Hetzner Cloud Servers vs Scaleway Virtual Instances

Hetzner Cloud Servers7.8Visit Scaleway Virtual Instances6.9Visit

Higher score Hetzner Cloud Servers #2 in Cheap VPS Hosting 7.8/10 Paid ✓ 0 of 2 features Visit Hetzner

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Scaleway Virtual Instances #5 in Cheap VPS Hosting 6.9/10 From €0.43/mo ✓ 0 of 2 features Visit Scaleway

• Hetzner Cloud Servers fits best

  Low-cost VPS with hourly billing and DDoS filtering

• Scaleway Virtual Instances fits best

  Low-cost starter instances and pay-as-you-go workloads

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Side by side

Feature	Hetzner Cloud Servers 7.8/10 Visit ↗	Scaleway Virtual Instances 6.9/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	7.8	6.9
Ranking	#2 in Cheap VPS Hosting	#5 in Cheap VPS Hosting
Best for	Low-cost VPS with hourly billing and DDoS filtering	Low-cost starter instances and pay-as-you-go workloads
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Not published	Not published
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web, Linux, Windows	Web
Support	Email, Docs · 24/7	Tickets, Phone, Community, Docs · 24/7
Compliance	GDPR, 2FA, ISO 27001	ISO 27001, GDPR
Integrations	5 integrations	5 integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Hetzner Cloud Servers 0/2 · Scaleway Virtual Instances 0/2
Managed option	Not published	Not published
DDoS protection	Not published	Not published
Specs
vCPU cores	Not published	Not published
RAM	4 GB	Not published
NVMe storage	Not published	Not published
Bandwidth	Not published	Not published
Server locations	Not published	Not published
Our review
Pros	CX23 includes 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM and 40 GB NVMe storage. Hourly billing has a monthly price cap. Includes DDoS filtering, firewalls, snapshots and optional backups.	€0.43/month entry instance with hourly billing available API, Terraform and CLI management with private networking Shared or dedicated vCPUs, plus x86 and ARM options
Cons	No free plan is offered. Backups are optional rather than included. Pricing and availability vary by location.	Entry STARDUST1-S provides only 1 vCPU and 1 GB RAM Storage and attached public IPv4 charges are billed separately Deployment is limited to Paris, Amsterdam and Warsaw regions
Our verdict	Hetzner Cloud Servers provide virtual machines for running operating systems and applications on Hetzner infrastructure in Europe, the United States and Singapore. They suit solo operators and organizations that want VPS resources with… Read the review →	Scaleway Virtual Instances provides cloud virtual machines for applications, development environments, internal tools, websites, databases and compute-intensive workloads. It suits teams that want low-cost European hosting with root… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Hetzner Cloud Servers — where it wins

  • CX23 includes 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM and 40 GB NVMe storage.
  • Hourly billing has a monthly price cap.
  • Includes DDoS filtering, firewalls, snapshots and optional backups.

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan is offered.
  • Backups are optional rather than included.
  • Pricing and availability vary by location.

• Scaleway Virtual Instances — where it wins

  • €0.43/month entry instance with hourly billing available
  • API, Terraform and CLI management with private networking
  • Shared or dedicated vCPUs, plus x86 and ARM options

  Where it doesn't

  • Entry STARDUST1-S provides only 1 vCPU and 1 GB RAM
  • Storage and attached public IPv4 charges are billed separately
  • Deployment is limited to Paris, Amsterdam and Warsaw regions

• Hetzner Cloud Servers7.8/10 · Paid

  Flexible cloud servers with hourly billing, NVMe storage and included DDoS filtering.

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• Scaleway Virtual Instances6.9/10 · From €0.43/mo

  Very low-cost European instances with strong automation, but modest entry resources.

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