Linode vs Scaleway.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, Scaleway undercuts Linode on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $5.97/GB against $7.50/GB. The cheapest way in is Scaleway at $0.51/mo (STARDUST1-S). Linode counters with broader reach: 33 locations vs 4.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is Scaleway DEV1-M at $17.01/mo, against Linode at $24/mo, checked 16 Sept 2026.

Linodeall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  Nanode 1GB

  1 vCPU · 1 GB · 25 GB SSD

  $5/moView at Linode ↗

Scalewayall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  STARDUST1-S

  1 vCPU · 1 GB · 10 GB SSD

  $0.51/moView at Scaleway ↗

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MetricLinodeScaleway

Plans tracked1859

Cheapest plan$5/mo$0.51/mo

Median $/GB RAM$7.50/GB$5.97/GB

Avg value score35/10026/100

Locations334

Dedicated-vCPU plans1224

NVMe share0%0%

Unmetered bandwidth0% of plans100% of plans

One-click stacks (of 10 tracked)73

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

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Linode

Linode 2GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 50 GB SSD · $12/mo

Scalewaywins

DEV1-S

2 vCPU · 2 GB · 20 GB SSD · $7.56/mo

≥ 4 GB RAM

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Linode

Linode 4GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 80 GB SSD · $24/mo

Scalewaywins

DEV1-M

3 vCPU · 4 GB · 40 GB SSD · $17.01/mo

≥ 8 GB RAM

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Linode

Linode 8GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 160 GB SSD · $48/mo

Scalewaywins

BASIC2-A2C-8G

2 vCPU · 8 GB · no disk · $29.07/mo

Top value plans from each

Linode

• Nanode 1GBvalue 75/100$5
• Linode 24GBvalue 60/100$60
• Linode 2GBvalue 58/100$12
• Linode 48GBvalue 54/100$120
• Linode 4GBvalue 53/100$24

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. Linode data: Public API · api.linode.com/v4/linode/types. Scaleway data: Public API · api.scaleway.com/instance/v1/zones/{zone}/products/servers.