Scaleway vs SiteGround

Scaleway is strongest for european data residency / GDPR-sensitive workloads. SiteGround is strongest for WordPress sites. Here's how they stack up on price, uptime, and support.

Feature	Scaleway	SiteGround
Starting price	$0.01/mo	$17.99/mo
Best for	European data residency / GDPR-sensitive workloads Startups and SMBs GPU/AI workloads Kubernetes	WordPress sites Small business websites Agencies wanting managed WP WooCommerce stores
Stated uptime SLA	99.9% to 99.99% depending on product tier	not formally published as a credit-backed SLA on marketing pages; SiteGround informally markets high uptime (~99.9%) via status page / blog claims
Storage	SSD	SSD
Regions	3	6
Managed Kubernetes	Yes	No
Support channels	Ticket, Docs, Community Slack, Status page	Ticket, Live chat, Phone (higher tiers/cloud), Docs/Knowledge base
Compliance	GDPR, ISO 27001, SecNumCloud (French sovereign cloud qualification, select regions), HDS (health data hosting, France)	GDPR
Hidden costs to watch for	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	Renewal prices are 3-6x higher than signup/intro price after the first term (e.g. StartUp $2.99 -> $17.99/mo) Storage and visit caps are enforced per plan tier; exceeding them can trigger upsell prompts Free domain / free migration offers are time-limited promotions, not permanent 12-month (or longer) prepay is required to get the lowest advertised intro rate
Last reviewed	2026-07-18	2026-07-18