What is the difference between Google Cloud and Scaleway?

Google Cloud and Scaleway are both cloud GPU providers offering different pricing models, features, and GPU availability. Use our comparison tool to see real-time pricing and feature differences.

Which is cheaper: Google Cloud or Scaleway?

Pricing varies by GPU model and usage requirements. Check our real-time comparison table to find the best deals for your specific needs.

Can I switch between Google Cloud and Scaleway?

Yes, both providers offer flexible cloud GPU services. However, consider factors like data transfer costs, setup time, and specific features when switching between providers.

How many GPU models are available for comparison?

We track pricing for 11 different GPU models across both Google Cloud and Scaleway, with 0 models available from both providers.

Google Cloud vs Scaleway

Compare GPU and LLM inference API pricing between Google Cloud and Scaleway. Find the best rates for AI training, inference, and ML workloads.

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Comparison Overview

Total GPU Models

Google Cloud GPUs

Scaleway GPUs

Direct Comparisons

Average Price Difference: $1.10/hour between comparable GPUs

GPU Pricing Comparison

Total GPUs: 11Both available: 2Google Cloud: 9Scaleway: 4

Showing 11 of 11 GPUs

Last updated: 10/6/2026, 2:31:15 AM

GPU Model ↑	Google Cloud Price	Scaleway Price	Price Diff ↕	Sources
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Google Cloud	$3.04/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Google Cloud
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Google Cloud $3.04/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Google Cloud
A100 SXM 40GB 40GB VRAM • Google Cloud	$1.22/hr★ Best 16x GPU	Not Available	—	Google Cloud
A100 SXM 40GB 40GB VRAM • Google Cloud $1.22/hour 16x GPU configuration Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Google Cloud
B200 180GB VRAM • Google Cloud	$4.95/hr★ Best 8x GPU	Not Available	—	Google Cloud
B200 180GB VRAM • Google Cloud $4.95/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Google Cloud
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Google CloudScaleway	$4.86/hr 8x GPU	$3.22/hr★ Best	↑+$1.64(+51.0%)	Google Cloud Scaleway Instances API
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Google Cloud $4.86/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/5/2026 Scaleway $3.22/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$1.64(+51.0%) Google Cloud Scaleway Instances API
H200 141GB VRAM • Google Cloud	$4.65/hr★ Best 8x GPU	Not Available	—	Google Cloud
H200 141GB VRAM • Google Cloud $4.65/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Google Cloud
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Scaleway	Not Available	$8.42/hr★ Best 8x GPU	—	Scaleway Instances API
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Not Available Scaleway $8.42/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Scaleway Instances API
L4 24GB VRAM • Google CloudScaleway	$0.32/hr★ Best	$0.88/hr	↓$0.57(64.0%)	Google Cloud Scaleway Instances API
L4 24GB VRAM • Google Cloud $0.32/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Scaleway $0.88/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.57(64.0%) Google Cloud Scaleway Instances API
L40S 48GB VRAM • Scaleway	Not Available	$1.65/hr★ Best	—	Scaleway Instances API
L40S 48GB VRAM • Not Available Scaleway $1.65/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Scaleway Instances API
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Google Cloud	$1.68/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Google Cloud
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Google Cloud $1.68/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Google Cloud
Tesla T4 16GB VRAM • Google Cloud	$0.16/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Google Cloud
Tesla T4 16GB VRAM • Google Cloud $0.16/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Google Cloud
Tesla V100 32GB VRAM • Google Cloud	$1.12/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Google Cloud
Tesla V100 32GB VRAM • Google Cloud $1.12/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Google Cloud

