What is the difference between Hugging Face and Scaleway?

Hugging Face 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: Hugging Face 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 Hugging Face 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 9 different GPU models across both Hugging Face and Scaleway, with 0 models available from both providers.

Hugging Face vs Scaleway

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

Hugging Face

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Comparison Overview

Total GPU Models

Hugging Face GPUs

Scaleway GPUs

Direct Comparisons

Average Price Difference: $2.37/hour between comparable GPUs

GPU Pricing Comparison

Total GPUs: 9Both available: 3Hugging Face: 8Scaleway: 4

Showing 9 of 9 GPUs

Last updated: 10/6/2026, 11:51:08 PM

GPU Model ↑	Hugging Face Price	Scaleway Price	Price Diff ↕	Sources
A10 24GB VRAM • Hugging Face	$1.00/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Hugging Face Inference Endpoints
A10 24GB VRAM • Hugging Face $1.00/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Hugging Face Inference Endpoints
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Hugging Face	$2.50/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Hugging Face Inference Endpoints
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Hugging Face $2.50/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Hugging Face Inference Endpoints
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Hugging FaceScaleway	$10.00/hr	$3.21/hr★ Best	↑+$6.79(+211.4%)	Hugging Face Inference Endpoints Scaleway Instances API
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Hugging Face $10.00/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 Scaleway $3.21/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$6.79(+211.4%) Hugging Face Inference Endpoints Scaleway Instances API
H200 141GB VRAM • Hugging Face	$5.00/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Hugging Face Inference Endpoints
H200 141GB VRAM • Hugging Face $5.00/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Hugging Face Inference Endpoints
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Scaleway	Not Available	$8.40/hr★ Best 8x GPU	—	Scaleway Instances API
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Not Available Scaleway $8.40/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Scaleway Instances API
L4 24GB VRAM • Hugging FaceScaleway	$0.70/hr★ Best	$0.88/hr	↓$0.18(20.7%)	Hugging Face Inference Endpoints Scaleway Instances API
L4 24GB VRAM • Hugging Face $0.70/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Scaleway $0.88/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.18(20.7%) Hugging Face Inference Endpoints Scaleway Instances API
L40S 48GB VRAM • Hugging FaceScaleway	$1.80/hr	$1.65/hr★ Best	↑+$0.15(+9.3%)	Hugging Face Inference Endpoints Scaleway Instances API
L40S 48GB VRAM • Hugging Face $1.80/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 Scaleway $1.65/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$0.15(+9.3%) Hugging Face Inference Endpoints Scaleway Instances API
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Hugging Face	$2.75/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Hugging Face Inference Endpoints
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Hugging Face $2.75/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Hugging Face Inference Endpoints
Tesla T4 16GB VRAM • Hugging Face	$0.50/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Hugging Face Inference Endpoints
Tesla T4 16GB VRAM • Hugging Face $0.50/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Hugging Face Inference Endpoints

A10 24GB VRAM • Hugging Face	$1.00/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Hugging Face Inference Endpoints
A10 24GB VRAM • Hugging Face $1.00/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Hugging Face Inference Endpoints
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Hugging Face	$2.50/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Hugging Face Inference Endpoints
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Hugging Face $2.50/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Hugging Face Inference Endpoints
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Hugging FaceScaleway	$10.00/hr	$3.21/hr★ Best	↑+$6.79(+211.4%)	Hugging Face Inference Endpoints Scaleway Instances API
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Hugging Face $10.00/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 Scaleway $3.21/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$6.79(+211.4%) Hugging Face Inference Endpoints Scaleway Instances API
H200 141GB VRAM • Hugging Face	$5.00/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Hugging Face Inference Endpoints
H200 141GB VRAM • Hugging Face $5.00/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Hugging Face Inference Endpoints
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Scaleway	Not Available	$8.40/hr★ Best 8x GPU	—	Scaleway Instances API
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Not Available Scaleway $8.40/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Scaleway Instances API
L4 24GB VRAM • Hugging FaceScaleway	$0.70/hr★ Best	$0.88/hr	↓$0.18(20.7%)	Hugging Face Inference Endpoints Scaleway Instances API
L4 24GB VRAM • Hugging Face $0.70/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Scaleway $0.88/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.18(20.7%) Hugging Face Inference Endpoints Scaleway Instances API
L40S 48GB VRAM • Hugging FaceScaleway	$1.80/hr	$1.65/hr★ Best	↑+$0.15(+9.3%)	Hugging Face Inference Endpoints Scaleway Instances API
L40S 48GB VRAM • Hugging Face $1.80/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 Scaleway $1.65/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$0.15(+9.3%) Hugging Face Inference Endpoints Scaleway Instances API
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Hugging Face	$2.75/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Hugging Face Inference Endpoints
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • Hugging Face $2.75/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Hugging Face Inference Endpoints
Tesla T4 16GB VRAM • Hugging Face	$0.50/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Hugging Face Inference Endpoints
Tesla T4 16GB VRAM • Hugging Face $0.50/hour Updated: 10/6/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Hugging Face Inference Endpoints

LLM API Pricing Comparison

Total models: 8Both available: 0Hugging Face: 0Scaleway: 8

Showing 8 of 8 models

Prices per 1M tokens · Last updated: 10/6/2026, 11:51:08 PM

Model ↑	Hugging Face	Scaleway	Input Diff ↕
GLM-5.2 Zhipu	Not available	$2.03 in $6.20 out	—
GPT-OSS-120B OpenAI	Not available	$0.169 in $0.676 out	—
Llama 3.3 70B Meta	Not available	$1.01 in $1.01 out	—
Mistral Medium 3.5 Mistral	Not available	$1.69 in $8.45 out	—
Qwen 3 Coder 30B Alibaba	Not available	$0.225 in $0.901 out	—
Qwen3.5 397B A17B Alibaba	Not available	$0.676 in $4.06 out	—
Qwen3.6 35B A3B Alibaba	Not available	$0.282 in $1.69 out	—
Qwen3.8 27B Alibaba	Not available	$0.676 in $3.72 out	—

Features Comparison

Hugging Face

Inference Endpoints
Dedicated deployments of Hub models on NVIDIA GPUs (T4 to H200 and RTX PRO 6000) on AWS or Google Cloud, with a choice of region and 1 to 8 GPUs
Inference Providers
One API and token for models served by partner providers such as Together, Fireworks, Groq, Cerebras, Novita and DeepInfra, billed at each provider's rate with no Hugging Face markup
Model Hub
Hosting for open models, datasets, and Spaces demo apps
Autoscaling
Endpoints scale replicas with traffic and can scale to zero

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

Hugging Face

Advantages

Deploy any compatible Hub model to dedicated GPUs without managing infrastructure
Choice of cloud and region per endpoint
Inference Providers adds no markup over partner rates
Monthly inference credits on free and PRO accounts

Considerations

Endpoint GPU rates are above raw cloud rental for the same card
GPU availability differs by cloud and region
Inference Providers rates are the partners' rates, so costs vary with the provider a request is routed to

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

Hugging Face

Scaleway

Pricing Options

Hugging Face

Inference Endpoints

Per hour of GPU instance time, billed by the minute

Inference Providers

Pass-through of the partner provider's per-token rate

Enterprise

Team and Enterprise Hub plans with managed billing

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

Hugging Face

Get Started

1
Create an account
Sign up at huggingface.co and add a payment method
2
Deploy an endpoint
Pick a model, cloud, region, and GPU instance in the Inference Endpoints console
3
Or use Inference Providers
Call a model through the router with a Hugging Face access token

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

Hugging Face

Support

Documentation, community forums, and paid support on Enterprise plans

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.