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Scaleway vs Vast.ai

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What's good about...

Scaleway logo 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

Vast.ai logo Vast.ai

  • Large pool of over 20,000 GPUs
  • Over 68 GPU types across 40+ data centers
  • Enterprise-grade security with SOC2 certification
  • Pre-built templates including PyTorch, CUDA, and TensorFlow

Price comparison

How do Scaleway's prices compare against Vast.ai?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Scaleway Scaleway
$11.46 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO)
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Scaleway Scaleway
$44.68 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO)
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Scaleway Scaleway
$182.15 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (PRO2-S)
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Scaleway Scaleway
$10.88 / mo 100 GB
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Scaleway Scaleway
$16.61 / mo 1 TB
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Scaleway Scaleway
$13.20 / mo LB-GP-S (200 Mbps)
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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Managed PostgreSQL

Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Scaleway Scaleway
$36.66 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 96 GB storage
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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Managed Redis®*

Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Scaleway Scaleway
$40.10 / mo 2 GB RAM
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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Serverless 25M Executions

Closest config to 25M invocations, 150ms execution time, 512 MB memory.
Scaleway Scaleway
$30.07 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Scaleway Scaleway
Free for most services Bandwidth caps based on instance size
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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Vast.ai logo Vast.ai Pricing Details

Vast.ai operates as a global marketplace where pricing is billed per second and broken into three components:

  1. Active rental cost for the GPU, charged only when an instance is running.

  2. Storage cost for allocated disk space, which applies as long as the instance exists (even when stopped).

  3. Bandwidth costs for data transfer.

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Scaleway Scaleway
$0.83/hr
Vast.ai Vast.ai
$0.02/hr

Billing Options

Scaleway Scaleway
On-Demand
Vast.ai Vast.ai
On-DemandSpotReserved (6mo)

Available Models

Scaleway offers 5 GPU models, while Vast.ai offers 56.

Scaleway Scaleway
H100(2) L40S(4) L4(4) P100(1) RTX 3070(1)
Vast.ai Vast.ai
H100(64) A100(116) H200(38) B200(18) RTX Pro 6000(156) V100(26) RTX A6000(20) L4(16) RTX 4090(294) B300(4)
View all 56 GPUs

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 Vast.ai offer:

Service Scaleway Vast.ai
Block Storage
Container Registry
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
NoSQL Databases
Object Storage
Serverless Functions
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Scaleway Scaleway
scaleway.com
Vast.ai Vast.ai
vast.ai
Headquarters
Scaleway Scaleway
France
Vast.ai Vast.ai
United States of America
Founded
Scaleway Scaleway
1999
Vast.ai Vast.ai
2018
Data Center Locations
Scaleway Scaleway
9
Vast.ai Vast.ai
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Example Customers
Scaleway Scaleway
Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai
Vast.ai Vast.ai
IBM, Brave, Speechify, Cognition, Bosch

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Our data for Scaleway was last updated on Feb. 20, 2026, and for Vast.ai on June 23, 2026.