Scaleway
vs
Utho
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
- Four Indian locations plus Frankfurt and Los Angeles
- 1 to 6 TB of monthly transfer included per instance, by plan
- Shared, dedicated and memory-optimised instance families
- Tier III and Tier IV facilities operated by Yotta and NTT
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Scaleway | Utho | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $11.72 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO) | $18.72 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB NVMe (Basic 1) | 37% cheaper on Scaleway |
| Medium VM | $45.22 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO) | $37.51 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 160 GB NVMe (Basic 2) | 17% cheaper on Utho |
| Large VM | $192.20 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (COMPUTE3-X8C-16G) | $57.55 /mo 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 320 GB NVMe (Basic 3) | 70% cheaper on Utho |
| Block storage | $10.67 /mo 100 GB SSD (Low Latency 5K) | $5.22 /mo 100 GB | 51% cheaper on Utho |
| Object storage | $20.06 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress (Standard Multi-AZ) | $29.22 /mo 1 TB | 31% cheaper on Scaleway |
| PostgreSQL | $41.05 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (DB-PLAY2-NANO) | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | $39.41 /mo 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (RED1-MICRO, 1 node) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $18.88 /mo LB-S (200 Mbps, 1 node) · Node only. A public IPv4 adds €3.60 / mo. | -- Not listed | |
| Serverless | $40.63 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 1-6 TB / mo per instance | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited Bandwidth caps based on instance size | Not publicly listed |
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 Utho offers 3. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Scaleway | Utho | Difference |
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$0.90 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.36 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Different terms |
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$3.27 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Scaleway only |
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$8.55 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | -- | Scaleway only |
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$1.68 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Scaleway only |
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$1.39 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Scaleway only |
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-- | $1.17 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Utho only |
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-- | $2.57 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Utho only |
Scaleway bills on-demand; Utho bills reserved (36 months). 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 | Utho |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1999 | 2010 |
| Headquarters | France | India |
| Locations | 10 | 6 |
| Example customers | Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai | Exotel, Ameyo, MyOperator, CallHippo, FIITJEE, Jindal Steel & Power, Cosmos Bank, Park+ |
| Website | scaleway.com | utho.com |
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Our data for Scaleway was last updated on Sept. 28, 2026, and for Utho on Sept. 27, 2026.