InMotion Hosting vs Scaleway

InMotion Hosting is strongest for small business websites. Scaleway is strongest for european data residency / GDPR-sensitive workloads. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	InMotion Hosting	Scaleway
Starting price	$2.99/mo	$0.01/mo
Best for	Small business websites Agencies managing multiple cPanel sites WordPress site owners Businesses needing dedicated/bare-metal servers	European data residency / GDPR-sensitive workloads Startups and SMBs GPU/AI workloads Kubernetes
Stated uptime SLA	99.9%	99.9% to 99.99% depending on product tier
Storage	NVME	SSD
Regions	2	3
Managed Kubernetes	No	Yes
Support channels	Phone, Live chat, Ticket, Docs	Ticket, Docs, Community Slack, Status page
Compliance	PCI DSS (via SSL/security add-ons)	GDPR, ISO 27001, SecNumCloud (French sovereign cloud qualification, select regions), HDS (health data hosting, France)
Hidden costs to watch for	Renewal prices are 2-4x higher than introductory promo prices (e.g. Core plan ~$2.99/mo intro renews around $11.99/mo) Lowest intro prices require paying for 24-36 month terms upfront Free domain credit only applies for first year; domain renews at standard registrar rate Dedicated IP address, backup storage beyond the included allowance, and additional cPanel licenses on reseller plans cost extra	Public internet egress from Object Storage: 75 GB free per month, then EUR 0.01/GB Windows Server licensing surcharge on POP2-*-WIN instance variants (roughly 2.5x the equivalent Linux instance price) Dedicated Kubernetes control plane is a paid add-on (~EUR 80/month) above the free mutualized control plane if higher SLA/isolation is needed Snapshot storage for Block Storage billed separately per GB-hour Glacier (cold) Object Storage restoration fee: EUR 0.009/GB
Last reviewed	2026-07-18	2026-07-18