Hetzner vs Scaleway.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, Hetzner undercuts Scaleway on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $5/GB against $5.97/GB. The cheapest way in is Scaleway at $0.51/mo (STARDUST1-S). Hetzner counters with broader reach: 6 locations vs 4.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is Scaleway DEV1-M at $17.01/mo, against Hetzner at $22.49/mo, checked 16 Sept 2026.

Hetznerall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  CPX12 · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

  1 vCPU · 2 GB · 40 GB NVMe

  $13.26/moView at Hetzner ↗

Scalewayall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  STARDUST1-S

  1 vCPU · 1 GB · 10 GB SSD

  $0.51/moView at Scaleway ↗

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MetricHetznerScaleway

Plans tracked2259

Cheapest plan$13.26/mo$0.51/mo

Median $/GB RAM$5/GB$5.97/GB

Avg value score64/10026/100

Locations64

Dedicated-vCPU plans324

NVMe share100%0%

Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans100% of plans

One-click stacks (of 10 tracked)53

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

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Hetzner

CPX12 · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 40 GB NVMe · $13.26/mo

Scalewaywins

DEV1-S

2 vCPU · 2 GB · 20 GB SSD · $7.56/mo

≥ 4 GB RAM

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Hetzner

CPX22 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 80 GB NVMe · $22.49/mo

Scalewaywins

DEV1-M

3 vCPU · 4 GB · 40 GB SSD · $17.01/mo

≥ 8 GB RAM

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Hetzner

CPX32 · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 160 GB NVMe · $40.95/mo

Scalewaywins

BASIC2-A2C-8G

2 vCPU · 8 GB · no disk · $29.07/mo

Top value plans from each

Hetzner

• CX53 · 16 vCPU · 32 GBvalue 95/100$34.03
• CX33 · 4 vCPU · 8 GBvalue 93/100$9.80
• CX43 · 8 vCPU · 16 GBvalue 93/100$18.45
• CX23 · 2 vCPU · 4 GBvalue 91/100$6.33
• CAX11 · 2 vCPU · 4 GBvalue 89/100$6.91

Scaleway

• STARDUST1-Svalue 100/100$0.51
• DEV1-Svalue 84/100$7.56
• DEV1-Mvalue 77/100$17.01
• PLAY2-PICOvalue 66/100$12.02
• DEV1-Lvalue 66/100$36.08

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. Hetzner data: Live web · hetzner.com cloud plan pages + live_data_prices.json price feed. Scaleway data: Public API · api.scaleway.com/instance/v1/zones/{zone}/products/servers.