Amazon EC2 vs Scaleway Instances

Amazon EC29.4Visit SIScaleway Instances8.0Visit

Higher score Amazon EC2 #2 in Cloud Hosting 9.4/10 Paid ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Amazon EC2

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SI Scaleway Instances #15 in Cloud Hosting 8.0/10 Paid ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Scaleway

• Amazon EC2 fits best

  AWS users needing flexible virtual compute

• Scaleway Instances fits best

  Budget-conscious European VM deployments

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Side by side

Feature	Amazon EC2 9.4/10 Visit ↗	SIScaleway Instances 8.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.4	8.0
Ranking	#2 in Cloud Hosting	#15 in Cloud Hosting
Best for	AWS users needing flexible virtual compute	Budget-conscious European VM deployments
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	—	€0.0006/unit usage-based
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Phone, Live chat, Email, Docs, Community · 24/7	Tickets, Phone · 24/7
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Amazon EC2 4/4 · Scaleway Instances 4/4
Autoscaling	✓	✓
Load balancing	✓	✓
Object storage	✓	✓
Managed databases	✓	✓
Specs
Regions available	39 (best)	3
Monthly bandwidth	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Support level	Premium	Premium
Our review
Pros	Resizable instances with per-second billing Auto Scaling and automatic replacement of unhealthy instances Integrates with S3, RDS, Load Balancing, and CloudWatch	Starts at €0.43/month with hourly pay-as-you-go billing Instance families cover development, general, compute, and memory workloads Includes autoscaling, load balancing, VPC, APIs, CLI, and Terraform
Cons	No free plan Pricing varies by instance type, Region, operating system, and usage Requires choosing among instance types and purchasing options	Coverage is limited to four regions Development instances include no SLA Autoscaling and instance groups are documented as Public Beta
Our verdict	Amazon EC2 provides resizable virtual servers for applications running in the AWS cloud. It is aimed at developers, IT teams, and organizations that need configurable compute infrastructure for development or production workloads. Users… Read the review →	Scaleway Instances provides cloud virtual machines for developers, teams, and organizations running applications, websites, databases, and other workloads. Its four instance families support shared or dedicated vCPUs, x86 or ARM… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Amazon EC2 — where it wins

  • Resizable instances with per-second billing
  • Auto Scaling and automatic replacement of unhealthy instances
  • Integrates with S3, RDS, Load Balancing, and CloudWatch

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan
  • Pricing varies by instance type, Region, operating system, and usage
  • Requires choosing among instance types and purchasing options

• Scaleway Instances — where it wins

  • Starts at €0.43/month with hourly pay-as-you-go billing
  • Instance families cover development, general, compute, and memory workloads
  • Includes autoscaling, load balancing, VPC, APIs, CLI, and Terraform

  Where it doesn't

  • Coverage is limited to four regions
  • Development instances include no SLA
  • Autoscaling and instance groups are documented as Public Beta

• Amazon EC29.4/10 · Paid

  Flexible virtual compute for AWS workloads, with usage-based pricing and broad service integration.

  Visit Amazon EC2Full verdict →
• SIScaleway Instances8.0/10 · Paid

  Flexible European VM hosting with low entry pricing and four regions.

  Visit ScalewayFull verdict →