Scaleway
vs
Vultr
Both sell VPS, managed Kubernetes, databases, object storage and H100 GPUs. Scaleway adds serverless and B300 GPUs inside the EU, while Vultr charges less for VMs and adds bare metal and AMD GPUs.
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
- 30+ locations across six continents
- Nvidia and AMD GPUs, as VMs or bare metal
- Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Valkey and Kafka
- Outbound traffic allowance on every plan
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Scaleway | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $11.49 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO) | $5.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) | 56% cheaper on Vultr |
| Medium VM | $44.33 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO) | $40.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared) | 10% cheaper on Vultr |
| Large VM | $188.39 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (COMPUTE3-X8C-16G) | $160.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | 15% cheaper on Vultr |
| Block storage | $10.46 /mo 100 GB SSD (Low Latency 5K) | $10.00 /mo 100 GB NVMe | Within 5% |
| Object storage | $19.66 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress (Standard Multi-AZ) | $18.00 /mo 1 TB | 8% cheaper on Vultr |
| PostgreSQL | $40.24 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (DB-PLAY2-NANO) | $60.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage | 33% cheaper on Scaleway |
| Redis | $38.63 /mo 2 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (RED1-MICRO, 1 node) | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | 61% cheaper on Vultr |
| Load balancer | $18.51 /mo LB-S (200 Mbps, 1 node) · Node only. A public IPv4 adds €3.60 / mo. | $10.00 /mo | 46% cheaper on Vultr |
| Serverless | $39.82 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 0.5-15 TB / mo per instance | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited Bandwidth caps based on instance size | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB |
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 Vultr offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Scaleway | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
5 configs · 1 config
|
$3.54 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.30 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Different terms |
|
L40S
4 configs · 4 configs
|
$1.64 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $1.67 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | Within 5% |
|
B300
1 config
|
$8.38 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | -- | Scaleway only |
|
L4
4 configs
|
$0.88 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Scaleway only |
|
P100
1 config
|
$1.36 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Scaleway only |
|
B200
1 config
|
-- | $3.20 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
A100
3 configs
|
-- | $1.49 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
MI300X
1 config
|
-- | $1.85 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
MI355X
1 config
|
-- | $2.59 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
MI325X
1 config
|
-- | $2.00 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
Scaleway bills on-demand; Vultr bills on-demand and spot. 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.
| Framework | Scaleway | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | Merchant |
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 | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 1999 | 2014 |
| Headquarters | France | USA |
| Locations | 10 | 33 |
| Example customers | Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai | Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield |
| Website | scaleway.com | www.vultr.com |
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Our data for Scaleway was last updated on Oct. 8, 2026, and for Vultr on Oct. 8, 2026.