Scaleway vs OVHcloud in 2026

Choose Scaleway if you want serverless building blocks, such as containers that scale to zero and functions, next to managed databases and Kubernetes. Choose OVHcloud if you need a cheap fixed-price VPS, more European cities, object storage without egress fees or SecNumCloud-qualified services for French regulated work. If you'd rather not assemble infrastructure from either catalogue, Eurobase deploys your app from Git on European infrastructure run by Scaleway, a French provider.

Scaleway and OVHcloud at a glance

Platform	Company	European cloud locations	Entry price	Managed databases	Managed Kubernetes	Scale-to-zero containers
Scaleway	Scaleway SAS, France	Paris, Amsterdam, Warsaw, Milan	Monthly free allowance on Serverless Containers	PostgreSQL, MySQL, Serverless SQL	Kapsule	Yes
OVHcloud	OVH SAS, France, founded 1999	Roubaix, Gravelines, Paris, Strasbourg, Limburg, Milan, Warsaw, Erith, plus local zones	VPS-1 from €3.81 a month excl. VAT	PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Valkey, Kafka	Yes, with a free tier	Not available; Serverless listed as coming soon
Eurobase	Warsaw, Poland	European infrastructure run by Scaleway, a French provider	Free plan, then €10 a month + VAT	SQLite for apps on V8 isolates only	Not applicable	Yes

Prices are from each provider's own page, checked on 9 and 10 November 2026.

What to compare before you pick

• Billing shape. Scaleway's serverless products charge for memory and CPU seconds above a free allowance, so an idle service costs little. OVHcloud's VPS range is a fixed monthly price with unlimited traffic, which is easier to budget for an always-on server.
• Database cost at the low end. OVHcloud's smallest managed PostgreSQL plan starts at about €54 a month per node excl. VAT. If your app is small, compare that with Scaleway's database pricing and with running SQLite or a database on your own server.
• Zones and cities. OVHcloud runs three-zone regions in Paris and Milan and single-zone regions elsewhere, plus local zones in cities such as Amsterdam, Madrid, Stockholm and Zurich. Scaleway's regions are Paris, Amsterdam, Warsaw and Milan.
• Certificates your buyers ask for. OVHcloud sells SecNumCloud-qualified offerings, including an SNC Cloud Platform and a Bare Metal Pod. When a contract names SecNumCloud or HDS, ask each provider which exact product the certificate covers. Read SecNumCloud explained and HDS hosting in France before you trust a label.
• How much you operate. Both sell infrastructure, so the pipeline that turns a Git push into a running release is yours to build and maintain.

1. Scaleway

Scaleway SAS is a French cloud provider whose regions are Paris, Amsterdam, Warsaw and Milan. Virtual machines are called Instances, managed Kubernetes is Kapsule, and the database side offers managed PostgreSQL and MySQL plus a Serverless SQL Database. Object storage, an SQS-compatible Queues service and Cockpit for logs round out what most web apps need.

Its serverless range is the main reason to pick it over OVHcloud. You hand Serverless Containers an image, and the service runs between zero and 200 instances of it depending on load. Functions accept Node.js, Python, Go, PHP and Rust code and can run on a cron schedule. For an API whose traffic comes in bursts, that beats paying for a server that waits most of the day.

• Best for: teams that already ship container images and want pay-per-use hosting, or a managed database and Kubernetes from the same French provider.
• Price: on Serverless Containers you pay nothing for the first 400,000 GB-s of memory and 200,000 vCPU-s in a month. Past that, memory costs €0.20 and vCPU €1 for each extra 100,000 seconds. Instances and managed databases have their own price lists.
• What it lacks: a build from Git. You build the image in CI, push it and wire the deploy yourself.

2. OVHcloud

OVHcloud, the trading name of OVH SAS, is a French company founded in 1999. It sells much more than cloud: domains, web hosting, VPS, bare metal, private cloud on VMware or Nutanix, and Public Cloud. For a developer the two products to compare with Scaleway are the VPS range and the Public Cloud.

The VPS-1 has 2 vCores, 4 GB of RAM and 40 GB of NVMe storage, with a daily backup and unlimited traffic at 500 Mbps. The Public Cloud adds instances billed by the hour, such as a d2-2 Discovery instance with 1 vCore and 2 GB at €5.71 a month excl. VAT, plus Managed Kubernetes, object and block storage and managed databases. Its object storage page says there are no fees for ingress, egress or API calls, which changes the maths for apps that serve many files. See egress fees explained.

