Scaleway
vs
Verda
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
- Nvidia GPU range from A100 to GB300 NVL72
- On-demand, spot, and reserved pricing on the same hardware
- SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and C5 certified
- EU owned, with datacenters in Finland and Iceland
- Powered by 100% renewable energy
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Scaleway | Verda | 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) | $21.60 /mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM | 52% cheaper on Verda |
| Large VM | $190.43 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (COMPUTE3-X8C-16G) | $36.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM | 81% cheaper on Verda |
| Block storage | $10.57 /mo 100 GB SSD (Low Latency 5K) | $20.00 /mo 100 GB NVMe | 47% 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 Verda offers 11. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Scaleway | Verda | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
5 configs · 35 configs
|
$3.24 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.66 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 12% cheaper on Scaleway |
|
B300
1 config · 42 configs
|
$8.47 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $8.71 /GPU/hr On-demand | Within 5% |
|
L40S
4 configs · 28 configs
|
$1.66 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $1.56 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 6% cheaper on Verda |
|
L4
4 configs
|
$0.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Scaleway only |
|
P100
1 config
|
$1.38 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Scaleway only |
|
B200
49 configs
|
-- | $3.49 /GPU/hr Spot | Verda only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
35 configs
|
-- | $1.01 /GPU/hr Spot | Verda only |
|
H200
28 configs
|
-- | $2.39 /GPU/hr Spot | Verda only |
|
A100
42 configs
|
-- | $0.65 /GPU/hr Spot | Verda only |
|
GB300
21 configs
|
-- | $5.00 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Verda only |
Scaleway bills on-demand; Verda bills on-demand, spot and reserved (1, 3, 6, 12 or 24 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 | Verda |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1999 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | France | Finland |
| Locations | 10 | 3 |
| Example customers | Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai | Sony, Findable, Harvard University, MIT, Korea University |
| Website | scaleway.com | verda.com |
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Our data for Scaleway was last updated on Oct. 2, 2026, and for Verda on Oct. 2, 2026.