RunPod Secure Cloud vs Scaleway
GPU specialist against general-purpose cloud, priced against each other on the 5 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.
RunPod Secure Cloud is cheaper on 5 of the 5 cards both of them rent, by a median of 11%.
- How they sell
- GPU specialist An operator whose whole business is renting these cards.
- GPU models
- 19 19 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 5 cards both of them rent, cheapest published per-GPU on-demand rate each. Dearest first.
| GPU | RunPod Secure Cloud | Scaleway | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B300 SXM6 288GB | $7.89/hr | ≈$8.53/hr | 8% cheaper on RunPod Secure Cloud |
| NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB | $3.49/hr | ≈$3.63/hr | 4% cheaper on RunPod Secure Cloud |
| NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80GB | $2.89/hr | ≈$3.26/hr | 11% cheaper on RunPod Secure Cloud |
| NVIDIA L40S 48GB | $1.09/hr | ≈$1.67/hr | 35% cheaper on RunPod Secure Cloud |
| NVIDIA L4 24GB | $0.49/hr | ≈$0.90/hr | 45% cheaper on RunPod Secure Cloud |
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.
| RunPod Secure Cloud | 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 second | Per hour, pay as you go |
| Minimum commitment | None | None |
| Payment model | Prepaid credits; post-paid invoice for Enterprise | Pay as you go — you pay for what you use |
| Free credits | $1,000 startup credits (application); referral rewards | not stated |
| Egress | Free | not stated |
| Uptime SLA | 99.99% SLA on Enterprise agreements; none on Community Cloud | 99.5% monthly availability for GPU Instances |
| Regions | 31 regions across the US, Europe, Asia and Australia | Paris (France), Amsterdam (Netherlands), Warsaw (Poland) |
Neither site tells you whether your data trains their models or how fast support answers. We looked on both and record the absence rather than filling it in — if you need any of it, ask before you commit.
- NVIDIA RTX A5000 24GB$0.27/hr
- NVIDIA A40 48GB$0.49/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 3090 24GB$0.50/hr
- NVIDIA RTX A6000 48GB$0.53/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 4090 24GB$0.74/hr
- NVIDIA L40 48GB$0.82/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada 48GB$0.84/hr
- NVIDIA RTX 5090 32GB$0.99/hr
- NVIDIA A100 PCIe 80GB$1.59/hr
- NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB$1.59/hr
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96GB$2.09/hr
- NVIDIA H100 NVL 94GB$3.19/hr
Nothing the other does not also rent.
Is RunPod Secure Cloud cheaper than Scaleway?
RunPod Secure Cloud is cheaper on 5 of the 5 cards both of them rent, by a median of 11%.
Which GPUs do RunPod Secure Cloud and Scaleway both rent?
NVIDIA B300 SXM6 288GB, NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB, NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80GB, NVIDIA L40S 48GB, NVIDIA L4 24GB — 5 in total, on published per-GPU on-demand rates.
What is the cheapest GPU at RunPod Secure Cloud and at Scaleway?
Of the cards both rent, RunPod Secure Cloud starts at $0.49 per GPU-hour and Scaleway at $0.90.
Are RunPod Secure Cloud and Scaleway the same kind of provider?
No. RunPod Secure Cloud 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.