Infomaniak Public Cloud vs Scaleway Instances

Infomaniak Public Cloud8.1Visit SIScaleway Instances8.0Visit

Higher score Infomaniak Public Cloud #14 in Cloud Hosting 8.1/10 Paid ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Infomaniak

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

• Infomaniak Public Cloud fits best

  European cloud with managed MySQL

• Scaleway Instances fits best

  Budget-conscious European VM deployments

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Side by side

Feature	Infomaniak Public Cloud 8.1/10 Visit ↗	SIScaleway Instances 8.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.1	8.0
Ranking	#14 in Cloud Hosting	#15 in Cloud Hosting
Best for	European cloud with managed MySQL	Budget-conscious European VM deployments
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Not checked yet	€0.0006/unit usage-based
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email, Live chat, Phone, Docs · 24/7	Tickets, Phone · 24/7
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Infomaniak Public Cloud 4/4 · Scaleway Instances 4/4
Autoscaling	✓	✓
Load balancing	✓	✓
Object storage	✓	✓
Managed databases	✓	✓
Specs
Regions available	2	3 (best)
Monthly bandwidth	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Support level	Premium	Premium
Our review
Pros	Multiple compute classes, including GPU and IOPS-optimised instances Managed MySQL includes backups and point-in-time recovery Kubernetes, autoscaling, load balancing and DDoS protection	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	Verified regional coverage is limited to two regions No free plan; billing is metered and prices exclude VAT MySQL Essential has one node and no SLA	Coverage is limited to four regions Development instances include no SLA Autoscaling and instance groups are documented as Public Beta
Our verdict	Infomaniak Public Cloud is an infrastructure-as-a-service platform for organizations developing and hosting applications. It combines virtual cloud instances, GPU instances, replicated block storage, object storage, networking, load… 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

• Infomaniak Public Cloud — where it wins

  • Multiple compute classes, including GPU and IOPS-optimised instances
  • Managed MySQL includes backups and point-in-time recovery
  • Kubernetes, autoscaling, load balancing and DDoS protection

  Where it doesn't

  • Verified regional coverage is limited to two regions
  • No free plan; billing is metered and prices exclude VAT
  • MySQL Essential has one node and no SLA

• 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

• Infomaniak Public Cloud8.1/10 · Paid

  A capable Swiss cloud for teams wanting managed MySQL and OpenStack-compatible services.

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• SIScaleway Instances8.0/10 · Paid

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

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