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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.

Replaces

Scaleway is sought as a European alternative to:

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

4 of 9 criteria verified with evidence, last checked 2026-08-03. Every ✓ links to its source.

  • Data Processing Agreement (DPA)June 1, 2024

    The Data Processing Agreement is publicly available for download.

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  • Trust center / security page

    Scaleway provides a dedicated Trust Center for security and compliance information.

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

    Customer data is hosted exclusively in EU/EEA data centers.

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  • Public sub-processor list

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

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  • ISO 27001not verified
  • SOC 2not verified
  • BSI C5not verified
  • TISAXnot verified
  • German-language supportnot verified

    German-language support is available through the support console.

Verified means: the claim was publicly documented at the linked source on the check date. The vendor's own information prevails.

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

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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.