Namecheap vs Scaleway

Namecheap is strongest for small businesses on a budget. Scaleway is strongest for european data residency / GDPR-sensitive workloads. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	Namecheap	Scaleway
Starting price	$1.98/mo	$0.01/mo
Best for	Small businesses on a budget WordPress sites First-time website owners Domain + hosting bundling	European data residency / GDPR-sensitive workloads Startups and SMBs GPU/AI workloads Kubernetes
Stated uptime SLA		99.9% to 99.99% depending on product tier
Storage	SSD	SSD
Regions	undefined	3
Managed Kubernetes	No	Yes
Support channels	Ticket, Live chat, Docs, Knowledgebase	Ticket, Docs, Community Slack, Status page
Compliance	Not published	GDPR, ISO 27001, SecNumCloud (French sovereign cloud qualification, select regions), HDS (health data hosting, France)
Hidden costs to watch for	Renewal prices are substantially higher than first-term promo prices across all Shared Hosting tiers (e.g. Stellar renews at ~$3.88/mo vs ~$1.98-2.28/mo intro; Stellar Plus renews at ~$6.88/mo; Stellar Business renews at ~$10.88/mo) Shared hosting pricing increased for renewals starting May 2026 per Namecheap KB article 10780 VPS plans are unmanaged (User-Responsible) by default; Basic management adds ~$10/mo and Complete management adds ~$25/mo on top of base VPS price Dedicated servers are semi-custom/build-your-own so headline starting price may not include desired RAM/storage/RAID configuration Free SSL, domain, and migration offers are typically first-year-only promotional inclusions	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