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Scaleway

Raw cloud infrastructure · CLI / unmanaged

Scaleway Virtual Instances are European public-cloud VMs with development, general-purpose, compute and other instance families billed by the hour.

Published from€0.43EUR / month
Raw cloud infrastructureHosting modelCLI / unmanagedManagementFrom €0.43Published entry priceNot benchmarkedReason documented below
Plans & pricing

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4 official plans
vCPU1
RAM1 GB
Bandwidth100 Mbps
Storage / IPv4Excluded
Displayed monthly rate€0.43/mo
Billing basis~€0.0006/hour in PAR-1
Estimated 12 months€5.16/yr
Official pricing note

€0.43/month is Scaleway’s published approximation for the STARDUST1-S instance in PAR-1. It is capacity-limited and excludes storage and public IPv4; DEV1-S is a more representative development VM at about €6.55/month.

At a glance

What Scaleway offers

Verified September 4, 2026

Best for teams seeking European regions, API-driven infrastructure and transparent hourly instance pricing.

BillingHourly pay as you go
EgressIncludedFair-use terms apply
IPv6Included
Savings plansUp to 25%Provider-published
Independent benchmarkNot yet publishedNo controlled HostingHunt test
Included capabilities

Features arranged by category

Official provider claims

Compute & scaling

  • Multiple instance families and sizes
  • Usage-based or hourly billing
  • API and console provisioning
  • Scaling options for changing demand

Security

  • Private networking and identity controls
  • Disk/image security options
  • Customer configures workload-level security
  • Compliance and availability vary by region/service

Cloud operations

  • Images, disks and network resources are selected separately
  • Monitoring and automation integrations
  • Snapshots and backups are separate resources
  • Stopping compute may not stop every attached-resource charge

Pricing model

  • Region and instance family affect price
  • Operating system licenses may add cost
  • Outbound transfer and public IP charges may apply
  • Calculator or live configuration is required for comparison
Platform coverage

Infrastructure & supported workloads

Infrastructure options
ParisAmsterdamWarsawDevelopment instancesGeneral-purpose instancesApple Silicon / GPU options
Applications and use cases
DevelopmentEuropean cloud workloadsKubernetesWeb applicationsDatabases
Decision guide

Strengths and considerations

Why it may fit
  • Transparent hourly table
  • European data-center focus
  • Egress included in list price
  • Multiple instance families
Check before buying
  • Storage and public IPv4 are extra
  • Cheapest instance is capacity-limited
  • Prices vary by availability zone
  • Monthly totals are hourly approximations