Scaleway reviews

France

ServerDiff Score

Poor

Scaleway scores 3.9 out of 10 (poor): 1.5★ average from 460 reviews on 2 sites · Runs its own network (AS12876) · Plans in 3 cities · 3 countries.

No. 126 of 135 rated providers Reviews checked 9 Nov 2026

Rated higher than Scaleway

The cheapest VPS plan of each. Picked by score, then by price.

How the score is built

Fixed weights: half for what people say, half for what the provider runs on. A review part without enough data is left out and the other review parts share its weight.

What people say

  • Customer reviews 1.7 1.5★ average from 460 reviews
  • Last 12 months — Not enough data yet
  • Answers to complaints — Not read yet
  • Forum posts — Only 2 first-hand so far
  • Expert reviews — Not enough data yet

What it runs on

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In forums

Posts by people describing their own experience on Hacker News, summarised in our words. 2 first-hand posts among 38 that name it
  • Positive

    Hosts everything on Scaleway VMs and serverless without a CDN; says it works pretty well for their use.

    Hacker News · 8 Sept 2026
  • Positive

    Uses Object Storage with rclone for a personal setup; finds it simpler than AWS, after leaving DigitalOcean.

    Hacker News · 8 Sept 2026

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