Scaleway vs Vultr.

vps pricing compared · prices as of 16 Sept 2026

On today's data, Scaleway undercuts Vultr on memory pricing, with a median RAM price of $5.97/GB against $6/GB. The cheapest way in is Scaleway at $0.51/mo (STARDUST1-S). Vultr 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 Vultr at $20/mo, checked 16 Sept 2026.

Scalewayall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  STARDUST1-S

  1 vCPU · 1 GB · 10 GB SSD

  $0.51/moView at Scaleway ↗

Vultrall plans →

• Cheapest · best value

  Cloud Compute 1C · 0.5 GB

  1 vCPU · 512 MB · 10 GB SSD

  $2.50/moView at Vultr ↗

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MetricScalewayVultr

Plans tracked5966

Cheapest plan$0.51/mo$2.50/mo

Median $/GB RAM$5.97/GB$6/GB

Avg value score26/10040/100

Locations433

Dedicated-vCPU plans2422

NVMe share0%70%

Unmetered bandwidth100% of plans0% of plans

One-click stacks (of 10 tracked)37

Cheapest plan at each RAM tier

≥ 2 GB RAM

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Scalewaywins

DEV1-S

2 vCPU · 2 GB · 20 GB SSD · $7.56/mo

Vultr

Cloud Compute 1C · 2 GB

1 vCPU · 2 GB · 55 GB SSD · $10/mo

≥ 4 GB RAM

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Scalewaywins

DEV1-M

3 vCPU · 4 GB · 40 GB SSD · $17.01/mo

Vultr

Cloud Compute 2C · 4 GB

2 vCPU · 4 GB · 80 GB SSD · $20/mo

≥ 8 GB RAM

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Scalewaywins

BASIC2-A2C-8G

2 vCPU · 8 GB · no disk · $29.07/mo

Vultr

Cloud Compute 4C · 8 GB

4 vCPU · 8 GB · 160 GB SSD · $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

Vultr

• Cloud Compute 1C · 0.5 GBvalue 82/100$2.50
• Cloud Compute 1C · 1 GBvalue 76/100$5
• Cloud Compute 1C · 0.5 GBvalue 75/100$3.50
• High Performance 1C · 1 GBvalue 75/100$6
• High Frequency 1C · 1 GBvalue 74/100$6

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. Vultr data: Public API · api.vultr.com/v2/plans.