Scaleway vs UpCloud

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.

UpCloud – Global Cloud, European Excellence

UpCloud is a European cloud provider headquartered in Helsinki, Finland. UpCloud are operating 15 data centres across 4 continents.

The service portfolio of UpCloud is not the broadest, focusing on the basic cloud primitives such as managed Kubernetes, storage and managed databases, but developer tooling around UpCloud is rich and covers all the typical developer use cases.

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

Product Comparison

CategoryServiceScaleway – Europe’s empowering cloud providerUpCloud – Global Cloud, European Excellence
Bare MetalBare Metal InstanceElastic 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 InstanceCost-Optimized InstancesCost-Optimized Instances
Learning InstancesLearning Instances
Workload-Optimized InstancesWorkload-Optimized Instances
Production-Optimized InstancesProduction-Optimized Instances		Cloud ServersCloud Servers
Private CloudPrivate Cloud
GPU InstanceGPU-3070 InstancesGPU-3070 Instances
GPU Render InstancesGPU Render Instances		GPU ServersGPU Servers
Serverless FunctionServerless FunctionsServerless Functions—
ContainersContainer RegistryContainer RegistryContainer Registry—
KubernetesKubernetes KosmosKubernetes Kosmos
Kubernetes KapsuleKubernetes Kapsule		KubernetesKubernetes
Serverless ContainerServerless ContainersServerless Containers—
Data & AIData ProcessingData Lab for Apache Spark™Data Lab for Apache Spark™—
Data Warehouse/LakehouseData Warehouse for ClickHouse®Data Warehouse for ClickHouse®—
Managed LLMGenerative APIsGenerative APIs
Managed InferenceManaged Inference		—
Search Engine—OpenSearchOpenSearch
DatabaseDocument DatabaseManaged MongoDBManaged MongoDB—
Key-Value StoreManaged Database for RedisManaged Database for RedisValkeyValkey
MessagingMessaging & QueueingMessaging & Queueing—
Relational DatabaseServerless SQL Database (beta)Serverless SQL Database (beta)
Managed Database for PostgreSQL and MySQLManaged Database for PostgreSQL and MySQL		PostgreSQLPostgreSQL
MySQLMySQL
Managed ServicesE-MailTransactional Email (TEM)Transactional Email (TEM)—
IoT HubIoT HubIoT Hub—
Web HostingWeb HostingWeb Hosting—
ManagementObservabilityCockpitCockpit—
NetworkCDN—Content Delivery NetworkContent Delivery Network
Direct ConnectScaleway InterLinkScaleway InterLink—
DNSDomains and DNSDomains and DNS—
Elastic IP—Floating IPFloating IP
FirewallWAF (Web Application Firewall)WAF (Web Application Firewall)FirewallFirewall
GatewayPublic GatewayPublic GatewayNAT GatewayNAT Gateway
Load BalancerLoad BalancerLoad BalancerManaged Load BalancerManaged Load Balancer
Private NetworkPrivate NetworksPrivate Networks
VPC PeeringVPC Peering		SDN Private NetworkSDN Private Network
Utility NetworkUtility Network
VPN—VPN GatewayVPN Gateway
Security & IdentityIAMIdentity and Access Management (IAM)Identity and Access Management (IAM)—
Secret ManagerSecret ManagerSecret Manager—
StorageBackup—Simple BackupSimple Backup
Block StorageBlock StorageBlock StorageBlock StorageBlock Storage
Cold StorageScaleway GlacierScaleway Glacier—
File StorageFile StorageFile StorageFile StorageFile Storage
Object StorageObject StorageObject StorageManaged Object StorageManaged Object 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.

Scaleway

81.8 %

SEAL 2

UpCloud

67.0 %

SEAL 2

Sovereignty Comparison

Data Centres

CountryCityScalewayUpCloud
AustraliaSydney—AU-SYD1
DenmarkCopenhagen—DK-CPH1
FinlandHelsinki—
  • FI-HEL1
  • FI-HEL2
FranceParisScaleway DC4—
Saint-Ouen-l'AumôneScaleway DC5—
Val-de-Marne
  • Scaleway DC2
  • Scaleway DC3
—
GermanyFrankfurt—DE-FRA1
ItalyMilanScaleway MIL1—
NetherlandsAmsterdam
  • Scaleway AMS1
  • Scaleway AMS2
  • Scaleway AMS3
NL-AMS1
NorwayStavanger—NO-SVG1
PolandWarsaw
  • Scaleway WAW1
  • Scaleway WAW2
  • Scaleway WAW3
PL-WAW1
SingaporeSingapore—SG-SIN1
SpainMadrid—ES-MAD1
SwedenStockholm—SE-STO1
United KingdomLondon—UK-LON1
United StatesChicago—US-CHI1
New York—US-NYC1
San Jose—US-SJO1

Certifications

CertificationDescriptionScalewayUpCloud
HDSFrench certification required for Health Data Hosting. Requires data management features such as high availability, automatic backups and encryption.✓—
ISO 14001Standard for environmental management systems (EMS)—✓
ISO 27001World's best-known standard for information security management systems (ISMS)✓✓
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.✓—
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