Scaleway 🇫🇷
European cloud provider with a wide range of managed services
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.
Scaleway Homepage
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 | $11.10 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO) |
| VM Medium | $43.28 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO) |
| VM Large | $176.44 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (PRO2-S) |
| Block Storage | $10.54 / mo 100 GB |
| Object Storage | $16.09 / mo 1 TB |
| Load Balancer | $12.78 / mo LB-GP-S (200 Mbps) |
| Managed PostgreSQL | $35.51 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 96 GB storage |
| Managed Redis®* | $38.84 / mo 2 GB RAM |
| Serverless 25M Executions | $29.13 / 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 | $0.83 | Launch |
| GPU-3070 | 1x RTX 3070 | 8GB | 8 | 16GB | $1.09 | Source |
| Render-S | 1x P100 | 16GB | 10 | 42GB | $1.38 | Source |
| L40S-1-48G | 1x L40S | 48GB | 8 | 96GB | $1.55 | Launch |
| L4-2-24G | 2x L4 | 48GB | 16 | 96GB | $1.66 | Source |
| H100-1-80G | 1x H100 | 80GB | 24 | 240GB | $2.80 | Launch |
| L40S-2-48G | 2x L40S | 96GB | 16 | 192GB | $3.11 | 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. You can find Scaleway's latest pricing here.
Which services does Scaleway offer
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.
UpCloud🇫🇮
If you're looking for another European cloud provider, check out UpCloud. It offers a wide range of managed services and a strong SLA.
Our data for Scaleway was last updated on Sept. 28, 2024.