Scaleway Review
Features and Usability
Features not included in the VPS price are marked as missing below.
Last updated on November 12 2018.
| Feature | Value | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Hourly Billing | Yes | |
| DDOS Protection | Yes | Basic DDoS protection on online.net. |
| Backups | Yes | Snapshots of disk volumes can be made. |
| Control Panel | Builtin | |
| SSH Keys Setup | Yes | |
| Total Number of Datacenters | 2 | |
| Number of Datacenter Continents | 1 | |
| Monitoring Charts | No | |
| Admin REST API | Yes | |
| Upgrade VPS from admin console | No | |
| Mobile Friendly UI | No | |
| Accepted Forms of Payment | Credit Cards | |
| Hidden CPU Model | No | |
| Affiliate Program | No |
In VPSBenchmark's opinion
| Feature | Value | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| UI Friendliness | Clean and modern. |
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| Quality of Service |
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Scaleway Extra Services
In addition to features included in the VPS plan, Scaleway also offers the following services (possibly for a fee):
| Backups | Block Storage | Object Storage | Load Balancer | Floating Ips |
| Teams | Datastores | Serverless | Ddos Protection |
Admin UI Screenshots
Cloud Storage Prices
For a comparison of storage features and prices from all providers, please check the Cloud Storage page.
| Storage Type | Price / GB / month | Restriction | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Object | €0.010 | 500GB minimum. |
5€ for 500GB, including 500GB of transfer.
https://www.scaleway.com/faq/object-storage/ |
| Block | €0.020 | Minimum 1 month and 50GB for this price | https://www.scaleway.com/faq/billing/#-How-much-is-a-volume |
| Snapshots | €0.020 | 1 month minimum |
Snapshots can be made out of any volume.
https://www.scaleway.com/faq/billing/#-How-much-is-a-snapshot |
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Scaleway Plans
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.scaleway.com/pricing/ |
|---|---|
| Price per month | €4.32 ($4.92) |
| Discount for long term use |
Yes. Discounted monthly price: €2.99 Minimum continuous use for discount: 20 days |
| Disk GB | 50 |
| Num Cores | 4 |
| Memory GB | 2.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | None |
| Data Transfer GB | 5000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests for Scaleway - ARM64-2GB. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the ARM64-2GB plan
This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the ARM64-2GB plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | Web Results | Sysbench Results | Avg web response time | P99 web response time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 01 2015 | Web | Sysbench | 206ms | 482ms |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.scaleway.com/pricing/#pricing_vps |
|---|---|
| Price per month | €11.52 ($13.13) |
| Discount for long term use |
Yes. Discounted monthly price: €7.99 Minimum continuous use for discount: 20 days |
| Disk GB | 100 |
| Num Cores | 4 |
| Memory GB | 4.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 10000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
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More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 52
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests for Scaleway - START 1M. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the START 1M plan
This plan was tested 5 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the START 1M plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | Web Results | Sysbench Results | Avg web response time | P99 web response time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12 2018 | Web | Sysbench | 124ms | 230ms |
| May 28 2018 | Web | Sysbench | 127ms | 236ms |
| Sep 23 2017 | Web | Sysbench | 190ms | 580ms |
| Jan 15 2017 | Web | Sysbench | 202ms | 340ms |
| May 14 2016 | Web | Sysbench | 157ms | 331ms |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.scaleway.com/pricing/ |
|---|---|
| Price per month | €36.00 ($41.04) |
| Discount for long term use |
Yes. Discounted monthly price: €24.99 Minimum continuous use for discount: 20 days |
| Disk GB | 200 |
| Num Cores | 6 |
| Memory GB | 15.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 10000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 70
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests for Scaleway - Pro X64-15GB. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the Pro X64-15GB plan
This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the Pro X64-15GB plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | Web Results | Sysbench Results | Avg web response time | P99 web response time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31 2019 | Web | Sysbench | 71ms | 143ms |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://www.scaleway.com/pricing/ |
|---|---|
| Price per month | €11.52 ($13.13) |
| Discount for long term use |
Yes. Discounted monthly price: €7.99 Minimum continuous use for discount: 30 days |
| Disk GB | 40 |
| Num Cores | 3 |
| Memory GB | 4.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | KVM |
| Data Transfer GB | 10000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 31
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests for Scaleway - DEV1-M. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the DEV1-M plan
This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the DEV1-M plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | Web Results | Sysbench Results | Avg web response time | P99 web response time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 02 2019 | Web | Sysbench | 120ms | 297ms |
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