Paperspace
vs
Scaleway
What's good about each
- Competitive GPU prices
- Managed platform, from notebooks to container-based clusters
- Free ingress and egress
- 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 | Paperspace | Scaleway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.48 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (C2) | $11.61 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO) | 44% cheaper on Paperspace |
| Medium VM | $57.60 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (C5) | $44.81 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO) | 22% cheaper on Scaleway |
| Large VM | $115.20 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (C6) | $190.43 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (COMPUTE3-X8C-16G) | 40% cheaper on Paperspace |
| Block storage | $7.00 /mo 100 GB SSD · Billed hourly, capped at $7.00 / mo | $10.57 /mo 100 GB SSD (Low Latency 5K) | 34% cheaper on Paperspace |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $19.87 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress (Standard Multi-AZ) | |
| 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 allowance | Free and unlimited | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | 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
Paperspace offers 12 GPU models, while Scaleway offers 5. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Paperspace | Scaleway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
2 configs · 5 configs
|
$5.95 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.58 /GPU/hr On-demand | 40% cheaper on Scaleway |
|
A100
4 configs
|
$3.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Paperspace only |
|
RTX A6000
2 configs
|
$1.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Paperspace only |
|
V100
3 configs
|
$2.30 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Paperspace only |
|
A4000
1 config
|
$0.76 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Paperspace only |
|
A5000
1 config
|
$1.38 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Paperspace only |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- | $8.47 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Scaleway only |
|
L40S
4 configs
|
-- | $1.66 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Scaleway only |
|
L4
4 configs
|
-- | $0.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | Scaleway only |
|
P100
1 config
|
-- | $1.38 /GPU/hr On-demand | Scaleway only |
Paperspace 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 | Paperspace | Scaleway |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Data centers only | -- |
| ISO 27001 | Data centers only | Yes |
| GDPR | -- | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Level 1, data centers 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 | Paperspace | Scaleway |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2014 | 1999 |
| Headquarters | USA | France |
| Locations | 3 | 10 |
| Example customers | Fast.ai, SciSpace, Tunebat, Spectrum Labs, Kando | Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai |
| Website | paperspace.com | scaleway.com |
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Our data for Paperspace was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Scaleway on Oct. 1, 2026.