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
Supabase
- Full PostgreSQL access: direct access to the database, not an abstraction
- Open Source: Avoids vendor lock-in and can be self-hosted
- Combines database, authentication, storage, and serverless functions in one platform
- Generous free tier: suitable for small projects
Price comparison
How do Scaleway's prices compare against Supabase?
| Example configuration |
Scaleway
|
Supabase
|
|---|---|---|
| VM Small | $11.70 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO) | -- |
| VM Medium | $45.62 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO) | -- |
| VM Large | $186.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (PRO2-S) | -- |
| Block Storage | $11.11 / mo 100 GB | -- |
| Object Storage | $16.96 / mo 1 TB | $21.00 / mo 1 TB + 250 GB reads/writes |
| Load Balancer | $13.48 / mo LB-GP-S (200 Mbps) | -- |
| Managed PostgreSQL | $37.43 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 96 GB storage | $60.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 8 GB Storage |
| Managed Redis®* | $40.94 / mo 2 GB RAM | -- |
| Serverless 25M Executions | $30.71 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | $50.00 / mo $2 per 1 Million (excl. free allowance) |
| Free egress allowance | -- | 5-250 GB, depends on plan |
| 1 TB of egress beyond allowance | Free for most services Bandwidth caps based on instance size | $90.00 $0.09 / GB |
Scaleway GPUs
| Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L4-1-24G | 1x L4 | 24GB | 8 | 48GB | $0.90 | Source |
| GPU-3070 | 1x RTX 3070 | 8GB | 8 | 16GB | $1.15 | Source |
| Render-S | 1x P100 | 16GB | 10 | 42GB | $1.45 | Source |
| L40S-1-48G | 1x L40S | 48GB | 8 | 48GB | $1.61 | Source |
| L4-2-24G | 2x L4 | 48GB | 16 | 96GB | $1.72 | Source |
| H100-1-80G | 1x H100 | 80GB | 24 | 240GB | $2.95 | Source |
| L40S-2-48G | 2x L40S | 96GB | 16 | 192GB | $3.15 | Source |
| L4-4-24G | 4x L4 | 96GB | 32 | 192GB | $3.37 | Source |
| H100-2-80G | 2x H100 | 160GB | 48 | 480GB | $5.90 | Source |
| L40S-4-48G | 4x L40S | 192GB | 32 | 384GB | $6.23 | Source |
| L4-8-24G | 8x L4 | 192GB | 64 | 384GB | $6.67 | Source |
| L40S-8-48G | 8x L40S | 384GB | 64 | 768GB | $12.39 | 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 Scaleway and Supabase offer:
| Service |
Scaleway
|
Supabase
|
|---|---|---|
| Block Storage | -- | |
| Content Delivery Network (CDN) | -- | |
| Container Registry | -- | |
| GPU-powered Servers | -- | |
| Load Balancer | -- | |
| Managed Containers | -- | |
| Managed Kubernetes | -- | |
| Managed MySQL | -- | |
| Managed PostgreSQL | ||
| Managed Redis®* | -- | |
| Object Storage | ||
| Serverless Cron Jobs | -- | |
| Serverless Functions | ||
| Virtual Private Server (VPS) | -- |
Company details
|
Scaleway
|
Supabase
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Website | scaleway.com | supabase.com |
| Headquarters | France 🇫🇷 | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 1999 | 2020 |
| Data Center Locations | 9 | 16 |
| Example Customers | Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai | Mozilla, GitHub, 1Password, Pika, Humata |
|
Scaleway
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | scaleway.com |
| Headquarters | France 🇫🇷 |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Data Center Locations | 9 |
| Example Customers | Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai |
|
Supabase
|
|
|---|---|
| Website | supabase.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
| Founded | 2020 |
| Data Center Locations | 16 |
| Example Customers | Mozilla, GitHub, 1Password, Pika, Humata |
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Our data for Scaleway was last updated on Sept. 28, 2024, and for Supabase on July 4, 2025.