Scaleway review
Updated September 28, 2026 · DeployCue Editorial Team · Facts checked September 26, 2026
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Our verdict
Scaleway suits small teams that want VPS, bare metal, object and block storage, and GPU capacity in a single account, with the entry plan at €4.99 and billing on monthly and hourly terms. The offer side is where it leads; the cost side is where shoppers on a tight budget start comparing.
Key facts
- Best for
- Small teams wanting compute, storage and GPUs under one French-headquartered provider.
- Entry price
- €4.99↗
- Billing models
- Monthly, Hourly↗
- Locations
- 60↗
- Compliance certifications
- GDPR, HDS↗
- Server types
- VPS, Bare-metal↗
- Use cases
- Game-server↗
- Operating systems
- Linux, Windows↗
- Legal entity
- Scaleway SAS↗
- Headquarters
- France↗
- Founded
- 1999 to 2000↗
- Support channels
- Help-centre, Community↗
- Pricing model
- Hourly billing
- Official website
- scaleway.com
GPU cloud
Kubernetes
- Maximum nodes
- 150 to 500↗
Facts checked September 26, 2026, 7 sources
Apps and profiles
- Elsewhere
- WikidataLinkedInXyoutube.com
Pricing
BASIC3-X4C-8G (EUR)
compute: €0.08 / hour
BASIC3-X2C-8G (EUR)
compute: €0.06 / hour
BASIC3-X2C-4G (EUR)
compute: €0.04 / hour
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Pros and cons
Pros
- The entry plan starts at €4.99 with billing on monthly and hourly terms, so short bursts and long running workloads can sit on the same account.
- The catalogue covers vps and bare metal plus object and block, so compute and storage come from a single provider instead of a second contract.
- GPU hours start at €0.79 across a list running NVIDIA L4, NVIDIA L40S and NVIDIA H100 PCIe, covering entry cards through current flagship parts.
- InterLink is a hosted connection to a VPC via a partner's network, which covers private connectivity without a leased line.
- Compliance is listed as GDPR and HDS, which matters for buyers in regulated sectors doing a procurement check.
Cons
- The site median for entry price is €5.83, above Scaleway's €4.99, and the cost part of the score is 6.6.
- Support runs on help centre and community only, with no live chat or phone channel listed.
- Region coverage is 4 regions against 60 locations, so a buyer needing a specific national market has fewer options than at a provider with more regions.
- Aruba's entry price is €1.99, below Scaleway's €4.99, so the lowest starting price in this comparison sits elsewhere.
Who it suits
- Teams that want VPS and bare metal alongside object and block storage from one provider, since the catalogue covers vps and bare metal and object and block.
- Game server operators, with game server listed as a use case and monthly and hourly billing for seasonal demand.
- GPU teams starting on an entry accelerator and growing inside the same catalogue, which lists NVIDIA L4, NVIDIA L40S and NVIDIA H100 PCIe.
Who should look elsewhere
- Aruba, if the lowest entry price decides it: its entry price is €1.99 against Scaleway's €4.99.
- UCloud, if the budget is set in dollars: its entry price is $5.34.
- SberCloud, if billing in rubles matters more than a euro entry price: its entry price is listed at RUB 23.75.
How it compares on our data
Entry price and footprint pull in opposite directions here. On entry price, Scaleway ranks 79 of 200 brands compared, which is mid-field rather than a standout. On locations, it ranks 5 of 239, so the spread of sites is the stronger part of the profile. A reader shopping only on the cheapest entry will find cheaper starts in the same table, while a reader shopping on reach finds little to argue with.
Where and what you run
Reach comes first: 60 locations, which puts Scaleway near the sharp end of the footprint comparison. The accelerator list runs NVIDIA L4, NVIDIA L40S and NVIDIA H100 PCIe, so a team can start on an entry card and move up the same catalogue as training work grows rather than moving provider for the bigger parts. For private connectivity, InterLink is a hosted connection to a VPC via a partner's network, which suits teams that keep workloads inside a private network.
The company behind it
The company behind the platform is Scaleway SAS, headquartered in France, with a founding year of 1,999 to 2,000. That points to an established operator rather than a recent entrant, and the legal entity name is the party a procurement team signs with. Support is the softer side of the profile: help centre and community carry the load, which means documentation and peer answers rather than live contact.
