Scaleway alternative
Ankra Cloud vs Scaleway
Scaleway is a developer-friendly French cloud with a wide serverless range. On plain compute and Kubernetes, the same cores and memory cost several times less on Ankra Cloud.
Ankra Cloud€7.494 vCPU · 8 GiB · starter-4c-8g
Scaleway€40.214 vCPU · 8 GiB · PLAY2-MICRO
Size for size
Servers with the same cores and memory
| Size | Ankra Cloud | Scaleway | Scaleway costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 vCPU · 4 GiB | €4.99starter-2c-4g · 40 GiB | €20.10PLAY2-NANO · +€3.65 IPv4 | 4.0× |
| 4 vCPU · 8 GiB | €7.49starter-4c-8g · 80 GiB | €40.21PLAY2-MICRO · +€3.65 IPv4 | 5.4× |
| 8 vCPU · 16 GiB | €14.49starter-8c-16g · 160 GiB | No shared-CPU size | · |
| 16 vCPU · 32 GiB | €26.49starter-16c-32g · 320 GiB | No shared-CPU size | · |
Always-on monthly list prices in euros, before VAT, for shared-CPU servers with the same cores and memory.Scaleway prices read on 2026-09-16 from Scaleway instance pricing, Kapsule pricing, network pricing. Ankra Cloud includes a public IPv6 /64; a public IPv4 is €4.00 a month when a server needs one.
Where Scaleway is strong
- A broad serverless and managed-service range
- Outbound traffic included
- Good developer tooling and documentation
What Ankra Cloud adds
- 4 vCPU / 8 GiB for €7.49 a month against €40.21 for PLAY2-MICRO
- A highly available Kubernetes control plane for €40.00 a month, no commitment
- IPv6-first: a public /64 per server, IPv4 only when you need it
- Zones in Sweden as well as France
Side by side
Beyond the server
| Ankra Cloud | Scaleway | |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Ankra AB | Scaleway SAS (Iliad group) |
| Headquarters and law | Sweden | France |
| Locations | Stockholm, Sweden and Lille, France | Paris, Amsterdam and Warsaw |
| HA Kubernetes control plane | €40.00 / month | €80.30 / month (Kapsule Dedicated-4 control plane, two replicas) |
| Managed PostgreSQL | From €15.00 / month | Yes |
| Public IPv4 | €4.00 / month, IPv6 /64 included | €3.65 / month per instance |
| Load balancer | €6.98 / month, HA pair with IPv4 | €16.79 / month, LB-S load balancer |
| Outbound transfer | 20 TiB per server, then €0.0009 per GiB | Outbound traffic included |
| Billing | Hourly, capped at the monthly price, in euros | In euros |
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