited | 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
Packet·ai offers 8 GPU models, while Scaleway offers 5. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Packet·ai | Scaleway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
2 configs · 5 configs
|
-- On request | $3.24 /GPU/hr On-demand | |
|
B300
1 config · 1 config
|
-- On request | $8.47 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | |
|
L40S
1 config · 4 configs
|
$0.92 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.66 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 45% cheaper on Packet·ai |
|
B200
5 configs
|
$3.75 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Packet·ai only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
2 configs
|
$0.66 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Packet·ai only |
|
H200
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Packet·ai only |
|
A100
1 config
|
$1.43 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Packet·ai only |
|
RTX 4090
1 config
|
$0.39 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Packet·ai only |
|
L4
4 configs
|
-- | $0.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | Scaleway only |
|
P100
1 config
|
-- | $1.38 /GPU/hr On-demand | Scaleway only |
Packet·ai 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.
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 | Packet·ai | Scaleway |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2025 | 1999 |
| Headquarters | USA | France |
| Locations | 12 | 10 |
| Example customers | -- | Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai |
| Website | packet.ai | scaleway.com |
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Our data for Packet·ai was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Scaleway on Oct. 2, 2026.