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Scaleway

Scaleway · Founded 1999 · Paris, France

7.3
Overall
/ 10

French cloud (Iliad group) with ARM instances (Ampere) and cheap DEV1 plans. DEV1-S at €2.99/mo gives 1 vCPU / 2GB / 20GB.

WebsiteBest for: EU dev/staging, ARM experiments

Scores

Overall7.3
Reliability7.8
Performance7.6
Value8.8
Support7.0
Uptime SLA
99.9%
Founded
1999
Regions
7

Plans

PlanCPURAMStorageBandwidthPrice (USD/mo)
DEV1-SPopular1 vCPU2 GB20 GB SSD200 GB$2.99
DEV1-M2 vCPU4 GB40 GB SSD400 GB$7.99
GP1-XS2 vCPU4 GB50 GB SSD200 GB$11.99
ARM64-2GB2 vCPU (ARM)2 GB50 GB SSD200 GB$4.5

Pros

  • ✓Cheap ARM instances
  • ✓EU sovereign (GDPR)
  • ✓Managed CockroachDB
  • ✓Generous DEV1 specs

Cons

  • ✕Only 7 regions
  • ✕Support slow
  • ✕Docs sometimes lag
  • ✕Performance inconsistent on DEV1

Data Center Regions (7)

Paris (FR)Amsterdam (NL)Warsaw (PL)Frankfurt (DE)London (UK)Stockholm (SE)São Paulo (BR)

Features

DEV1 (development)GP1 (general purpose)ARM (Ampere Altra)CockroachDB managedK8s KapsuleObject StorageBlock StoragePrivate NetworkSnapshots

Payment methods

Credit CardSEPA

Certifications

ISO27001ISO27017

User Reviews

Indie EU★★★★☆2025-07

ARM + CockroachDB = cheap distributed stack.