Exoscale vs Scaleway

Exoscale – a solid European cloud hosting alternative

Exoscale offer a full range of IaaS services. Especially noteworthy are the DBaaS services for managed Apache Kafka, managed OpenSearch and managed Grafana.

Exoscale are operating 7 data centers across Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Croatia and Bulgaria.

Exoscale is owned by A1, the Austrian telecommunication company.

Scaleway – Europe’s empowering cloud provider

Scaleway is cloud provider with a good set of higher-level services, such as managed AI and serverless services services, e.g. a serverless container service and a serverless database.

With a history going back to 1999, Scaleway has a proven track record and has one of the most advanced cloud service portfolios in the European landscape.

Exoscale
Scaleway
  • Headquarters8th arrondissement of Paris, France
  • Parent companyIliad Group
  • Cloud since2015
  • Websitewww.scaleway.com

Product Comparison

CategoryServiceExoscale – a solid European cloud hosting alternativeScaleway – Europe’s empowering cloud provider
Bare MetalBare Metal Instance—Elastic Metal AluminiumElastic Metal Aluminium
Elastic Metal TitaniumElastic Metal Titanium
Elastic Metal LithiumElastic Metal Lithium
DedirackDedirack
Dedibox GPUDedibox GPU
Mac mini M1Mac mini M1
Elastic Metal IridiumElastic Metal Iridium
Dedibox CoreDedibox Core
Elastic Metal BerylliumElastic Metal Beryllium
Dedibox StoreDedibox Store
Mac mini M2 ProMac mini M2 Pro
Mac mini M2Mac mini M2
Dedibox StartDedibox Start
Dedibox ProDedibox Pro
Mac mini M4Mac mini M4
ComputeCompute InstanceCompute InstancesCompute InstancesCost-Optimized InstancesCost-Optimized Instances
Learning InstancesLearning Instances
Workload-Optimized InstancesWorkload-Optimized Instances
Production-Optimized InstancesProduction-Optimized Instances
GPU InstanceGPU2 ServerGPU2 Server
GPU1 ServerGPU1 Server
GPU3 ServerGPU3 Server
3080ti Server3080ti Server
A5000 ServerA5000 Server		GPU-3070 InstancesGPU-3070 Instances
GPU Render InstancesGPU Render Instances
Serverless Function—Serverless FunctionsServerless Functions
ContainersContainer Registry—Container RegistryContainer Registry
KubernetesScalable Kubernetes ServiceScalable Kubernetes ServiceKubernetes KosmosKubernetes Kosmos
Kubernetes KapsuleKubernetes Kapsule
Serverless Container—Serverless ContainersServerless Containers
Data & AIData Processing—Data Lab for Apache Spark™Data Lab for Apache Spark™
Data Warehouse/LakehouseManaged ClickHouse®Managed ClickHouse®Data Warehouse for ClickHouse®Data Warehouse for ClickHouse®
Managed LLM—Generative APIsGenerative APIs
Managed InferenceManaged Inference
Search EngineManaged OpenSearchManaged OpenSearch—
DatabaseDocument Database—Managed MongoDBManaged MongoDB
Key-Value StoreManaged ValkeyManaged ValkeyManaged Database for RedisManaged Database for Redis
MessagingManaged Apache KafkaManaged Apache KafkaMessaging & QueueingMessaging & Queueing
Relational DatabaseManaged MySQLManaged MySQL
Managed PostgreSQLManaged PostgreSQL		Serverless SQL Database (beta)Serverless SQL Database (beta)
Managed Database for PostgreSQL and MySQLManaged Database for PostgreSQL and MySQL
Managed ServicesE-Mail—Transactional Email (TEM)Transactional Email (TEM)
IoT Hub—IoT HubIoT Hub
Web Hosting—Web HostingWeb Hosting
ManagementObservabilityManaged GrafanaManaged GrafanaCockpitCockpit
NetworkCDNCDNCDN—
Direct ConnectPrivate ConnectPrivate ConnectScaleway InterLinkScaleway InterLink
DNSDNSDNSDomains and DNSDomains and DNS
Elastic IPElastic IPElastic IP—
FirewallSecurity GroupsSecurity GroupsWAF (Web Application Firewall)WAF (Web Application Firewall)
Gateway—Public GatewayPublic Gateway
Load BalancerNetwork Load BalancerNetwork Load BalancerLoad BalancerLoad Balancer
Private NetworkPrivate NetworksPrivate NetworksPrivate NetworksPrivate Networks
VPC PeeringVPC Peering
Security & IdentityIAM—Identity and Access Management (IAM)Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Secret Manager—Secret ManagerSecret Manager
StorageBlock StorageBlock StorageBlock StorageBlock StorageBlock Storage
Cold StorageArchival StorageArchival StorageScaleway GlacierScaleway Glacier
File Storage—File StorageFile Storage
Object StorageObject StorageObject StorageObject StorageObject Storage

Sovereignty

Sovereignty assessment side by side, following the EU Cloud Sovereignty Framework with its 8 objectives. Higher is better; the area shows each provider's coverage across all objectives.

Disclaimer: this assessment is conducted as an outside-in analysis, based on public information and, for some questions, educated guessing. The results may be factually wrong and in no way replace your own due diligence.

Exoscale

59.8 %

SEAL 1

Scaleway

81.8 %

SEAL 2

Sovereignty Comparison

Data Centres

CountryCityExoscaleScaleway
AustriaVienna
  • AT-VIE-1
  • AT-VIE-2
—
BulgariaSofiaBG-SOF-1—
CroatiaZagrebHR-ZAG-1—
FranceParis—Scaleway DC4
Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône—Scaleway DC5
Val-de-Marne—
  • Scaleway DC2
  • Scaleway DC3
GermanyFrankfurtDE-FRA-1—
MunichDE-MUC-1—
ItalyMilan—Scaleway MIL1
NetherlandsAmsterdam—
  • Scaleway AMS1
  • Scaleway AMS2
  • Scaleway AMS3
PolandWarsaw—
  • Scaleway WAW1
  • Scaleway WAW2
  • Scaleway WAW3
SwitzerlandGenevaCH-GVA-2—
ZurichCH-DK-2—

Certifications

CertificationDescriptionExoscaleScaleway
BSI C5German cloud security catalogue✓—
CSA STARCloud Security Alliance Assurance Registry✓—
HDSFrench certification required for Health Data Hosting. Requires data management features such as high availability, automatic backups and encryption.✓✓
ISO 27001World's best-known standard for information security management systems (ISMS)✓✓
ISO 27017Information security controls for cloud services✓—
ISO 27018Guidance for protecting PII data in public clouds✓—
ISO 27701Requirements for Privacy Information Management System—✓
ISO 50001Standard for Energy Management System—✓
SecNumCloudFrench certification framework for cloud service providers. Recognized as one of the most demanding qualification frameworks in Europe.—✓
SOC 2Controls for security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, or privacy✓—
TISAXAssessment mechanism concerning secure processing of information in automotive✓—
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