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Head-to-head · VPS Hosting in Europe

Scaleway Virtual Instances vs Leaseweb Public Cloud

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 2 checks side by side
Higher score Scaleway Virtual Instances #3 in VPS Hosting in Europe 9.0/10 Paid ✓ 1 of 1 features Visit Scaleway
Leaseweb Public Cloud #4 in VPS Hosting in Europe 8.8/10 30-day trial Free trial✓ 0 of 1 features Visit Leaseweb

Scaleway Virtual Instances leads on 0 checks, Leaseweb Public Cloud on 0, and 2 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 2 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreScaleway Virtual Instances · 9.0/10
  • Free trialonly Leaseweb Public Cloud
  • Most featuresScaleway Virtual Instances · 1 of 1

Scaleway Virtual Instances scores higher on our rubric for vps hosting in europe: 9.0 against 8.8 out of 10; our editors rank them #3 and #4.

Scaleway Virtual Instances is the better fit for low-cost European VM deployments. Leaseweb Public Cloud is the better fit for businesses needing flexible cloud compute.

  • Scaleway Virtual Instances fits best

    Low-cost European VM deployments

  • Leaseweb Public Cloud fits best

    Businesses needing flexible cloud compute

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Side by side

Feature Scaleway Virtual Instances 9.0/10 Visit ↗ Leaseweb Public Cloud 8.8/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.0 8.8
Ranking #3 in VPS Hosting in Europe #4 in VPS Hosting in Europe
Best for Low-cost European VM deployments Businesses needing flexible cloud compute
Pricing model Paid Paid
Starting price €0.43/device/mo 30-day trial
Free plan — —
Free trial — 30 days
Deployment Cloud, Self-hosted Cloud
Platforms Web Web
Support Tickets, Phone, Community, Docs · 24/7 Live chat, Email
Integrations 5 integrations 2 integrations
Built for Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Scaleway Virtual Instances 1/1 · Leaseweb Public Cloud 0/1
Root access ✓ (best) Not checked yet
Specs
vCPU cores Not checked yet Not checked yet
RAM Not checked yet Not checked yet
NVMe storage Not checked yet Not checked yet
Bandwidth Not checked yet Not checked yet
European locations Not checked yet Not checked yet
Managed service Not checked yet Not checked yet
Our review
Pros
  • STARDUST1-S starts at €0.43 per instance per month.
  • VM families cover development, general-purpose, compute- and memory-optimized workloads.
  • Manage infrastructure through the API, Terraform or Scaleway CLI.
  • Four instance families, including GPU-optimized compute
  • Autoscaling, load balancing, private networking and security groups
  • REST API, CLI, Terraform provider and AWS EC2-compatible APIs
Cons
  • The STARDUST1-S compute price excludes storage and attached public IPv4 charges.
  • The listed regions are limited to Paris, Amsterdam and Warsaw.
  • The lowest-priced listed instance has 1 vCPU and 1 GB RAM.
  • Instances are multi-tenant rather than dedicated by default
  • No managed database service is included
  • Trial access excludes instances in the Netherlands and Japan
Our verdict

Scaleway Virtual Instances are cloud virtual machines for applications, development environments, internal tools, websites, databases and compute-intensive workloads. They suit teams seeking European deployment locations and a choice of VM…

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Leaseweb Public Cloud provides virtual machines for businesses running web applications, application hosting, databases, development and testing, and machine-learning workloads. It supports general-purpose, compute-optimized,…

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  1. Scaleway Virtual InstancesVPS Hosting in Europe 9.0Paid
  2. Leaseweb Public CloudVPS Hosting in Europe 8.830-day trial

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Scaleway Virtual Instances — where it wins

    • STARDUST1-S starts at €0.43 per instance per month.
    • VM families cover development, general-purpose, compute- and memory-optimized workloads.
    • Manage infrastructure through the API, Terraform or Scaleway CLI.

    Where it doesn't

    • The STARDUST1-S compute price excludes storage and attached public IPv4 charges.
    • The listed regions are limited to Paris, Amsterdam and Warsaw.
    • The lowest-priced listed instance has 1 vCPU and 1 GB RAM.

  • Leaseweb Public Cloud — where it wins

    • Four instance families, including GPU-optimized compute
    • Autoscaling, load balancing, private networking and security groups
    • REST API, CLI, Terraform provider and AWS EC2-compatible APIs

    Where it doesn't

    • Instances are multi-tenant rather than dedicated by default
    • No managed database service is included
    • Trial access excludes instances in the Netherlands and Japan
  • Scaleway Virtual Instances9.0/10 · Paid

    A low-cost European VM option with several instance families and infrastructure-management tools.

    Visit ScalewayFull verdict →
  • Leaseweb Public Cloud8.8/10 · 30-day trial

    Flexible European cloud compute with autoscaling, APIs and hourly or monthly billing.

    Visit LeasewebFull verdict →

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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