Massed Compute vs Scaleway
GPU specialist against general-purpose cloud, priced against each other on the 3 GPUs both of them rent. Published per-GPU on-demand rates as each provider last stated them, with what their own pages say about billing, commitment and egress beside the numbers.
Massed Compute is cheaper on 3 of the 3 cards both of them rent, by a median of 25%.
- How they sell
- GPU specialist An operator whose whole business is renting these cards.
- GPU models
- 15 72 offers
- Registered in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- How they sell
- General-purpose cloud A hosting company where GPUs sit beside the VPS products, on the same account and billing.
- GPU models
- 5 19 offers
- Registered in
- 🇫🇷 France
These are not the same product. A GPU specialist and a general-purpose cloud differ in who your counterparty is, which is why the rates below can be far apart without either being wrong. The prices are comparable; what stands behind them is not.
The 3 cards both of them rent, cheapest published per-GPU on-demand rate each. Dearest first.
| GPU | Massed Compute | Scaleway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B300 SXM6 288GB | $6.60/hr | ≈$8.53/hr | 23% cheaper on Massed Compute |
| NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB | $2.73/hr | ≈$3.63/hr | 25% cheaper on Massed Compute |
| NVIDIA L40S 48GB | $0.97/hr | ≈$1.67/hr | 42% cheaper on Massed Compute |
Per GPU per hour, on-demand list prices as each provider last published them. Rates exclude tax and vary by region; a cheaper rate is not the same machine, the same network or the same support.
| Massed Compute | Scaleway | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing granularityOn short jobs this outweighs the rate: an hour minimum on a 90-second run costs more than a 30% dearer per-second rate. | Per minute | Per hour, pay as you go |
| Minimum commitment | None; prepaid balance with $5 minimum threshold | None |
| Payment model | Prepaid balance with automatic recharge | Pay as you go — you pay for what you use |
| Free credits | Referral credit 3% of referred spend; coupon codes | not stated |
| Egress | Free | not stated |
| Uptime SLA | 99.999% claimed on product page; no SLA document found | 99.5% monthly availability for GPU Instances |
| Regions | US regions (e.g. us-central-3); locations not named | Paris (France), Amsterdam (Netherlands), Warsaw (Poland) |
Neither site tells you how fast support answers or whether a commitment auto-renews. We looked on both and record the absence rather than filling it in — if you need any of it, ask before you commit.
- NVIDIA A30 24GB$0.35/hr
- NVIDIA RTX A5000 24GB$0.44/hr
- NVIDIA RTX A6000 48GB$0.55/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada 48GB$0.79/hr
- NVIDIA L40 48GB$0.86/hr
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell 32GB$0.92/hr
- NVIDIA A100 80GB$1.35/hr
- NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB$1.38/hr
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96GB$2.19/hr
- NVIDIA H100 NVL 94GB$2.92/hr
- NVIDIA H200 NVL 141GB$3.62/hr
- NVIDIA B200 SXM6 180GB$5.43/hr
- NVIDIA L4 24GB≈$0.90/hr
- NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80GB≈$3.26/hr
Is Massed Compute cheaper than Scaleway?
Massed Compute is cheaper on 3 of the 3 cards both of them rent, by a median of 25%.
Which GPUs do Massed Compute and Scaleway both rent?
NVIDIA B300 SXM6 288GB, NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB, NVIDIA L40S 48GB — 3 in total, on published per-GPU on-demand rates.
What is the cheapest GPU at Massed Compute and at Scaleway?
Of the cards both rent, Massed Compute starts at $0.97 per GPU-hour and Scaleway at $1.67.
Are Massed Compute and Scaleway the same kind of provider?
No. Massed Compute is a GPU specialist — an operator whose whole business is renting these cards. Scaleway is a general-purpose cloud — a hosting company where GPUs sit beside the VPS products, on the same account and billing. The rates are comparable; what stands behind them is not.