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
Shadeform
- 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
How do Scaleway's prices compare against Shadeform?
Example configuration |
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VM Small | $10.39 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO) | -- |
VM Medium | $40.52 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO) | -- |
VM Large | $165.20 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (PRO2-S) | -- |
Block Storage | $9.87 / mo 100 GB | -- |
Object Storage | $15.07 / mo 1 TB | -- |
Load Balancer | $11.97 / mo LB-GP-S (200 Mbps) | -- |
Managed PostgreSQL | $33.25 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 96 GB storage | -- |
Managed Redis®* | $36.36 / mo 2 GB RAM | -- |
Serverless 25M Executions | $27.27 / 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 | -- |
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 | $0.78 | Launch |
GPU-3070 | 1x RTX 3070 | 8GB | 8 | 16GB | $1.02 | Source |
Render-S | 1x P100 | 16GB | 10 | 42GB | $1.29 | Source |
L40S-1-48G | 1x L40S | 48GB | 8 | 96GB | $1.45 | Launch |
L4-2-24G | 2x L4 | 48GB | 16 | 96GB | $1.56 | Source |
H100-1-80G | 1x H100 | 80GB | 24 | 240GB | $2.62 | Launch |
L40S-2-48G | 2x L40S | 96GB | 16 | 192GB | $2.91 | Source |
L4-4-24G | 4x L4 | 96GB | 32 | 192GB | $3.12 | Source |
H100-2-80G | 2x H100 | 160GB | 48 | 480GB | $5.24 | Source |
L40S-4-48G | 4x L40S | 192GB | 32 | 384GB | $5.82 | Source |
L4-8-24G | 8x L4 | 192GB | 64 | 384GB | $6.23 | Source |
L40S-8-48G | 8x L40S | 384GB | 64 | 768GB | $11.64 | Source |
Shadeform does not charge any fees to use their marketplace. You pay the same price as using the cloud providers directly.
Here are some example configurations:
GPU | VRAM | Price range (per hour) |
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Nvidia A4000 | 16 GB | $0.30-0.80 |
Nvidia A6000 | 48 GB | $0.57-1.93 |
Nvidia V100 | 16 GB | $0.69-3.06 |
Nvidia L40S | 48 GB | $0.99-1.15 |
Nvidia A100 | 40 GB | $1.29-3.19 |
Nvidia H100 | 80 GB | $2.48-5.99 |
You can view the full list here.
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 Scaleway and Shadeform offer:
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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 | scaleway.com | shadeform.ai |
Headquarters | France 🇫🇷 | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
Founded | 1999 | 2023 |
Data Center Locations | 9 | -- |
Example Customers | Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai | University of California Berkeley, Magic Studio, Neets.ai, MK1 |
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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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Website | shadeform.ai |
Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
Founded | 2023 |
Data Center Locations | -- |
Example Customers | University of California Berkeley, Magic Studio, Neets.ai, MK1 |
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More comparisonsOur data for Scaleway was last updated on Sept. 28, 2024, and for Shadeform on Aug. 16, 2024.