DigitalOcean vs Scaleway.
vps pricing compared · prices as of
On today's data, Scaleway undercuts DigitalOcean on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $5.97/GB against $8/GB. The cheapest way in is Scaleway at $0.51/mo (STARDUST1-S). DigitalOcean counters with broader reach: 10 locations vs 4.
At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is Scaleway DEV1-M at $17.01/mo, against DigitalOcean at $24/mo, checked 16 Sept 2026.
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Plans tracked7059
Cheapest plan$4/mo$0.51/mo
Median $/GB RAM$8/GB$5.97/GB
Avg value score27/10026/100
Locations104
Dedicated-vCPU plans3924
NVMe share69%0%
Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans100% of plans
One-click stacks (of 10 tracked)93
Cheapest plan at each RAM tier
≥ 2 GB RAM
full comparison →≥ 4 GB RAM
full comparison →Top value plans from each
DigitalOceanPrices exclude VAT, fetched 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. DigitalOcean data: Public pricing page · digitalocean.com/pricing/droplets (embedded plan JSON). Scaleway data: Public API · api.scaleway.com/instance/v1/zones/{zone}/products/servers.