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
Thunder Compute
- Offers fast GPUs at low prices, including A100 and H100 instances
- Simple, pay-as-you-go, transparent pricing model
- Customizable instance specs (CPUs, RAM, disk)
Price comparison
How do Scaleway's prices compare against Thunder Compute?
VM Small
Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Scaleway
Thunder Compute
VM Medium
Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Scaleway
Thunder Compute
VM Large
Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Scaleway
Thunder Compute
Block Storage
Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Scaleway
Thunder Compute
Object Storage
Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Scaleway
Thunder Compute
Load Balancer
Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Scaleway
Thunder Compute
Managed PostgreSQL
Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Scaleway
Thunder Compute
Managed Redis®*
Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Scaleway
Thunder Compute
Serverless 25M Executions
Closest config to 25M invocations, 150ms execution time, 512 MB memory.
Scaleway
Thunder Compute
1 TB of egress beyond allowance
Scaleway
Thunder Compute
GPU Fleet Overview
Starting Price
Scaleway
Thunder Compute
Billing Options
Scaleway
On-Demand
Thunder Compute
On-Demand
Available Models
Scaleway offers 5 GPU models, while Thunder Compute offers 4.
Scaleway
H100
Thunder Compute
Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.
Which services do they offer
Here are some managed services that Scaleway and Thunder Compute offer:
Company details
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Scaleway
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Thunder Compute
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|---|---|---|
| Website | scaleway.com | thundercompute.com |
| Headquarters | France | United States of America |
| Founded | 1999 | 2024 |
| Data Center Locations | 9 | 1 |
| Example Customers | Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai | Theseus, ETH Zürich, MIT, NYU Langone Health |
Website
Scaleway
Thunder Compute
Headquarters
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Founded
Scaleway
Thunder Compute
Data Center Locations
Scaleway
Thunder Compute
Example Customers
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Our data for Scaleway was last updated on Feb. 20, 2026, and for Thunder Compute on June 23, 2026.