Scaleway Virtual Instances vs Kamatera Cloud Servers

Scaleway Virtual Instances7.9Visit Kamatera Cloud Servers7.1Visit

Higher score Scaleway Virtual Instances #2 in High-Performance VPS Hosting 7.9/10 From €0.43/mo ✓ 1 of 2 features Visit Scaleway

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Kamatera Cloud Servers #5 in High-Performance VPS Hosting 7.1/10 From $4/mo · 30-day trial ✓ 0 of 2 features Visit Kamatera

• Scaleway Virtual Instances fits best

  Cost-conscious teams needing flexible VM families

• Kamatera Cloud Servers fits best

  Teams wanting configurable servers and a free trial

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Side by side

Feature	Scaleway Virtual Instances 7.9/10 Visit ↗	Kamatera Cloud Servers 7.1/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	7.9	7.1
Ranking	#2 in High-Performance VPS Hosting	#5 in High-Performance VPS Hosting
Best for	Cost-conscious teams needing flexible VM families	Teams wanting configurable servers and a free trial
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Not published	$4/mo
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Tickets, Phone, Community, Docs · 24/7	Email, Live chat, Phone, Docs · 24/7
Compliance	ISO 27001, GDPR	GDPR
Integrations	5 integrations	8 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Scaleway Virtual Instances 1/2 · Kamatera Cloud Servers 0/2
Root access	✓ (best)	Not published
Managed service option	Not published	Not published
Specs
Max vCPUs	1 vCPU	Not published
Max RAM	1 GB	Not published
NVMe storage	Not published	Not published
Monthly bandwidth	Not published	Not published
Server locations	3 locations	Not published
Our review
Pros	Workload-specific families cover development, compute and memory needs. Shared or dedicated vCPUs with x86 and ARM options. API, Terraform and CLI management plus private networking.	Choose CPU, RAM, storage, operating system, and data-center location. Clone servers across data centers; use snapshots, firewalls, and private networks. Manage infrastructure through a REST API or supported control panels.
Cons	Entry STARDUST1-S has 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.	No free plan; the 30-day trial requires a payment card. Resource scaling is manual rather than automatic. The Basic plan's 5 TB traffic allowance is 1 TB in Asia locations.
Our verdict	Scaleway Virtual Instances provides cloud virtual machines for applications, development environments, internal tools, websites, databases and compute-intensive workloads. Teams can choose development, general-purpose, compute-optimized or… Read the review →	Kamatera Cloud Servers provides configurable cloud virtual servers for developers, startups, small and midsize businesses, SaaS providers, and enterprises. Customers can select CPU, RAM, NVMe storage, operating system, and data-center… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Scaleway Virtual Instances — where it wins

  • Workload-specific families cover development, compute and memory needs.
  • Shared or dedicated vCPUs with x86 and ARM options.
  • API, Terraform and CLI management plus private networking.

  Where it doesn't

  • Entry STARDUST1-S has 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.

• Kamatera Cloud Servers — where it wins

  • Choose CPU, RAM, storage, operating system, and data-center location.
  • Clone servers across data centers; use snapshots, firewalls, and private networks.
  • Manage infrastructure through a REST API or supported control panels.

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan; the 30-day trial requires a payment card.
  • Resource scaling is manual rather than automatic.
  • The Basic plan's 5 TB traffic allowance is 1 TB in Asia locations.

• Scaleway Virtual Instances7.9/10 · From €0.43/mo

  Flexible European VPS instances with very low entry pricing and a 1 vCPU, 1 GB baseline.

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• Kamatera Cloud Servers7.1/10 · From $4/mo · 30-day trial

  Flexible server sizing and a 30-day trial, with no autoscaling.

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