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Elastx vs Scaleway

Elastx emphasizes Swedish data residency and included security services, while Scaleway offers a wider PaaS ecosystem with serverless functions, managed containers, and GPU instances from French datacenters.

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What's good about...

Elastx logo Elastx

  • All infrastructure in Sweden with four availability zones for local disaster recovery
  • ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, and ISO 14001 certified
  • 24/7 support, DDoS protection, and threat intelligence included in base pricing
  • OpenStack-based platform with no vendor lock-in
  • Hourly billing with optional 1-year and 3-year commitment discounts

Scaleway logo Scaleway

  • Plenty managed services available, from queues to serverless to databases
  • Wide range of server configurations: Bare-metal, ARM, GPUs, Apple silicon
  • Uncomplicated, easy to use dashboard
  • Based in Europe, may ease compliance requirements for some

Price comparison

How do Elastx's prices compare against Scaleway?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Elastx Elastx
$24.87 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB disk
Scaleway Scaleway
$11.47 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (PLAY2-PICO)

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Elastx Elastx
$120.48 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 120 GB disk
Scaleway Scaleway
$44.72 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (PLAY2-MICRO)

VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Elastx Elastx
$240.86 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 240 GB disk
Scaleway Scaleway
$182.33 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (PRO2-S)

Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Elastx Elastx
$26.96 / mo 100 GB SSD (4000 IOPS)
Scaleway Scaleway
$10.89 / mo 100 GB

Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Elastx Elastx
$52.25 / mo 1 TB stored
Scaleway Scaleway
$16.63 / mo 1 TB

Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Elastx Elastx
$40.44 / mo v1-lb-1
Scaleway Scaleway
$13.21 / mo LB-GP-S (200 Mbps)

Managed PostgreSQL

Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Elastx Elastx
$174.71 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB disk
Scaleway Scaleway
$36.69 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 96 GB storage

Managed Redis®*

Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Elastx Elastx
$174.71 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB disk (Valkey)
Scaleway Scaleway
$40.13 / mo 2 GB RAM

Serverless 25M Executions

Closest config to 25M invocations, 150ms execution time, 512 MB memory.
Elastx Elastx
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Scaleway Scaleway
$30.10 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Elastx Elastx
$52.25 1 TB external traffic
Scaleway Scaleway
Free for most services Bandwidth caps based on instance size

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Elastx Elastx
$0.94/hr
Scaleway Scaleway
$0.83/hr

Billing Options

Elastx Elastx
On-Demand
Scaleway Scaleway
On-Demand

Available Models

Elastx offers 4 GPU models, while Scaleway offers 5.

Elastx Elastx
A100(2) L40S(1) RTX Pro 6000(1) L4(1)
Scaleway Scaleway
H100(2) L40S(4) L4(4) P100(1) RTX 3070(1)

Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.

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Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Elastx and Scaleway offer:

Service Elastx Scaleway
Block Storage
Container Registry
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
NoSQL Databases
Object Storage
Serverless Functions
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Elastx Elastx
elastx.se
Scaleway Scaleway
scaleway.com
Headquarters
Elastx Elastx
Sweden
Scaleway Scaleway
France
Founded
Elastx Elastx
2012
Scaleway Scaleway
1999
Data Center Locations
Elastx Elastx
4
Scaleway Scaleway
9
Example Customers
Elastx Elastx
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Scaleway Scaleway
Cloud-IAM, Whispeak, Golem.ai

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Our data for Elastx was last updated on April 13, 2026, and for Scaleway on Feb. 20, 2026.

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