Scaleway
vs
UpCloud
Both are European clouds with VPS, Kubernetes, managed databases and GPUs. UpCloud also has data centers in the US, Singapore and Australia, while Scaleway adds serverless functions and hosted AI models.
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
- Wide range of VPS options at competitive prices
- Good selection of managed services, from databases to object storage to Kubernetes
- Offers a 100% SLA with 50x compensation for service outages
- Based in the EU, may ease GDPR compliance
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Scaleway | UpCloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $11.86 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO) | $3.50 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 GB storage (Starter) | 3.4x more expensive on Scaleway |
| Medium VM | $45.76 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO) | $24.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 40 GB storage (Starter) | 48% cheaper on UpCloud |
| Large VM | $194.49 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (COMPUTE3-X8C-16G) | $92.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Cloud Native) | 2.1x more expensive on Scaleway |
| Block storage | $10.80 /mo 100 GB SSD (Low Latency 5K) | $25.00 /mo 100 GB (MaxIOPS) | 2.3x more expensive on UpCloud |
| Object storage | $20.30 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress (Standard Multi-AZ) | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | Within 5% |
| PostgreSQL | $41.54 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (DB-PLAY2-NANO) | $69.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 10 GB storage (Standard) | 40% cheaper on Scaleway |
| Redis | $39.88 /mo 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (RED1-MICRO, 1 node) | $8.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | 5x more expensive on Scaleway |
| Load balancer | $19.11 /mo LB-S (200 Mbps, 1 node) · Node only. A public IPv4 adds €3.60 / mo. | Free 1 node, 1,000 sessions (Essentials) | Free on UpCloud |
| Serverless | $41.11 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited Bandwidth caps based on instance size | Free within fair usage policy 1-48 TB per instance, then reduced bandwidth |
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 UpCloud offers 4. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Scaleway | UpCloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
5 configs · 8 configs
|
$3.31 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.89 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 43% cheaper on UpCloud |
|
L40S
4 configs · 22 configs
|
$1.70 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.19 /GPU/hr On-demand | 30% cheaper on UpCloud |
|
L4
4 configs · 22 configs
|
$0.91 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | 24% cheaper on UpCloud |
|
B300
1 config
|
$8.65 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | -- | Scaleway only |
|
P100
1 config
|
$1.41 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Scaleway only |
|
B200
8 configs
|
-- | $3.90 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | UpCloud only |
Scaleway bills on-demand; UpCloud bills on-demand and spot. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Company details
| Fact | Scaleway | UpCloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1999 | 2011 |
| Headquarters | France | Finland |
| Locations | 10 | 15 |
| Example customers | Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai | Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk |
| Website | scaleway.com | upcloud.com |
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Our data for Scaleway was last updated on Sept. 15, 2026, and for UpCloud on Sept. 15, 2026.