A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Google Cloud	$3.04/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Google Cloud
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Google Cloud $3.04/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Google Cloud
A100 SXM 40GB 40GB VRAM • Google Cloud	$1.22/hr★ Best 16x GPU	Not Available	—	Google Cloud
A100 SXM 40GB 40GB VRAM • Google Cloud $1.22/hour 16x GPU configuration Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Google Cloud
B200 180GB VRAM • Google Cloud	$4.95/hr★ Best 8x GPU	Not Available	—	Google Cloud
B200 180GB VRAM • Google Cloud $4.95/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Google Cloud
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Google CloudScaleway	$4.86/hr 8x GPU	$3.22/hr★ Best	↑+$1.64(+51.0%)	Google Cloud Scaleway Instances API
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Google Cloud $4.86/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/5/2026 Scaleway $3.22/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$1.64(+51.0%) Google Cloud Scaleway Instances API
H200 141GB VRAM • Google Cloud	$4.65/hr★ Best 8x GPU	Not Available	—	Google Cloud
H200 141GB VRAM • Google Cloud $4.65/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Google Cloud
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Scaleway	Not Available	$8.42/hr★ Best 8x GPU	—	Scaleway Instances API
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Not Available Scaleway $8.42/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Scaleway Instances API
L4 24GB VRAM • Google CloudScaleway	$0.32/hr★ Best	$0.88/hr	↓$0.57(64.0%)	Google Cloud Scaleway Instances API
L4 24GB VRAM • Google Cloud $0.32/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Scaleway $0.88/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.57(64.0%) Google Cloud Scaleway Instances API
L40S 48GB VRAM • Scaleway	Not Available	$1.65/hr★ Best	—	Scaleway Instances API
L40S 48GB VRAM • Not Available Scaleway $1.65/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Scaleway Instances API
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Google Cloud	$1.68/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Google Cloud
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Google Cloud $1.68/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Google Cloud
Tesla T4 16GB VRAM • Google Cloud	$0.16/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Google Cloud
Tesla T4 16GB VRAM • Google Cloud $0.16/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Google Cloud
Tesla V100 32GB VRAM • Google Cloud	$1.12/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Google Cloud
Tesla V100 32GB VRAM • Google Cloud $1.12/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Google Cloud

LLM API Pricing Comparison

Total models: 21Both available: 0Google Cloud: 13Scaleway: 8

Showing 15 of 21 models

Prices per 1M tokens · Last updated: 10/6/2026, 2:31:15 AM

Model ↑	Google Cloud	Scaleway	Input Diff ↕
Gemini 2.0 Flash Google	$0.150 in $0.600 out	Not available	—
Gemini 2.0 Flash-Lite Google	$0.075 in $0.300 out	Not available	—
Gemini 2.5 Flash Google	$0.300 in $2.50 out	Not available	—
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite Google	$0.100 in $0.400 out	Not available	—
Gemini 2.5 Pro Google	$1.25 in $10.00 out	Not available	—
Gemini 3.1 Flash Image Google	$0.500 in $3.00 out	Not available	—
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Google	$0.250 in $1.50 out	Not available	—
Gemini 3.1 Pro Google	$2.00 in $12.00 out	Not available	—
Gemini 3.5 Flash Google	$1.50 in $9.00 out	Not available	—
Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite Google	$0.300 in $2.50 out	Not available	—
Gemini 3.6 Flash Google	$0.750 in $3.75 out	Not available	—
Gemini 3.7 Flash Google	$0.750 in $3.75 out	Not available	—
Gemini 3.8 Flash Google	$0.750 in $3.75 out	Not available	—
GLM-5.2 Zhipu	Not available	$2.02 in $6.16 out	—
GPT-OSS-120B OpenAI	Not available	$0.168 in $0.672 out	—

Features Comparison

Google Cloud

Compute Engine
Scalable virtual machines with a wide range of machine types, including GPUs.
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
Managed Kubernetes service for deploying and managing containerized applications.
Cloud Functions
Event-driven serverless compute platform.
Cloud Run
Fully managed serverless platform for containerized applications.
Vertex AI
Unified ML platform for building, deploying, and managing ML models.
Spot VMs
Spare compute capacity at discounted Spot prices, suitable for fault-tolerant workloads that can be interrupted.

Scaleway

GPU Instances
L4, L40S, H100 (PCIe and SXM) and B300-SXM (Blackwell) GPU instances in configurations from 1 to 8 GPUs.
Generative APIs
Serverless, pay-per-token access to hosted chat, vision, embedding and audio models, plus dedicated GPU deployments for models that need isolated capacity.
Bare Metal
Dedibox dedicated servers and cloud-integrated Elastic Metal alongside GPU and virtual instance compute.
Managed Kubernetes
Kapsule and Kosmos managed Kubernetes offerings for containerized workloads.
EU Data Sovereignty
Infrastructure across multiple multi-availability-zone European regions, with data residency in the EU.
Automation Tooling
Console, API, CLI and Terraform provider for provisioning and lifecycle automation.

