What is the difference between OpenRelay and Scaleway?

OpenRelay 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: OpenRelay 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 OpenRelay 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 OpenRelay and Scaleway, with 0 models available from both providers.

OpenRelay vs Scaleway

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

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Comparison Overview

Total GPU Models

OpenRelay GPUs

Scaleway GPUs

Direct Comparisons

Average Price Difference: $0.77/hour between comparable GPUs

GPU Pricing Comparison

Total GPUs: 11Both available: 2OpenRelay: 9Scaleway: 4

Showing 11 of 11 GPUs

Last updated: 10/5/2026, 2:54:30 PM

GPU Model ↑	OpenRelay Price	Scaleway Price	Price Diff ↕	Sources
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • OpenRelay	$1.10/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	OpenRelay
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • OpenRelay $1.10/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available OpenRelay
B200 180GB VRAM • OpenRelay	$5.50/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	OpenRelay
B200 180GB VRAM • OpenRelay $5.50/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available OpenRelay
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • OpenRelayScaleway	$2.60/hr★ Best	$3.22/hr	↓$0.62(19.2%)	OpenRelay Scaleway Instances API
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • OpenRelay $2.60/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Scaleway $3.22/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.62(19.2%) OpenRelay Scaleway Instances API
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • OpenRelayScaleway	$7.49/hr★ Best	$8.42/hr 8x GPU	↓$0.93(11.0%)	OpenRelay Scaleway Instances API
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • OpenRelay $7.49/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Scaleway $8.42/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/5/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.93(11.0%) OpenRelay Scaleway Instances API
L4 24GB VRAM • Scaleway	Not Available	$0.88/hr★ Best	—	Scaleway Instances API
L4 24GB VRAM • Not Available Scaleway $0.88/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price 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
MI355X 288GB VRAM • OpenRelay	$5.50/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	OpenRelay
MI355X 288GB VRAM • OpenRelay $5.50/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available OpenRelay
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • OpenRelay	$0.18/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	OpenRelay
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • OpenRelay $0.18/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available OpenRelay
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • OpenRelay	$0.35/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	OpenRelay
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • OpenRelay $0.35/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available OpenRelay
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • OpenRelay	$0.60/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	OpenRelay
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • OpenRelay $0.60/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available OpenRelay
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • OpenRelay	$1.55/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	OpenRelay
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • OpenRelay $1.55/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available OpenRelay

A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • OpenRelay	$1.10/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	OpenRelay
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • OpenRelay $1.10/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available OpenRelay
B200 180GB VRAM • OpenRelay	$5.50/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	OpenRelay
B200 180GB VRAM • OpenRelay $5.50/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available OpenRelay
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • OpenRelayScaleway	$2.60/hr★ Best	$3.22/hr	↓$0.62(19.2%)	OpenRelay Scaleway Instances API
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • OpenRelay $2.60/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Scaleway $3.22/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.62(19.2%) OpenRelay Scaleway Instances API
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • OpenRelayScaleway	$7.49/hr★ Best	$8.42/hr 8x GPU	↓$0.93(11.0%)	OpenRelay Scaleway Instances API
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • OpenRelay $7.49/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Scaleway $8.42/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 10/5/2026 Price Difference:↓$0.93(11.0%) OpenRelay Scaleway Instances API
L4 24GB VRAM • Scaleway	Not Available	$0.88/hr★ Best	—	Scaleway Instances API
L4 24GB VRAM • Not Available Scaleway $0.88/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price 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
MI355X 288GB VRAM • OpenRelay	$5.50/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	OpenRelay
MI355X 288GB VRAM • OpenRelay $5.50/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available OpenRelay
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • OpenRelay	$0.18/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	OpenRelay
RTX 3090 24GB VRAM • OpenRelay $0.18/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available OpenRelay
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • OpenRelay	$0.35/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	OpenRelay
RTX 4090 24GB VRAM • OpenRelay $0.35/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available OpenRelay
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • OpenRelay	$0.60/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	OpenRelay
RTX 5090 32GB VRAM • OpenRelay $0.60/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available OpenRelay
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • OpenRelay	$1.55/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	OpenRelay
RTX PRO 6000 96GB VRAM • OpenRelay $1.55/hour Updated: 10/5/2026 ★Best Price Not Available OpenRelay

LLM API Pricing Comparison

Total models: 12Both available: 3OpenRelay: 7Scaleway: 8

Showing 12 of 12 models

Prices per 1M tokens · Last updated: 10/5/2026, 2:54:30 PM

Model ↑	OpenRelay	Scaleway	Input Diff ↕
BAAI bge-m3 BAAI	$0.013 in $0.0000 out	Not available	—
DeepSeek V4 Flash DeepSeek	$0.220 in $0.660 out	Not available	—
GLM-5.2 Zhipu	$1.82 in $5.72 out	$2.02 in $6.17 out	$0.201
GLM-5.3-Flash Z AI	$0.195 in $0.650 out	Not available	—
GPT-OSS-120B OpenAI	$0.150 in $0.600 out	$0.168 in $0.673 out	$0.018
GPT-OSS-20B OpenAI	$0.050 in $0.200 out	Not available	—
Llama 3.3 70B Meta	Not available	$1.01 in $1.01 out	—
Mistral Medium 3.5 Mistral	Not available	$1.68 in $8.42 out	—
Qwen 3 Coder 30B Alibaba	Not available	$0.225 in $0.898 out	—
Qwen3.5 397B A17B Alibaba	Not available	$0.673 in $4.04 out	—
Qwen3.6 35B A3B Alibaba	Not available	$0.281 in $1.68 out	—
Qwen3.8 27B Alibaba	$0.420 in $3.00 out	$0.673 in $3.70 out	$0.254

Features Comparison

OpenRelay

Global GPU Capacity
A worldwide network of GPUs accessible through a single platform.
Automatic Failover
Traffic is rerouted to healthy nodes to ensure service continuity.
Instant Load Balancing
Requests are distributed evenly across available resources.
API Integration
Compatible with existing OpenAI SDKs and other client implementations.
Serverless Inference
Model hosting that scales according to traffic demands.

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

OpenRelay

Advantages

Global infrastructure for increased availability
Support for multiple AI models
Comprehensive documentation and API resources
Flexible resource management

Considerations

Limited information on company ownership
Headquarters location not specified
No details on legal entity registration

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

OpenRelay

Scaleway

Pricing Options

OpenRelay

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

OpenRelay

Get Started

1
Create an Account
Sign up on the OpenRelay website to access services.
2
Launch a GPU
Select from available NVIDIA GPUs and initiate a virtual machine.
3
Explore Inference APIs
Utilize various hosted models through the Inference API.
4
Integrate API Key
Configure your application to authenticate with OpenRelay's API.
5
Deploy Workloads
Use CLI tools or dashboard to manage deployments.

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

OpenRelay

Global Regions

Available globally

Support

Support via documentation and contact options.

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.