Every Contabo and Scaleway plan we track, compared on the price you pay to start, what it renews at and the cost over three years, plus money-back terms, uptime guarantees and data centers. Prices are checked against both providers daily (October 2026).
| Contabo | Scaleway | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | ≈ $4.95/moContabo Cloud VPS 4 SSD | ≈ $0.48/moScaleway STARDUST1-S |
| Renews at | ≈ $6.19/mo | ≈ $0.48/mo |
| Plans | 42 | 336 |
| Kinds of hosting | VPS hosting, dedicated servers, GPU servers | cloud hosting, dedicated servers, GPU servers, VPS hosting, web hosting, managed Kubernetes, managed databases, cloud storage |
| Money-back guarantee | None | None |
| Uptime guarantee | 99.9% | 99.9% |
| Support | 24/7, phone, live chat | 24/7 |
| Data center countries | 7Germany, United Kingdom, United States, Singapore, Japan, Australia… | 49France, Netherlands, Poland, Italy, United States, Canada… |
| Founded | 2003 | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Germany | France |
| Visit Contabo | Visit Scaleway |
| Contabo | Scaleway | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest plan | Contabo Cloud VPS 4 SSD4 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 100 GB SSD | Scaleway Dedibox VPS-START-2-XS1 vCPU · 1 GB RAM · 20 GB NVMe |
| From / renews at | ≈ $4.95 / ≈ $6.19 per month | ≈ $5.61 / ≈ $5.61 per month |
| Best value plan | Contabo Cloud VPS 18 SSDValue score 86/100 | Scaleway Dedibox VPS-PRO-2-XXXLValue score 59/100 |
| Contabo | Scaleway | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest plan | Contabo Cloud VDS S6 vCPU · 24 GB RAM · 180 GB NVMe | Scaleway Dedibox Start-1-M-SATA8 vCPU · 8 GB RAM · 1 TB HDD |
| From / renews at | ≈ $44.10 / ≈ $55.12 per month | ≈ $5.61 / ≈ $5.61 per month |
| Best value plan | Contabo Dedicated AMD Genoa 24 CoresValue score 68/100 | Scaleway Elastic Metal EM-B211X-SATAValue score 80/100 |
| Contabo | Scaleway | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest plan | Contabo GPU Cloud Dedicated NVIDIA L40S32 vCPU · 234 GB RAM · 1.8 TB NVMe | Scaleway L4-1-24G8 vCPU · 48 GB RAM · 0 GB |
| From / renews at | ≈ $776.25 / ≈ $776.25 per month | ≈ $646.73 / ≈ $646.73 per month |
| Best value plan | Contabo GPU Cloud Dedicated NVIDIA L40SValue score 83/100 | Scaleway Elastic Metal EM-T220E-L40SValue score 74/100 |
Scaleway has the lower starting price: Scaleway STARDUST1-S at $0.48/mo, against Contabo Cloud VPS 4 SSD at $4.95/mo. Compare the renewal prices too: they decide what you pay from the second term.
Contabo's cheapest plan renews at $6.19/mo and Scaleway's at $0.48/mo. Over three years, Contabo averages $5.36/mo and Scaleway $0.48/mo on those plans.
Contabo has no money-back window. Scaleway has no money-back window.
On our value score, Contabo: its Contabo Cloud VPS 18 SSD plan scores 86/100 against 59/100 for Scaleway's best VPS hosting plan. The score weighs resources per dollar over three years, renewal price, uptime, refund window and support.
On our value score, Scaleway: its Scaleway Elastic Metal EM-B211X-SATA plan scores 80/100 against 68/100 for Contabo's best dedicated servers plan. The score weighs resources per dollar over three years, renewal price, uptime, refund window and support.
On our value score, Contabo: its Contabo GPU Cloud Dedicated NVIDIA L40S plan scores 83/100 against 74/100 for Scaleway's best GPU servers plan. The score weighs resources per dollar over three years, renewal price, uptime, refund window and support.
See how we collect prices and score plans. Always confirm the final price at checkout.
