tech from europe

Scaleway

🇫🇷 FR · from €0.0006/hour (~€0.43/month)/mo

2.1/5· 415 reviews across 4 portals

French cloud infrastructure with EU-only hosting, open-source tooling and HDS-certified health-data storage.

EU hostedGDPROpen sourceISO/IEC 27001HDS
Scaleway provides compute, storage and managed Kubernetes from data centres in France, the Netherlands and Poland. All services are GDPR-compliant, ISO 27001 and HDS certified, and open-source tooling is available. A free plan is included, with affordable paid plans available.

Features

Bare Metal Servers

  • Dedicated servers (Dedibox ranges: Start, Pro, Core, Store, GPU)
  • Elastic Metal bare metal cloud servers (Aluminium, Beryllium, Iridium, Lithium, Titanium ranges)
  • On-demand Apple Silicon Mac mini servers (M1, M2, M2 Pro, M4)

Compute & Serverless

  • Virtual instances for development, general purpose, compute-optimized and memory-optimized workloads
  • GPU instances (L4, L40S, H100 PCIe, RENDER)
  • Serverless computing (Functions, Containers, Jobs)
  • Managed Kubernetes (Kapsule, Kosmos) and Container Registry

AI Infrastructure

  • GPU-based infrastructure for AI workloads
  • Model-as-a-Service for generative AI (Generative APIs with serverless and dedicated deployment)
  • Integration with OpenAI libraries and LangChain SDKs

Storage Solutions

  • Object Storage for scalable data storage
  • Scaleway Glacier for archival storage
  • Block Storage for high-performance needs
  • File Storage for shared access

Networking

  • Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) with Multi-AZ support
  • VPC Peering for private connectivity
  • Scaleway InterLink for direct network connections
  • Site-to-Site VPN for secure remote access
  • Public Gateway and Load Balancer for traffic management
  • Edge Services and DNS management

Data & Managed Services

  • Managed databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Redis, MongoDB)
  • Serverless SQL Database
  • Apache Kafka clusters for real-time data streaming
  • OpenSearch cloud essentials for search and analytics
  • Managed services (Web Hosting, Transactional Email, IoT, Apache Spark clusters)
  • Security tools (Secret Manager, Key Manager)

Pricing

Development Instances
€0.0006/hour (~€0.43/month) per instance / hour (approx. monthly cost)
  • 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 100 Mbps (STARDUST1-S)
  • Pay-as-you-go hourly billing
  • No long-term commitment required
General Purpose Instances
€0.03945/hour (~€28.79/month) per instance / hour (approx. monthly cost)
  • 2 vCPUs, 4 GB RAM, 350 Mbps (BASIC3-X2C-4G)
  • Suitable for most workloads
  • Up to 64 vCPUs, 256 GB RAM available
Compute Optimized Instances
€0.0585/hour (~€42.70/month) per instance / hour (approx. monthly cost)
  • 2 vCPUs, 4 GB RAM, 500 Mbps (COMPUTE3-X2C-4G)
  • Optimized for high-performance computing
  • Up to 96 vCPUs, 192 GB RAM available
Memory Optimized Instances
€0.1133/hour (~€82.70/month) per instance / hour (approx. monthly cost)
  • 2 vCPUs, 16 GB RAM, 500 Mbps (MEMORY3-X2C-16G)
  • Designed for memory-intensive applications
  • Up to 64 vCPUs, 512 GB RAM available
Network Optimized Instances
€0.2554/hour (~€186.44/month) per instance / hour (approx. monthly cost)
  • 2 vCPUs, 4 GB RAM, 3 Gbps (POP2-HN-3)
  • High-bandwidth networking
  • Up to 10 Gbps available
Savings Plans
Up to 25% discount on monthly compute costs
  • Commitment-based discounts
  • Flexible pay-as-you-go billing retained
  • Applicable to various instance types

Pricing is pay-as-you-go with hourly billing; approximate monthly costs shown. Edge Services use monthly subscription plans.

EU Trust Profile

What we verified against public sources, last checked 2026-08-07. Every point links to its evidence.

  • EU data residencyFrance, Netherlands, Poland, Italy, Sweden

    All data centers are located within the EU/EEA.

    Evidence
  • Data Processing Agreement (DPA)

    The Data Processing Agreement (DPA) is referenced as part of the sub-processor list and is available for all customers.

    Evidence
  • Public sub-processor list

    A public list of sub-processors is maintained and updated regularly.

    Evidence
  • Trust center / security page

    The Trust Center provides detailed information on security and compliance measures.

    Evidence
  • ISO 27001

    Scaleway is certified under the ISO/IEC 27001:2022 standard.

    Evidence

We list only what we could verify against a public source on the check date. A point that is absent was not established either way — it is not a finding against the vendor. The vendor's own information prevails.

Work at Scaleway?

This badge is free for every vendor we list and has no bearing on the order of any list. It is issued on the basis of a verified European headquarters (FR) and the compliance points we checked against public sources — the date on it is the date we last checked.

Scaleway — verified European company on tech-from-europe.euScaleway — verified European company on tech-from-europe.eu

Embed code

<a href="https://tech-from-europe.eu/product/scaleway"><img src="https://tech-from-europe.eu/badge/scaleway.svg" alt="Scaleway — verified European company on tech-from-europe.eu" height="164"></a>

Plain HTML: an SVG served from our domain, with no JavaScript, no cookies and no tracking of your visitors. Add ?style=card for the wide variant, or swap .svg for .png where a CMS refuses SVG. Whether you nofollow the link is your call — we do not check.

Claiming the profile with a work email gets you the artwork as PNG, a form for correcting anything we got wrong, and a note whenever we re-check you.

Claim this profile →

Something wrong on this page? Write to hello@tech-from-europe.eu with a public link and we will re-check it.

Reviews

Recurring themes, synthesized from public reviews across portals.

What users value

  • Straightforward and intuitive management console with self-service tools for easy deployment
  • Competitive, transparent flat-fee pricing with hourly billing and no upfront costs
  • Fast and helpful customer support, including direct Slack access
  • Reliable performance with stable IaaS offerings and improved network stability
  • Broad service portfolio including GDPR-compliant infrastructure, load balancing, and private networks
  • Good onboarding experience with fast implementation and customization options
  • Strong price-to-performance ratio, particularly for EU-based workloads
  • Extensive image library and automated backup features

Where users see room to improve

  • · Network stability remains a recurring issue, despite improvements over time
  • · Upgrading Compute Instances is less intuitive compared to other cloud providers
  • · GPU instance pricing has increased significantly, reducing cost advantages for some use cases

Ratings across portals

Linked facts, we bring ratings from every portal together in one place.

Integrations

TerraformSaltStackDockerCloud 66OpenAI librariesLangChain SDKsTheodo Cloud (via Marketplace)InterLink API partners

Feature, pricing and integration details are based on web research (as of 2026-06-21), without guarantee, errors are possible. The vendor's website prevails.