Pros & Cons

Google Cloud

Advantages

Flexible pricing options, including sustained use discounts
Strong AI and machine learning tools (Vertex AI)
Good integration with other Google services
Mature managed Kubernetes offering (GKE)

Considerations

Limited availability in some regions compared to AWS
Complexity in managing resources
Support can be costly

Scaleway

Advantages

GPU lineup spanning L4 through B300-SXM (Blackwell) in 1-8 GPU configurations
Two inference paths: serverless per-token Generative APIs and dedicated GPU deployments for the same model catalog
European headquarters with data residency across multiple multi-AZ EU regions
Free tier for trying Generative APIs, including a token allowance and audio transcription minutes

Considerations

On-demand hourly pricing only; no reserved or spot pricing published for GPU Instances
Some GPU types are limited to specific availability zones
Faster support response times require a paid support plan

Compute Services

Google Cloud

Compute Engine

Offers customizable virtual machines running in Google's data centers.

Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

Managed Kubernetes service for running containerized applications.

Automated Kubernetes operations
Integration with Google Cloud services

Cloud Functions

Serverless compute platform for running code in response to events.

Automatic scaling and high availability
Pay only for the compute time consumed

Scaleway

Pricing Options

Google Cloud

On-Demand

Pay for vCPUs, GPUs, and memory with a one-minute minimum and per-second billing thereafter, with no long-term commitments.

Sustained Use Discounts

Automatic discounts for running instances for a significant portion of the month.

Resource-based Committed Use Discounts

Discounted rates in exchange for a 1-year or 3-year commitment to a minimum level of resource usage in a region, and combinable with reservations.

Compute Flexible Committed Use Discounts

Spend-based commitments that apply across eligible machine families and regions rather than to specific resources.

Spot VMs

Spare capacity at discounted Spot prices for fault-tolerant workloads that can be preempted.

Scaleway

On-demand GPU Instances

Hourly per-instance billing for L4, L40S, H100 and B300-SXM configurations, with no reserved or spot options.

Generative APIs - Serverless

Pay-per-token billing for hosted chat, vision, embedding and audio models, with a discount for Batches API requests.

Generative APIs - Dedicated Deployment

Hourly billing by GPU resource type for isolated model hosting.

Bare Metal

Dedibox and Elastic Metal dedicated servers, billed separately from GPU compute.

Getting Started

Google Cloud

Get Started

1
Create a Google Cloud project
Set up a project in the Google Cloud Console.
2
Enable billing
Set up a billing account to pay for resource usage.
3
Choose a compute service
Select Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Functions, or Cloud Run based on your needs.
4
Create and configure an instance
Launch a VM instance, configure a Kubernetes cluster, or deploy a function/application.
5
Manage resources
Use the Cloud Console, command-line tools, or APIs to manage your resources.

Scaleway

Get Started

1
Create an account
Sign up in the Scaleway console and complete identity verification.
2
Choose a region
Select an availability zone; some GPU types are limited to specific zones.
3
Launch a GPU Instance or call a Generative API
Provision a GPU Instance from the console, API, CLI or Terraform, or call a hosted model through the Generative APIs.
4
Connect and deploy
Connect to the running instance, or integrate the API endpoint into an application.
5
Monitor usage and get support
Track consumption in the console and reach support via ticket, with paid plans offering hotline access.

Support & Global Availability

Google Cloud

Global Regions

40+ regions and 120+ zones worldwide.

Support

Role-based (free), Standard, Enhanced and Premium support plans. Comprehensive documentation, community forums, and training resources.

Scaleway

Global Regions

GPU Instances span multiple multi-availability-zone regions in Europe; Generative APIs (serverless and dedicated) are currently served from the Paris region.

Support

24/7 ticket support included on every plan; paid Advanced, Business and Enterprise tiers add hotline access, faster response times and, on Enterprise, a dedicated technical account manager. Additional resources include documentation, a community Slack and a public status page; support is offered in English and French.