Compare Scaleway vs DigitalOcean
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Fully integrated into Scaleway’s cloud ecosystem, rely on Scaleway free managed Kubernetes to build your workloads.
| DigitalOcean Kubernetes | Scaleway Kapsule | |
| Version | 1.25 to 1.24 | 1.26 to 1.23 |
| Control Plane | Free | Free |
| High Availability | Control Plane HA option | Dedicated Control Plane option |
| CNCF certified | ✅ | ✅ |
| Compute Instance (name) | Basic Droplet Premium AMD | Cost-Optimized (PLAY2 Nano) |
| Dedicated Resources | 2vCPU 4GB RAM | 2vCPU 4GB RAM |
| Compute Price | $0,04167 | €0,0270 |
| Total cost/month (730h) | $28,00 | €19,71 |
Chose the cloud that makes sense
Managed Kubernetes
Free Control Plane, nodes from €0.027 ex. VAT/hour
Automatic deployment and scaling of your containers in the cloud with Scaleway’s free and fully managed Kubernetes control plane.
Managed Database
From €0.0139 ex. VAT/hour
Fully managed PostgreSQL and MySQL databases in seconds. Worry-free hosting for your most valuable assets.
Object Storage
750 GB/h free for 90 days
S3-compatible and Multi-AZ resilient object storage service. Ensuring high availability for your data.
What makes Scaleway the best alternative to DigitalOcean
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DigitalOcean |
Scaleway | |
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Bare Metal |
X |
✓ |
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Multi cloud |
X |
✓ |
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Serverless |
Functions |
Functions, Containers, M&Q |
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Egress fee |
Include 500GB, then $0,01/GB |
Included |
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European Provider |
X |
✓ |
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Kubernetes Integration |
LB, volume Block Storage, Registry |
LB, Registry, Block Storage, GPU |
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Vendor support |
Documentation, Discord |
Documentation, Slack community |
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Dev tools |
Terraform |
Terraform, Pulumi |
An easy-to-use console
Whether it’s your first time building on the cloud or you’re a cloud native, you’ll find our console intuitive & robust. The fact that it’s beautiful is just a bonus.
A complete toolkit
We spend more time than we’d care to admit maintaining our APIs, SDKs, CLI & Terraform plugin, but it’s all worth it to make your cloud experience the best it can be.
Comprehensive documentation
Everything you need to learn to build, deploy and scale your applications, with tutorials and multiple code samples to go from start to scale.
The best Cloud support
For those mission-critical, time-sensitive problems, nothing beats our 24/7 live chat support with an average response time of less than 20 minutes.
A truly complete ecosystem
A robust community of support
Connect with thousands of developers from all over the world to get answers and share learnings.
We invest heavily in open source communities like the CNCF.
Scaleway Slack community
By joining our workspace you can discuss the projects you are currently developing on your Scaleway infrastructure directly with our teams and other members of the Scaleway community.
A Startup Program for all sizes
We support startups to scale their business and extend their network in the ecosystem.
We offer you the perfect combination to grow: cloud resources, infrastructure advisors and startup experts.
Frequently asked questions
How do I sign up for the free trial?
If you are eligible, your free trial will start when you redeem the voucher code sent to you by email within 24 hours.
Who is eligible for the free trial?
New Professional customers to Scaleway with a valid payment method are eligible. To be eligible, you must never have had an invoice issued by Scaleway (a €0 invoice is considered an invoice).