Scaleway Elastic Metal vs Oracle Cloud Compute

Scaleway Elastic Metal9.3Visit Oracle Cloud Compute8.7Visit

Higher score Scaleway Elastic Metal #1 in Cloud Dedicated Server Hosting 9.3/10 Paid ✓ 0 of 3 features Visit Scaleway

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Oracle Cloud Compute #6 in Cloud Dedicated Server Hosting 8.7/10 Free plan · 30-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 0 of 3 features Visit Oracle Cloud

• Scaleway Elastic Metal fits best

  Budget-conscious dedicated server users

• Oracle Cloud Compute fits best

  Cloud users wanting free entry and broad services

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Side by side

Feature	Scaleway Elastic Metal 9.3/10 Visit ↗	Oracle Cloud Compute 8.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.3	8.7
Ranking	#1 in Cloud Dedicated Server Hosting	#6 in Cloud Dedicated Server Hosting
Best for	Budget-conscious dedicated server users	Cloud users wanting free entry and broad services
Pricing model	Paid	Free
Starting price	€27.99/device/mo	Free plan · 30-day trial
Free plan	—	✓ (best)
Free trial	—	30 days
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web, Linux, Windows	Web
Support	Tickets, Phone, Docs · 24/7	Community
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Scaleway Elastic Metal 0/3 · Oracle Cloud Compute 0/3
NVMe storage	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
GPU instances	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Hourly billing	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
CPU architecture	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Entry-plan RAM	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Network uplink	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Hypervisor-free dedicated servers from €27.99 per month Hourly or monthly billing with console OS installation API, CLI, SDK, Terraform, and private networking support	Free plan plus a 30-day trial Virtual, bare metal, GPU, and HPC instance options Autoscaling, load balancing, databases, and Kubernetes support
Cons	Backups are customer-managed through Object Storage Public bandwidth on the listed plan is capped at 1 Gb/s The listed EM-A116X-SSD plan has 4 CPU cores and 32 GiB RAM	Usage-based pricing can make budgeting less predictable Flexible instance choices require careful sizing decisions Broad infrastructure coverage may exceed simple compute needs
Our verdict	Scaleway Elastic Metal provides dedicated physical servers without a hypervisor for teams that want bare-metal resources alongside cloud management tools. It supports Linux and Windows Server installations through the Scaleway console,… Read the review →	Oracle Cloud Compute provides virtual machine and bare metal instances for applications, enterprise workloads, containers, databases, and high-performance computing. It is aimed at cloud users who need more than a single instance type,… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Scaleway Elastic Metal — where it wins

  • Hypervisor-free dedicated servers from €27.99 per month
  • Hourly or monthly billing with console OS installation
  • API, CLI, SDK, Terraform, and private networking support

  Where it doesn't

  • Backups are customer-managed through Object Storage
  • Public bandwidth on the listed plan is capped at 1 Gb/s
  • The listed EM-A116X-SSD plan has 4 CPU cores and 32 GiB RAM

• Oracle Cloud Compute — where it wins

  • Free plan plus a 30-day trial
  • Virtual, bare metal, GPU, and HPC instance options
  • Autoscaling, load balancing, databases, and Kubernetes support

  Where it doesn't

  • Usage-based pricing can make budgeting less predictable
  • Flexible instance choices require careful sizing decisions
  • Broad infrastructure coverage may exceed simple compute needs

• Scaleway Elastic Metal9.3/10 · Paid

  Affordable bare metal with flexible billing, automation, and private networking.

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• Oracle Cloud Compute8.7/10 · Free plan · 30-day trial

  A flexible cloud compute service with free access, trial capacity, and broad infrastructure options.

  Visit Oracle CloudFull verdict →