Scaleway

European cloud built for developers, powered by green energy.

4.5 4,120 reviews | France | Est. 2013 | 99.95% uptime | Cloud, VPS, Dedicated
Plans from $4.35/mo 100% off with a code
Speed
4.5
Support
4.3
Value
4.7
Features
4.5
Reliability
4.5

The verdict

Scaleway is a French cloud provider and subsidiary of Iliad Group (Free), offering developer-friendly virtual instances, managed Kubernetes, object storage and serverless containers. It runs its data centers on renewable energy and positions itself as the premier European alternative to US hyperscalers.

Best for: European developers GDPR-sensitive workloads Green-energy infrastructure seekers

What you get

  • EU-based data centers
  • Managed Kubernetes (Kapsule)
  • Serverless containers & functions
  • Object storage (compatible with S3 API)
  • Renewable energy infrastructure
  • Per-hour billing

Plans & pricing

PLAY2 Pico
$4.35/mo
  • 1 vCPU
  • 1 GB RAM
  • 10 GB local storage
PRO2 XS
$22/mo
  • 4 vCPU
  • 16 GB RAM
  • 80 GB local storage
ENT1 S
$108/mo
  • 8 vCPU
  • 32 GB RAM
  • Dedicated resources

The trade-off

In its favour

  • Strong EU data sovereignty and GDPR compliance
  • Green energy data centers
  • Competitive pricing vs US rivals

Worth knowing

  • Data centers primarily in Europe
  • Smaller service catalog than hyperscalers
  • Less community content in English

Infrastructure & support

Support channels

  • Ticket system
  • Community forum
  • Slack community
  • Phone support (enterprise)

Data centers

  • France (Paris)
  • Netherlands (Amsterdam)
  • Poland (Warsaw)

Common questions

Is Scaleway GDPR compliant?

Yes, as a French company under EU law Scaleway provides strong GDPR compliance with data stored exclusively in European data centers.

Does Scaleway's object storage work with S3 tools?

Yes, Scaleway Object Storage is fully API-compatible with Amazon S3, so any S3-compatible tool or SDK works out of the box.