Scaleway
Short answer
Scaleway sells VPS servers in 4 locations across 4 countries, starting at $0.48 a month for STARDUST1-S (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM). It is number 31 of 41 in our overall ranking and rated 1.5/5 by 358 Trustpilot reviewers.
Checked October 14, 2026. How we rank
A good fit for
- tight budgets: the entry plan is $0.48 a month
- Windows workloads such as MetaTrader or RDP desktops
- short-lived test servers thanks to hourly billing
Look elsewhere if
- you want a money-back guarantee
Plans and prices
| Plan | Line | vCPU | RAM | Disk | Traffic | $/month | $/GB RAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STARDUST1-S | Development (shared vCPU) | 1 | 1 GB | 10 GB SSD | Unmetered | $0.48€0.43 | $0.48 |
| DEV1-S | Development (shared vCPU) | 2 | 2 GB | 20 GB SSD | Unmetered | $7.34€6.55 | $3.67 |
| PLAY2-PICO | Development (shared vCPU) | 1 | 2 GB | — | Unmetered | $11.67€10.42 | $5.83 |
| PLAY2-NANO | Development (shared vCPU) | 2 | 4 GB | — | Unmetered | $22.51€20.10 | $5.63 |
| BASIC3-X2C-4G | General Purpose BASIC3 (shared vCPU) | 2 | 4 GB | — | Unmetered | $32.24€28.79 | $8.06 |
| PRO2-XXS | General Purpose PRO2 (shared vCPU) | 2 | 8 GB | — | Unmetered | $45.86€40.95 | $5.73 |
| POP2-2C-8G | General Purpose POP2 (dedicated vCPU) (dedicated) | 2 | 8 GB | — | Unmetered | $60.09€53.65 | $7.51 |
| POP2-HC-2C-4G | Compute Optimized POP2-HC (dedicated vCPU) (dedicated) | 2 | 4 GB | — | Unmetered | $43.49€38.83 | $10.87 |
Monthly list prices in US dollars, converted from the provider's own currency. Highlighted row: cheapest plan. Current prices on the provider's site.
Where the servers are
What's included
- NVMe storage
- DDoS protection
- Snapshots
- Backups (paid)
- IPv6
- IPv4 included
- API
- Custom ISO
- Dedicated-CPU plans
- Private networking
- Unmetered traffic
- Managed option
Images: Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, Fedora, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux, Windows Server. Virtualization: KVM. Panel: Scaleway Console.
Rules and support
Acceptable use. No specific rules on VPN, proxies, mining or torrents were found in its published terms.
Support. Basic ticket support included; paid Advanced/Business/Enterprise support plans; no phone on free tier
Uptime SLA. 99% (shared BASIC ranges) / 99.5% (dedicated, specialized, GPU); no SLO on Development ranges. Money-back. None published.
How it stacks up
- Its entry plan is cheaper than 100% of providers in the directory.
- On price per GB of RAM it beats 28% of them.
- Its 4 locations put it #31 of 41 for footprint.
- It ticks 11 of the 18 feature boxes we track, against an average of 9.
- Among 37 providers with 50+ Trustpilot reviews, its 1.5 ranks #34.
Where Scaleway appears on this site
- Cheapest per GB of RAM#2 of 40
- 1 GB RAM plans#2 of 23
- Under $3 a month#3 of 7
- VPS with ARM servers#4 of 4
- VPS in Italy#5 of 6
- VPS in Milan#5 of 6
- VPS in Poland#6 of 7
- VPS in Warsaw#6 of 7
- Under $5 a month#8 of 21
- VPS in Paris#8 of 9
- 2 GB RAM plans#10 of 29
- VPS with hourly billing#10 of 15
- VPS in France#10 of 13
- VPS with GPU instances#10 of 11
- VPS with unmetered traffic#12 of 17
- VPS with dedicated CPU cores#14 of 17
Similar providers
Questions
Where are Scaleway's servers?
Europe: Amsterdam, Milan, Paris, Warsaw.
What is Scaleway's cheapest plan?
STARDUST1-S at $0.48 a month (€0.0006/hr excl. VAT; approx. monthly €0.43 as shown by Scaleway; 100 Mbps bandwidth; available in PAR-1, AMS-1, WAW-1 only, frequently sold out; flexible IPv4 billed extra at €0.004/hr (~€2.92/mo); storage billed separately (block) - 10 GB local figure from Scaleway catalog).
Can I pay Scaleway with crypto or PayPal?
Accepted methods: card, sepa.
Profile built from 18 pages on scaleway.com and related sites, checked October 14, 2026.