How Scaleway compares
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Frequently asked questions
What does the entry plan cost and what sits alongside it?+
The entry plan starts at €4.99 and the catalogue covers vps and bare metal alongside object and block. Billing can run on monthly and hourly terms, so a workload can start small and run continuously on a monthly cycle. GPU work is priced separately from €0.79 an hour.
Can I pay hourly, or is monthly the only option?+
Both are on the table. Billing models are listed as monthly and hourly, and the account model is hourly. Monthly suits steady workloads such as a database or a game server, while hourly suits bursts that should not be charged for a full month. The choice applies per deployment rather than to the account as a whole.
How many locations and regions are covered?+
Scaleway lists 60 locations across 4 regions, so several markets are covered from a single account. Locations are the sites where compute can run, while regions group them for networking and data residency decisions. Buyers who need a specific in-country footprint should confirm the market they care about is on the list.
Which GPUs are offered and what is the hourly rate?+
The accelerator list covers NVIDIA L4, NVIDIA L40S and NVIDIA H100 PCIe, and an hour starts at €0.79. The site median for a GPU hour is €0.63, with cheaper hourly rates at the low end of the market. Teams needing one card for inference can start here and compare upward as the workload moves to training.
Is the object storage S3 compatible?+
S3 compatibility is listed as yes, and storage types cover object and block. Object storage holds buckets and objects for media, backups and archives, while block storage attaches as a disk to an instance. S3 compatibility means tools and libraries that already speak the S3 API can point at the object service without a rewrite.
Which operating systems can the instances run?+
Images cover linux and windows. Linux is the usual choice for container and web workloads, and Windows covers the cases where a licence bound stack has to stay as it is. The choice is made at image level when the instance is created, so the same catalogue serves either side of that decision.
What support comes with an account?+
Support runs on help centre and community, which points to documentation and peer answers rather than live contact. Teams that expect a person on a call should treat that as a gap and weigh it against providers that list phone or chat. For a standard instance issue, the help centre is the faster route.
What about compliance and who the contract is with?+
Compliance is listed as GDPR and HDS, and the company behind the platform is Scaleway SAS, headquartered in France. That legal entity is the party on the contract, which matters during a procurement review. Workloads holding regulated data should check which of the listed certifications their sector actually requires.
How does the entry price compare with the other brands here?+
They sit close together. Scaleway's entry plan is €4.99, Aruba's entry price is €1.99, SberCloud's is RUB 23.75 and UCloud's is $5.34. Currency matters as much as the figure here, and Scaleway ranks 79 of 200 brands on entry price, so the gap to the cheapest start is modest.
Sources
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaleway checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Founded, Headquarters, Pricing model
“Founded 30 August 2000 ... founded by Xavier Niel in 1999”
- scaleway.com/en checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Billing models, Compliance certifications, Entry price, Legal entity, Locations, Regions, Support channels, Use cases
“Dedibox VPS 60 locations worldwide, starting at EUR 4,99/month”
- scaleway.com/en/docs/compute/instances/quickstart checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Operating systems
“Enabling DHCP network configuration for Windows Server 2022 Instances”
- scaleway.com/en/docs/kubernetes/reference-content/kuberne... checked September 26, 2026
Backs: Maximum nodes
“Max cluster size150 nodes250 nodes500 nodes500 nodes”
- scaleway.com/en/l4-gpu-instance checked September 26, 2026
Backs: GPU hour from
“Start building your AI infrastructure from just EUR 0.79/GPU/hour”
- scaleway.com/en/object-storage checked September 26, 2026
Backs: S3-compatible, Storage types
“Any Amazon S3 compatible client (aws-cli, s3cmd, minio-cli etc.)”
- scaleway.com/en/pricing checked September 26, 2026
Backs: GPU models, Interconnect, Server types
“L4 GPU Instance, L40S GPU Instance, H100 PCIe GPU Instance, RENDER GPU Instance”
Compiled from 7 source pages, checked September 26, 2026. We did not open an account.
Not confirmed yet: Entry plan, Bandwidth allowance.
Scaleway
Small teams wanting compute, storage and GPUs under one French-headquartered provider.