How much does Scaleway Instances cost in 2026?

Scaleway Instances charges $4.20 per month for the entry plan, per Scaleway's published pricing page. There is no free tier. The tables above break the rate card down by axis and model it against three concrete workloads.

Does Scaleway Instances have a free tier?

No. Scaleway Instances bills from the first unit of usage. Several competitors in the same category do publish a free allowance — the rankings linked below list them.

What does Scaleway Instances charge for egress?

$0.010 per GB. Egress is where providers in this category differ most, so it is worth checking against the alternatives before committing.

Are these Scaleway Instances prices current?

They were checked against Scaleway's official pricing page and stamped with that date, which is shown at the top of this page and next to every table. Vendors change list prices without notice — the source link is there so you can confirm before you commit.

Scaleway Instances pricing

French-hosted compute with EU data residency, billed per second, sitting between the budget hosts and the hyperscalers on price.

List prices checked May 2026

By Scaleway · Cloud compute & VPS

Rate card

What Scaleway charges, by billing axis.

Axis	Price	Applies to
Entry plan	$4.20/mo	Cheapest paid plan or typical entry configuration
Compute	$0.0060/vCPU-hr	On-demand, cheapest general-purpose region
Data transfer out	$0.010/GB	Standard tier, cheapest common region

Source: Scaleway pricing (May 2026). Published list prices only — committed-use discounts, regional variation, and per-request charges are not included. Not yet independently re-checked against the vendor’s page.

What it costs per month

Scaleway Instances billed against three workload profiles, using the rates above. Every line shows its arithmetic.

Side project

A personal site or small app with modest traffic, a few gigabytes of assets, and one small always-on process.

$5.38/mo

730 vCPU-hours at $0.006/hour$4.38
100 GB at $0.01/GB$1.00

Growing SaaS

A funded product serving a few thousand daily users, with an image-heavy frontend and two application servers.

$19/mo

1,460 vCPU-hours at $0.006/hour$8.76
1 TB at $0.01/GB$10

Media-heavy site

A publisher or video product where delivery dominates the bill and compute is almost an afterthought.

$104/mo

730 vCPU-hours at $0.006/hour$4.38
10 TB at $0.01/GB$100

Scaleway Instances vs the alternatives

The closest compute providers on price, with the difference on cloud compute & vps's headline axis.

Service	Per vCPU-hr	vs Scaleway Instances	Compare
DigitalOcean Droplets	$0.0060	1× cheaper	Head to head
Hetzner Cloud	$0.0052	1.2× cheaper	Head to head
UpCloud	$0.0074	1.2× dearer	Head to head
Linode (Akamai Cloud)	$0.0075	1.3× dearer	Head to head
Vultr Cloud Compute	$0.0040	1.5× cheaper	Head to head
Oracle Cloud Compute	$0.010	1.7× dearer	Head to head

Questions about pricing

How much does Scaleway Instances cost in 2026?: Scaleway Instances charges $4.20 per month for the entry plan, per Scaleway's published pricing page. There is no free tier. The tables above break the rate card down by axis and model it against three concrete workloads.
Does Scaleway Instances have a free tier?: No. Scaleway Instances bills from the first unit of usage. Several competitors in the same category do publish a free allowance — the rankings linked below list them.
What does Scaleway Instances charge for egress?: $0.010 per GB. Egress is where providers in this category differ most, so it is worth checking against the alternatives before committing.
Are these Scaleway Instances prices current?: They were checked against Scaleway's official pricing page and stamped with that date, which is shown at the top of this page and next to every table. Vendors change list prices without notice — the source link is there so you can confirm before you commit.

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Scaleway Instances vs the alternatives

Questions about pricing

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