Scaleway Virtual Instances review
A low-cost European VM option with several instance families and infrastructure-management tools.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
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 types, with API, Terraform and command-line management. The lowest-priced listed instance, STARDUST1-S, includes 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 100 Mbps bandwidth and shared CPU, with local SSD or block storage. That entry-level size is a fit for modest workloads, not a reason to assume every instance has the same specifications.
Pricing starts at €0.43 per instance per month for STARDUST1-S; an hourly version is listed at €0.0006 per instance per hour for pay-as-you-go compute billing. The monthly price is for compute and excludes storage and attached public IPv4 charges. The 100 Mbps figure describes bandwidth, not a monthly transfer allowance. Pay-as-you-go billing and Savings Plans offer different approaches to usage, but buyers should account for the extra listed charges when estimating total cost.
The wider choice of development, general-purpose, compute-optimized and memory-optimized families, shared or dedicated vCPUs, and x86 or ARM options on applicable families makes the service more adaptable than its smallest plan suggests. IPv6-ready networking, private networks, snapshots and backups add useful infrastructure options; deployments are available in Paris, Amsterdam and Warsaw. Scaleway Virtual Instances are a sensible fit for cost-conscious European deployments that can be matched to those regions and managed through its tools. Look elsewhere if your requirements exceed the smallest instance's capacity and the available regions do not suit your deployment.
Scaleway Virtual Instances pros and cons
- 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.
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