Hostwinds vs Scaleway.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, Hostwinds undercuts Scaleway on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $4.81/GB against $5.97/GB. The cheapest way in is Scaleway at $0.51/mo (STARDUST1-S). Scaleway counters with broader reach: 4 locations vs 3.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is Scaleway DEV1-M at $17.01/mo, against Hostwinds at $18.99/mo, checked 16 Sept 2026.

Hostwindsall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  Unmanaged SSD Cloud 1 · 1 vCPU · 1 GB

  1 vCPU · 1 GB · 30 GB SSD

  $4.99/moView at Hostwinds ↗

Scalewayall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  STARDUST1-S

  1 vCPU · 1 GB · 10 GB SSD

  $0.51/moView at Scaleway ↗

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MetricHostwindsScaleway

Plans tracked959

Cheapest plan$4.99/mo$0.51/mo

Median $/GB RAM$4.81/GB$5.97/GB

Avg value score62/10026/100

Locations34

Dedicated-vCPU plans024

NVMe share0%0%

Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans100% of plans

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

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Hostwinds

Unmanaged SSD Cloud 2 · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 50 GB SSD · $9.99/mo

Scalewaywins

DEV1-S

2 vCPU · 2 GB · 20 GB SSD · $7.56/mo

≥ 4 GB RAM

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Hostwinds

Unmanaged SSD Cloud 3 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 75 GB SSD · $18.99/mo

Scalewaywins

DEV1-M

3 vCPU · 4 GB · 40 GB SSD · $17.01/mo

≥ 8 GB RAM

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Hostwinds

Unmanaged SSD Cloud 5 · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 150 GB SSD · $38.99/mo

Scalewaywins

BASIC2-A2C-8G

2 vCPU · 8 GB · no disk · $29.07/mo

Top value plans from each

Hostwinds

• Unmanaged SSD Cloud 1 · 1 vCPU · 1 GBvalue 77/100$4.99
• Unmanaged SSD Cloud 2 · 1 vCPU · 2 GBvalue 69/100$9.99
• Unmanaged SSD Cloud 3 · 2 vCPU · 4 GBvalue 64/100$18.99
• Unmanaged SSD Cloud 6 · 4 vCPU · 12 GBvalue 62/100$49.99
• Unmanaged SSD Cloud 5 · 4 vCPU · 8 GBvalue 61/100$38.99

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. Hostwinds data: Live web · plan JSON embedded in hostwinds.com/vps/unmanaged-linux (standard monthly rate). Scaleway data: Public API · api.scaleway.com/instance/v1/zones/{zone}/products/servers.