Scaleway vs STRATO.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, STRATO undercuts Scaleway on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $2.36/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 1.

At 4 GB of RAM the cheaper of the two is STRATO VPS M at $9.69/mo, against Scaleway at $17.01/mo, checked 16 Sept 2026.

Scalewayall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  STARDUST1-S

  1 vCPU · 1 GB · 10 GB SSD

  $0.51/moView at Scaleway ↗

STRATOall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  VPS S · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

  1 vCPU · 2 GB · 60 GB NVMe

  $3.88/moView at STRATO ↗

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MetricScalewaySTRATO

Plans tracked595

Cheapest plan$0.51/mo$3.88/mo

Median $/GB RAM$5.97/GB$2.36/GB

Avg value score26/10089/100

Locations41

Dedicated-vCPU plans240

NVMe share0%100%

Unmetered bandwidth100% of plans100% of plans

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

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Scaleway

DEV1-S

2 vCPU · 2 GB · 20 GB SSD · $7.56/mo

STRATOwins

VPS S · 1 vCPU · 2 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 60 GB NVMe · $3.88/mo

≥ 4 GB RAM

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Scaleway

DEV1-M

3 vCPU · 4 GB · 40 GB SSD · $17.01/mo

STRATOwins

VPS M · 2 vCPU · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 120 GB NVMe · $9.69/mo

≥ 8 GB RAM

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Scaleway

BASIC2-A2C-8G

2 vCPU · 8 GB · no disk · $29.07/mo

STRATOwins

VPS L · 4 vCPU · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 240 GB NVMe · $19.40/mo

Top value plans from each

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

STRATO

• VPS S · 1 vCPU · 2 GBvalue 96/100$3.88
• VPS M · 2 vCPU · 4 GBvalue 89/100$9.69
• VPS L · 4 vCPU · 8 GBvalue 87/100$19.40
• VPS XL · 8 vCPU · 16 GBvalue 87/100$37.81
• VPS XXL · 12 vCPU · 24 GBvalue 85/100$54.30

Prices exclude VAT, fetched 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own API or public price page. Scaleway data: Public API · api.scaleway.com/instance/v1/zones/{zone}/products/servers. STRATO data: Live web · Linux V-Server table on strato.de (1-month term; net derived from 19 % VAT).