Scaleway
vs
Shadeform
What's good about each
- 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
- Launch instances anywhere with a single console and API
- Leverage a multi-cloud set up, without the hassle
- You can reserve instances in advance to ensure GPU availability
- Free to use, zero mark-up fees
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Scaleway | Shadeform | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $11.92 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $45.97 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $195.38 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (COMPUTE3-X8C-16G) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $10.85 /mo 100 GB SSD · €0.00013 / GB / hour (Low Latency 5K) | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $18.36 /mo 1 TB (Standard Multi-AZ) | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $41.73 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (DB-PLAY2-NANO) | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | $40.06 /mo 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (RED1-MICRO, 1 node) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $19.20 /mo LB-S (200 Mbps, 1 node) · Node only. A public IPv4 adds €3.60 / mo. | -- Not listed | |
| Serverless | $33.25 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | Free for most services Bandwidth caps based on instance size | -- Not listed |
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
Scaleway offers 5 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from Shadeform. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Scaleway | Shadeform | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
5 configs
|
$3.32 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Scaleway only |
|
B300
1 config
|
$8.69 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | -- | Scaleway only |
|
L40S
4 configs
|
$1.70 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | -- | Scaleway only |
|
L4
4 configs
|
$0.91 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Scaleway only |
|
P100
1 config
|
$1.42 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Scaleway only |
Scaleway bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Company details
| Fact | Scaleway | Shadeform |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1999 | 2023 |
| Headquarters | France | USA |
| Locations | 10 | -- |
| Example customers | Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai | University of California Berkeley, Magic Studio, Neets.ai, MK1 |
| Website | scaleway.com | shadeform.com |
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Our data for Scaleway was last updated on Sept. 12, 2026, and for Shadeform on July 9, 2026.