Oracle Cloud Compute vs Scaleway Instances

Oracle Cloud Compute9.0Visit SIScaleway Instances8.0Visit

Higher score Oracle Cloud Compute #5 in Cloud Hosting 9.0/10 Free plan · 30-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 4 of 4 features Visit Oracle Cloud

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

• Oracle Cloud Compute fits best

  Oracle-centric cloud deployments

• Scaleway Instances fits best

  Budget-conscious European VM deployments

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Side by side

Feature	Oracle Cloud Compute 9.0/10 Visit ↗	SIScaleway Instances 8.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.0	8.0
Ranking	#5 in Cloud Hosting	#15 in Cloud Hosting
Best for	Oracle-centric cloud deployments	Budget-conscious European VM deployments
Pricing model	Free	Paid
Starting price	Free plan · 30-day trial	€0.0006/unit usage-based
Free plan	✓ (best)	—
Free trial	30 days	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Community	Tickets, Phone · 24/7
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Oracle Cloud Compute 4/4 · Scaleway Instances 4/4
Autoscaling	✓	✓
Load balancing	✓	✓
Object storage	✓	✓
Managed databases	✓	✓
Specs
Regions available	50 (best)	3
Monthly bandwidth	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Support level	Not checked yet	Premium
Our review
Pros	Virtual machines, bare metal, GPU, Arm, Intel, AMD, and HPC shapes Autoscaling, load balancing, databases, Kubernetes, and containers REST APIs, SDKs, CLI access, and a free plan	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	Usage-based pricing can be harder to forecast than fixed monthly plans The broad service range may be more than simple workloads require Oracle Cloud is the natural fit for its integrated ecosystem	Coverage is limited to four regions Development instances include no SLA Autoscaling and instance groups are documented as Public Beta
Our verdict	Oracle Cloud Compute provides virtual machine and bare metal instances for applications, enterprise workloads, containers, databases, and high-performance computing. It suits teams building on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure that need to… 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

• Oracle Cloud Compute — where it wins

  • Virtual machines, bare metal, GPU, Arm, Intel, AMD, and HPC shapes
  • Autoscaling, load balancing, databases, Kubernetes, and containers
  • REST APIs, SDKs, CLI access, and a free plan

  Where it doesn't

  • Usage-based pricing can be harder to forecast than fixed monthly plans
  • The broad service range may be more than simple workloads require
  • Oracle Cloud is the natural fit for its integrated ecosystem

• 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

• Oracle Cloud Compute9.0/10 · Free plan · 30-day trial

  A broad Oracle Cloud compute service with flexible infrastructure and usage-based pricing.

  Visit Oracle CloudFull verdict →
• SIScaleway Instances8.0/10 · Paid

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

  Visit ScalewayFull verdict →