What's good about...
RunPod
- Affordable GPUs in various configurations
- Packed with features: hot-reloading, managed containers, logging & monitoring
- Available in 30+ regions across the world
Scaleway
- 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
How do RunPod's prices compare against Scaleway?
Example configuration |
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VM Small | $43.20 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | $10.48 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO) |
VM Medium | $86.40 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | $40.86 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO) |
VM Large | $172.80 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Compute-Optimized) | $166.60 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (PRO2-S) |
Block Storage | $10.00 / mo 100 GB | $9.95 / mo 100 GB |
Object Storage | -- | $15.19 / mo 1 TB |
Load Balancer | -- | $12.07 / mo LB-GP-S (200 Mbps) |
Managed PostgreSQL | -- | $33.53 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 96 GB storage |
Managed Redis®* | -- | $36.67 / mo 2 GB RAM |
Serverless 25M Executions | -- | $27.50 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration |
1 TB of egress beyond allowance | Free and unlimited | Free for most services Bandwidth caps based on instance size |
RunPod offers GPUs in the following configurations:
Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
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A30 | 1x A30 | 24GB | 8 | 31GB | $0.22 | Source |
RTX A4000 | 1x A4000 | 16GB | 4 | 20GB | $0.32 | Source |
A4500 | 1x A4500 | 20GB | 4 | 29GB | $0.34 | Source |
A5000 | 1x A5000 | 24GB | 4 | 24GB | $0.36 | Source |
A40 | 1x A40 | 48GB | 9 | 50GB | $0.39 | Source |
RTX4090 | 1x RTX 4090 | 24GB | 5 | 30GB | $0.69 | Source |
A6000 | 1x A6000 | 48GB | 8 | 62GB | $0.76 | Source |
L40S | 1x L40S | 48GB | 12 | 62GB | $0.86 | Source |
A6000 Ada | 1x A6000 | 48GB | 14 | 58GB | $0.88 | Source |
L40 | 1x L40S | 48GB | 8 | 94GB | $0.99 | Source |
A100 PCIe | 1x A100 | 80GB | 8 | 117GB | $1.64 | Source |
A100 SXM | 1x A100 | 80GB | 16 | 125GB | $1.89 | Source |
MI250 | 1x MI250 | 128GB | -- | -- | $2.10 | Source |
H100 PCIe | 1x H100 | 80GB | 16 | 188GB | $2.39 | Source |
H100 SXM | 1x H100 | 80GB | 16 | 125GB | $2.99 | Source |
MI300X | 1x MI300X | 192GB | 24 | 283GB | $2.99 | Source |
H200 SXM | 1x H200 | 141GB | -- | -- | $3.99 | Source |
Scaleway offers GPUs in the following configurations:
Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
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L4-1-24G | 1x L4 | 24GB | 8 | 48GB | $0.79 | Launch |
GPU-3070 | 1x RTX 3070 | 8GB | 8 | 16GB | $1.03 | Source |
Render-S | 1x P100 | 16GB | 10 | 42GB | $1.30 | Source |
L40S-1-48G | 1x L40S | 48GB | 8 | 96GB | $1.47 | Launch |
L4-2-24G | 2x L4 | 48GB | 16 | 96GB | $1.57 | Source |
H100-1-80G | 1x H100 | 80GB | 24 | 240GB | $2.64 | Launch |
L40S-2-48G | 2x L40S | 96GB | 16 | 192GB | $2.93 | Source |
L4-4-24G | 4x L4 | 96GB | 32 | 192GB | $3.14 | Source |
H100-2-80G | 2x H100 | 160GB | 48 | 480GB | $5.28 | Source |
L40S-4-48G | 4x L40S | 192GB | 32 | 384GB | $5.87 | Source |
L4-8-24G | 8x L4 | 192GB | 64 | 384GB | $6.29 | Source |
L40S-8-48G | 8x L40S | 384GB | 64 | 768GB | $11.74 | Source |
Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing.
Which services do they offer
Here are some managed services that RunPod and Scaleway offer:
Service |
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Block Storage | ||
Container Registry | -- | |
GPU-powered Servers | ||
Load Balancer | -- | |
Managed Containers | ||
Managed Kubernetes | -- | |
Managed MySQL | -- | |
Managed PostgreSQL | -- | |
Managed Redis®* | -- | |
Object Storage | -- | |
Serverless Functions | -- | |
Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Company details
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Website | www.runpod.io | scaleway.com |
Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | France 🇫🇷 |
Founded | 2022 | 1999 |
Data Center Locations | 24 | 9 |
Example Customers | AfterShoot, Replika, Otovo, Data Science Dojo, Abzu | Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai |
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Website | www.runpod.io |
Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
Founded | 2022 |
Data Center Locations | 24 |
Example Customers | AfterShoot, Replika, Otovo, Data Science Dojo, Abzu |
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Website | scaleway.com |
Headquarters | France 🇫🇷 |
Founded | 1999 |
Data Center Locations | 9 |
Example Customers | Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai |
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More comparisonsOur data for RunPod was last updated on Nov. 9, 2024, and for Scaleway on Sept. 28, 2024.