Scaleway
vs
Thunder Compute
What's good about each
- All data centers in the EU
- Outbound traffic included on Instances
- GPUs from L4 up to B300, plus hosted AI models
- Managed Kubernetes, databases, serverless and Kafka
- Bare metal and Apple silicon servers
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Scaleway | Thunder Compute | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $11.61 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $44.81 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $190.43 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (COMPUTE3-X8C-16G) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $10.57 /mo 100 GB SSD (Low Latency 5K) | $21.60 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 100 GB per GPU included | 51% cheaper on Scaleway |
| Object storage | $19.87 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress (Standard Multi-AZ) | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $40.67 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (DB-PLAY2-NANO) | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | $39.05 /mo 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (RED1-MICRO, 1 node) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $18.71 /mo LB-S (200 Mbps, 1 node) · Node only. A public IPv4 adds €3.60 / mo. | -- Not listed | |
| Serverless | $40.25 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited Bandwidth caps based on instance size | Free and unlimited |
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, while Thunder Compute offers 4. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Scaleway | Thunder Compute | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
5 configs · 4 configs
|
$3.58 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.20 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 11% cheaper on Thunder Compute |
|
B300
1 config
|
$8.47 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | -- | Scaleway only |
|
L40S
4 configs
|
$1.66 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | -- | Scaleway only |
|
L4
4 configs
|
$0.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Scaleway only |
|
P100
1 config
|
$1.38 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Scaleway only |
|
A100
4 configs
|
-- | $1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | Thunder Compute only |
|
RTX A6000
1 config
|
-- | $0.35 /GPU/hr On-demand | Thunder Compute only |
|
L40
4 configs
|
-- | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | Thunder Compute only |
Scaleway bills on-demand; Thunder Compute bills on-demand. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | Scaleway | Thunder Compute |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1999 | 2024 |
| Headquarters | France | USA |
| Locations | 10 | 1 |
| Example customers | Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai | Theseus, ETH Zürich, MIT, NYU Langone Health |
| Website | scaleway.com | www.thundercompute.com |
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Our data for Scaleway was last updated on Oct. 2, 2026, and for Thunder Compute on Oct. 2, 2026.