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Virtual Instances · $129.7/mo (16 GB RAM, 8 vCPU)
Scaleway's BASIC3-X8C-16G at $129.70/mo is significantly overpriced for a standard virtual instance. Multiple providers offer 8GB RAM / 4 vCPU plans at $5.94-$24.88/mo, and even Namecheap's 12GB/8vCPU plan at $24.88/mo undercuts Scaleway by 81% while delivering more compute and RAM. Scaleway's hidden costs (egress fees, snapshot billing, Glacier retrieval charges) and lack of competitive specs make it a poor choice for this workload.
Delivers 8GB RAM and 4 vCPU at 1/22nd the price with unlimited traffic and 200 Mbit/s port; effective rate on 24-month term.
Caveat: Requires 24-month prepaid contract; shorter terms cost significantly more; fair usage policy may throttle sustained high-bandwidth usage; ticket-only support on base tier.
8GB DDR5 RAM, 4 vCPU, 200GB NVMe SSD, unmetered bandwidth, plus $60 Amazon gift card promo; 99.99% SLA.
Caveat: Intro price only; renewal jumps to $9.99-$15.99/mo; requires 36-month term for lowest advertised rate; domain free only year one; aggressive upsell prompts at checkout.
4 vCPU, 8GB RAM, 75GB NVMe, 1 Gbps bandwidth, daily backups, unlimited traffic; 99.99% SLA and transparent pricing.
Caveat: IPv4 addresses billed separately; Windows license surcharge applies; APAC outbound traffic loses free-egress status after mid-2026; Object Storage has retrieval fees and minimum storage durations.
4 vCPU, 8GB RAM, 80GB SSD, 20TB transfer (EU region), 99.9% SLA; simple per-instance pricing with no egress fees within EU.
Caveat: Prices exclude VAT; traffic overages billed per GB in non-EU regions (as low as 0.5-1TB included); recent large price increases on CPX/CCX lines (2.4x-2.75x in June 2026).
12GB RAM, 8 vCPU (Intel), 240GB SSD, 6TB transfer; unmanaged by default but matches or exceeds Scaleway's compute at 1/5 the cost.
Caveat: Unmanaged (user-responsible) by default; management add-ons cost $10-$25/mo extra; renewal pricing substantially higher; SLA undefined.
Before you switch
| Provider | Plan | Price | Specs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contabo | Core VPS · Cloud VPS 4 | $5.94/mo | 8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 100 GB SSD | Visit |
| Bluehost | VPS Hosting · NVMe 8 | $8.36/mo | 8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 200 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| OVHcloud | VPS · VPS-2 | $8.5/mo | 8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 75 GB NVMe | Visit |
| InMotion Hosting | VPS Hosting · VPS 4 vCPU | $9.99/mo | 8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 160 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| Hetzner | Cloud Servers · CX33 | $9.99/mo | 8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 80 GB SSD | Visit |
| IONOS | Cloud VPS (Linux) · Cloud VPS L | $11.5/mo | 8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 240 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Contabo | Performance VPS · Cloud VPS Plus 4 | $12.39/mo | 8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 150 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Hostinger | KVM VPS · KVM 4 | $12.99/mo | 16 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 200 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| IONOS | IONOS CLOUD Cubes (Basic) · Basic Cube M | $18.72/mo | 8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 240 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Hosting.com (formerly A2 Hosting) | VPS Hosting (Self-Managed) · VPS S | $19.99/mo | 8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 160 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| IONOS | VPS Hosting (VPS+) · VPS L+ | $21/mo | 8 GB RAM, 6 vCPU, 240 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Gcore | Cloud Compute (Standard Gen 0, Linux) · g0-standard-4-8 | $24.64/mo | 8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU | Visit |
| Namecheap | VPS Hosting · Magnetar | $24.88/mo | 12 GB RAM, 8 vCPU, 240 GB SSD | Visit |
| IONOS | IONOS CLOUD Cubes (Memory) · Memory Cube M | $25.2/mo | 16 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 240 GB NVMe | Visit |
| IONOS | Cloud VPS (Windows) · Windows VPS L | $30.5/mo | 8 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 240 GB NVMe | Visit |
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