Managed Kubernetes has a Free tier with a managed control plane, a 99.5% SLO and up to 100 nodes, and a Standard tier at €0.09 per cluster per hour excl. VAT with a 99.99% SLA in three-zone regions. Managed PostgreSQL starts with Discovery at €54.46 a month per node excl. VAT, with 48 hours of backups and no SLA. Production starts at €69.28 a month per node excl. VAT with two nodes, failover, 14 days of backups and a 99.95% SLA.

• Best for: an always-on server at a fixed price, file-heavy apps that would pay egress elsewhere, and French public-sector work that calls for SecNumCloud.
• Price: VPS-1 from €3.81 a month excl. VAT. A first Public Cloud project can get €200 of free credit, and other services are on its price list.
• What it lacks: a serverless service for your own code. Its Public Cloud page lists Serverless as coming soon, so today you run containers on instances or Kubernetes that stay on.

3. Eurobase

Eurobase is an app platform, not a third infrastructure cloud. It's a business registered in Warsaw, Poland, and it hosts apps on European infrastructure run by Scaleway, a French provider. It's meant for people who want neither catalogue to assemble: you connect a repository on GitHub, GitLab, Codeberg, Forgejo or Gitea. Next.js, Astro, Nuxt and similar frameworks run on V8 isolates, and Node.js, Python, Go, Java, Ruby, PHP and .NET servers are built with buildpacks and run as containers that scale to zero. Coding agents can deploy through its MCP server and CLI.

• Best for: web apps and APIs you want live from a Git push, with no servers, registries or clusters to look after.
• Price: a Free plan, then €10 or €20 a month + VAT for the whole workspace. There are no usage charges today: work over a limit is refused, apps on V8 isolates and Functions stop until the monthly reset, and containers and static sites keep serving.
• What it lacks: managed Postgres, MySQL or Redis, Dockerfile builds, preview deployments, root access and KV stores or queues. ISO 27001 and SOC 2 are still being worked on, so neither is held yet. GitHub and GitLab Inc. are US subprocessors when you connect them.

How to choose

1. Traffic comes in bursts and your CI already produces images: Scaleway Serverless Containers.
2. One server running all day at a known price: an OVHcloud VPS.
3. Lots of downloads or media files: OVHcloud object storage, since it doesn't bill egress.
4. French public-sector contract asking for SecNumCloud: OVHcloud's qualified offerings, checked product by product.
5. You want to push code and stop there: Eurobase, if your database can live with another provider. Managed Postgres in Europe lists where to put it.

For the wider field, including Hetzner, IONOS and Exoscale, read European cloud providers and Hetzner vs Scaleway.

Frequently asked questions

Is Scaleway cheaper than OVHcloud?

It depends on the shape of your traffic. For a server that runs all month, OVHcloud's VPS-1 at €3.81 a month excl. VAT is a low fixed price. For a service that's idle most of the time, a quiet app can stay inside Scaleway's monthly serverless allowance and pay nothing for compute. Price the database, storage and the hours you'll spend running it before you decide.

Are Scaleway and OVHcloud both French companies?

Yes. Both are French providers with data centres in Europe. OVHcloud also runs regions outside Europe, so pick a European region when you create resources.

Which one has SecNumCloud?

OVHcloud sells SecNumCloud-qualified offerings, such as its SNC Cloud Platform and Bare Metal Pod. The qualification covers specific products, not the whole catalogue, so confirm the service you plan to use is in scope.

Can I deploy from GitHub to Scaleway or OVHcloud?

Neither builds your repository for you as a core feature. You run a CI pipeline that builds an image or uploads files, then deploy it. Eurobase builds and deploys on each push from GitHub, GitLab, Codeberg, Forgejo or Gitea.

Does Eurobase run on Scaleway or OVHcloud?

Eurobase runs on European infrastructure operated by Scaleway, a French provider. The subprocessor list names every provider involved.

Sources

• OVHcloud Public Cloud, Public Cloud prices and OVHcloud regions
• OVHcloud VPS, Managed Kubernetes, Managed PostgreSQL and Object Storage
• OVHcloud SecNumCloud and About OVHcloud
• Scaleway Instances, Scaleway Serverless Containers, Scaleway serverless pricing and Scaleway Kapsule
• Scaleway Managed Database FAQ, Serverless SQL Database, Scaleway Functions limitations, Queues concepts and Cockpit pricing
• Eurobase pricing, Eurobase plans, Workers docs, Containers docs, Agents docs and Eurobase subprocessors