Scaleway | Review, Pricing & Alternatives

Scaleway is a European cloud services provider known for its wide range of offerings that cater to both startup and enterprise needs.

It offers a range of products from bare-metal servers to Kubernetes and container solutions, making it a versatile choice for businesses looking for a comprehensive cloud solution.

Example customers include Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai. More here.

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What's good about 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

Scaleway pricing examples

Below are some example configurations and their estimated costs:

Example configuration	Estimated cost
VM Small	$11.38 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO)
VM Medium	$44.37 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO)
VM Large	$180.88 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (PRO2-S)
Block Storage	$10.81 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage	$16.50 / mo 1 TB
Load Balancer	$13.11 / mo LB-GP-S (200 Mbps)
Managed PostgreSQL	$36.40 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 96 GB storage
Managed Redis®*	$39.82 / mo 2 GB RAM
Serverless 25M Executions	$29.86 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	Free for most services Bandwidth caps based on instance size

GPUs are available in the following configurations:

Name	GPUs	VRAM	vCPUs	RAM	Price/h
L4-1-24G	1x L4	24GB	8	48GB	$0.90	Launch
GPU-3070	1x RTX 3070	8GB	8	16GB	$1.11	Source
Render-S	1x P100	16GB	10	42GB	$1.41	Source
L40S-1-48G	1x L40S	48GB	8	48GB	$1.61	Launch
L4-2-24G	2x L4	48GB	16	96GB	$1.72	Launch
H100-1-80G	1x H100	80GB	24	240GB	$2.87	Launch
L40S-2-48G	2x L40S	96GB	16	192GB	$3.15	Launch
L4-4-24G	4x L4	96GB	32	192GB	$3.37	Source
H100-2-80G	2x H100	160GB	48	480GB	$5.73	Launch
L40S-4-48G	4x L40S	192GB	32	384GB	$6.23	Source
L4-8-24G	8x L4	192GB	64	384GB	$6.67	Launch
L40S-8-48G	8x L40S	384GB	64	768GB	$12.39	Launch

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. You can find Scaleway's latest pricing here.

Which services does Scaleway offer

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)

Data center locations

Based on our records, Scaleway has 9 data center locations:

Slug	Country	Location
fr-par-1	France 🇫🇷	Paris
fr-par-2	France 🇫🇷	Paris
fr-par-3	France 🇫🇷	Paris
nl-ams-1	Netherlands 🇳🇱	Amsterdam
nl-ams-3	Netherlands 🇳🇱	Amsterdam
nl-ams-2	Netherlands 🇳🇱	Amsterdam
pl-waw-1	Poland 🇵🇱	Warsaw
pl-waw-2	Poland 🇵🇱	Warsaw
pl-waw-3	Poland 🇵🇱	Warsaw

Alternatives to Scaleway

DigitalOcean🇺🇸

Similarly to Scaleway, DigitalOcean offers a wide range of managed services and infrastructure components. It's a solid alternative if you're looking for a slightly more affordable provider.

Linode🇺🇸

While Linode does not offer as many managed services as Scaleway, it does have more data center locations to choose from and have a wider selection of affordable VPS servers.

Hetzner🇩🇪

Another EU-based provider that's worth considering is Hetzner. It's a great alternative to Scaleway if you don't need all the managed services that Scaleway offers, plus you could lock-in significant savings considering Hetzner's more affordable pricing.

Vultr🇺🇸

Vultr is a solid alternative to Scaleway if you're not necessarily bound to EU-based providers. It offers a wide range of managed services at competitive prices, across 30+ data center locations around the world.