Linode Object Storage vs Scaleway Object Storage

Linode Object Storage is cheaper across every workload modelled here.

List prices checked

Rate cards side by side

Only the axes at least one of them bills on. A dash means that provider does not charge for it.

Billing axisLinode Object StorageScaleway Object StorageDifference
Entry plan$5.00/mo——
Storage$0.020/GB-mo$0.018/GB-mo1.1× Scaleway Object Storage
Data transfer out$0.0050/GB$0.011/GB2.2× Linode Object Storage
Free tierNoYes—

Source: Akamai pricing (May 2026) · Scaleway pricing (August 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.

Monthly cost for three real workloads

The rate cards applied to identical usage. This is where the winner changes.

WorkloadLinode Object StorageScaleway Object StorageCheaper
Side projectA personal site or small app with modest traffic, a few gigabytes of assets, and one small always-on process.$0.40$1.44Linode Object Storagesaves $1.04/mo (72%)
Growing SaaSA funded product serving a few thousand daily users, with an image-heavy frontend and two application servers.$10$20Linode Object Storagesaves $9.65/mo (49%)
Media-heavy siteA publisher or video product where delivery dominates the bill and compute is almost an afterthought.$85$144Linode Object Storagesaves $59/mo (41%)

Workload definitions are identical on every comparison page, so figures here can be read against any other pair in the same category.

What each one is for

Linode Object Storage

by Akamai

A flat $5 per month for 250 GB and 1 TB of transfer, with no per-request charges — which removes the API-call line item that complicates S3 modelling.

Scaleway Object Storage

by Scaleway

EU-resident object storage billed in euros, with a 75 GB monthly egress allowance. Standard is multi-AZ; a cheaper single-zone class is available at roughly half the storage rate.

Free tier: 75 GB of egress free every month

Common questions

Is Linode Object Storage or Scaleway Object Storage cheaper in 2026?
Linode Object Storage is cheaper in all 3 modelled workloads.
What is the difference in egress cost between Linode Object Storage and Scaleway Object Storage?
Linode Object Storage charges $0.0050 per GB against Scaleway Object Storage's $0.011, roughly 2.2× cheaper. Egress usually dominates the bill once traffic is measured in terabytes.
Which has the better free tier, Linode Object Storage or Scaleway Object Storage?
Scaleway Object Storage does — 75 GB of egress free every month. Linode Object Storage bills from the first unit of usage.
What do these estimates not include?
Committed-use and reserved discounts, regional price variation, per-request API charges, support plans, and minimum retention periods. All of those move real invoices, sometimes by a lot. These figures compare published list prices for the same workload, which is the comparison the rate cards alone cannot give you.

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