Oracle Cloud Compute vs Scaleway Instances
Neither wins outright: Oracle Cloud Compute is cheaper for 1 of 3 workloads and Scaleway Instances for the rest.
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 axis | Oracle Cloud Compute | Scaleway Instances | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entry plan | — | $4.20/mo | — |
| Compute | $0.010/vCPU-hr | $0.0060/vCPU-hr | 1.7× Scaleway Instances |
| Data transfer out | $0.0085/GB | $0.010/GB | 1.2× Oracle Cloud Compute |
| Free tier | Yes | No | — |
Source: Oracle pricing (May 2026) · 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.
Monthly cost for three real workloads
The rate cards applied to identical usage. This is where the winner changes.
| Workload | Oracle Cloud Compute | Scaleway Instances | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Side projectA personal site or small app with modest traffic, a few gigabytes of assets, and one small always-on process. | $8.15 | $5.38 | Scaleway Instancessaves $2.77/mo (34%) |
| Growing SaaSA funded product serving a few thousand daily users, with an image-heavy frontend and two application servers. | $23 | $19 | Scaleway Instancessaves $4.34/mo (19%) |
| Media-heavy siteA publisher or video product where delivery dominates the bill and compute is almost an afterthought. | $92 | $104 | Oracle Cloud Computesaves $12/mo (12%) |
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
Oracle Cloud Compute
by Oracle
The most generous permanent free tier of any major cloud, and egress priced roughly a tenth of AWS. The trade-off is a smaller ecosystem and frequent capacity limits on free Arm instances.
Free tier: 4 Arm cores, 24 GB RAM, and 10 TB egress per month, always free
Scaleway Instances
by Scaleway
French-hosted compute with EU data residency, billed per second, sitting between the budget hosts and the hyperscalers on price.
Common questions
- Is Oracle Cloud Compute or Scaleway Instances cheaper in 2026?
- It depends on volume — Oracle Cloud Compute wins 1 of the 3 modelled workloads and Scaleway Instances wins 2. The scenario table above shows where the crossover falls.
- What is the difference in egress cost between Oracle Cloud Compute and Scaleway Instances?
- Oracle Cloud Compute charges $0.0085 per GB against Scaleway Instances's $0.010, roughly 1.2× cheaper. Egress usually dominates the bill once traffic is measured in terabytes.
- Which has the better free tier, Oracle Cloud Compute or Scaleway Instances?
- Oracle Cloud Compute does — 4 Arm cores, 24 GB RAM, and 10 TB egress per month, always free. Scaleway Instances 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.