Linode (Akamai) vs Scaleway

Linode (Akamai) is strongest for developers. Scaleway is strongest for european data residency / GDPR-sensitive workloads. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	Linode (Akamai)	Scaleway
Starting price	$1/mo	$0.01/mo
Best for	Developers Startups GPU/AI workloads Small-to-mid production apps Kubernetes	European data residency / GDPR-sensitive workloads Startups and SMBs GPU/AI workloads Kubernetes
Stated uptime SLA	99.99%	99.9% to 99.99% depending on product tier
Storage	SSD	SSD
Regions	20	3
Managed Kubernetes	Yes	Yes
Support channels	Ticket, Community forum, Docs, Phone (higher support tiers)	Ticket, Docs, Community Slack, Status page
Compliance	SOC 2, PCI DSS (for compatible services), GDPR, HIPAA (with BAA on eligible services)	GDPR, ISO 27001, SecNumCloud (French sovereign cloud qualification, select regions), HDS (health data hosting, France)
Hidden costs to watch for	Outbound bandwidth billed at $0.005/GB (compute/storage) or $0.015/GB (NodeBalancer) once pooled network transfer allowance is exceeded Backups service is a separate add-on priced per instance (roughly 20-25% of the instance monthly price) HA control plane for LKE Kubernetes is a flat $60/mo add-on per cluster; LKE Enterprise clusters are $300/mo per cluster Managed Database HA (3-node) clusters cost roughly 2-3x the single-node price	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