Scaleway vs Vultr

Verdict With 32 GB RAM (dedicated), Scaleway costs €80.41 a month less than Vultr over 12 months: €27.07 against €107.48. Scaleway is cheaper at 6 of the 6 sizes both sell.

Bills over 12 months with an IPv4 address and 1 TB of traffic a month, excluding VAT, under the same assumptions for both. Both run servers in France, Netherlands and Poland.

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Both in the list Compare cheapest plans
Scalewaycheaper at 6 of 6 sizes
Vultrcheaper at 0 of 6 sizes
  • €5.41 Cheapest billper month 17% less€4.48
  • €1.4778% less Bill per GB of memorymedian €6.72
  • €11.25 Extras on top of the price tagmedian per month None
  • Unmetered Extra trafficper extra TB, median €8.96

Size by size

Dedicated server with dedicated cores, per month
MemoryScalewayVultrCompare
32 GB€27.07Dedibox Start-2-L · Intel Xeon D-1531 · 6 cores · 32 GB · 2 × 250 GB SSDTraffic: Unmetered€107.48Bare Metal Intel E3-1270 · 4 cores · 32 GB · 2 × 240 GBTraffic: 5.12 TB, then €8.96/TB
64 GB€53.07Dedibox Pro-6-S · Intel Xeon E3-1240 v6 · 4 cores · 64 GB · 2 × 500 GB SSDTraffic: Unmetered€326.91Bare Metal AMD EPYC 4345P · 8 cores · 64 GB · 2 × 1945 GBTraffic: 10.24 TB, then €8.96/TB
128 GB€140.82Dedibox Core-4-S-SATA · 2× Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4 · 16 cores · 128 GB · 2 × 6 TB HDDTraffic: Unmetered€313.48Bare Metal Intel E-2288G · 8 cores · 128 GB · 2 × 1920 GBTraffic: 10.24 TB, then €8.96/TB
256 GB€125.66Elastic Metal EM-B211X-SATA · 2× Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4 or equivalent · 16 cores · 256 GB · 2 × 8 TB HDDTraffic: Unmetered€649.35Bare Metal AMD EPYC 7443P · 24 cores · 256 GB · 2 × 480 GBTraffic: 10.24 TB, then €8.96/TB
384 GB€487.49Dedibox Core-5-L · 2× Intel Xeon Gold 5120 · 28 cores · 384 GB · 4 × 1 TB NVMeTraffic: Unmetered€738.92Bare Metal AMD EPYC 9254 · 24 cores · 384 GB · 2 × 480 GBTraffic: 10.24 TB, then €8.96/TB
768 GB€866.66Dedibox Core-5-XL · 2× Intel Xeon Gold 6140 · 36 cores · 768 GB · 8 × 1 TB NVMeTraffic: Unmetered€1,298.70Bare Metal AMD EPYC 9354P · 32 cores · 768 GB · 2 × 480 GBTraffic: 10.24 TB, then €8.96/TB

Only sizes both sell, same type on both sides. The score counts this table only; ties count for neither.

Side by side

Green is the better side of a row
ScalewaySide by sideVultr
scaleway.comWebsitevultr.com
FranceBased inUnited States
Card, Direct debitWays to payCard, PayPal, Crypto, Alipay
—ID check at sign-up—
Not verified yetCompany checkNot verified yet
139Servers tracked172
3Countries20
3Cities33
Depends on the planSetup feeNone
IncludedIPv4 addressIncluded
Not publishedBackupsDepends on the plan
UnmeteredTraffic included0.51–15.36 TB a month
UnmeteredExtra traffic€8.96 per TB
86%Bills with extras1%
MonthlyShortest termMonthly
NoIntroductory pricesNo
EURBilled inUSD
24 minutes agoPrices checked26 minutes ago

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