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Scaleway

European cloud provider offering compute, storage, and networking infrastructure for developers and businesses.

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This page reflects public online discussion, collected and scored by automated systems and summarized using AI. It is not a statement of fact, not an audit, and not our own opinion of the product. Automated analysis can be incomplete or wrong, and scores carry the limitations described in our methodology. Companies can respond with their own perspective. See how this is calculated.

Updated August 10, 2026

Overall Pulse Score

63
Pulse Score

+7 over this period

A 0-100 index summarizing the tone of 29 relevant public mentions gathered from public online communities across 5 weeks in the selected period. It measures online sentiment, not a rating of the product's quality.

Weekly Sentiment Trend

Pulse Score by week over the selected period. Each point is one complete week of mentions.

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This week in public discussion

Scaleway drew modest but generally favorable discussion over the recent period, with commenters frequently citing it alongside Hetzner and OVH as a credible EU-based cloud alternative. Several mentions praised its managed Kubernetes offering and ability to handle high traffic loads. Some discussion focused on limitations, including unhelpful log messages, a learning curve around package dependencies, and skepticism about whether it can match the reliability controls of hyperscalers. A few commenters also noted anticipation around upcoming hardware partnerships as a positive signal.

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AI-generated summary of public online discussion during this period. It reflects the tone of that discussion, not facts about the product or our views.

Sentiment mix by week

How the tone of public discussion splits each week.

Most-discussed praise

Compared to rivals10
Strong features5
Reliability3
Good integrations2
New releases2

Most-discussed complaints

Compared to rivals4
Pricing too high2
Learning curve2
UI frustrations1
Missing features1

Themes across the selected period, with mention counts.

How Scaleway compares

Pulse Score over the selected period versus the top tracked competitors in Cloud Storage.

Where the mentions come from

Share of the 29 relevant public mentions in the selected period, by source.

Hacker News100% (29)

Sample public mentions

Showing 5 of 29 analyzed public mentions in this period, with links to the original source. We do not reproduce full threads.

“I also run Kubernetes on Hetzner and created my nodes prior to two price hikes.Here's how expenses look and would look if I recreated it today: Control Plane 3xCX23 @ €3.99 = €11.97 @ €6.49 = €19.47 Worker nodes 3xCX33 @ €6.49 = €19.47 @ €9.99 = €29.97 NAT gateway 1xCPX22 @ €7.99...”

Hacker NewsJul 21, 2026

“I'm italian too.For payments I've used Mollie, which is EU based and has good DX. It also has something critical that Stripe does not: proper customer service. Adyen is also good.You're a bit generic on other fronts but Scaleway is an excellent EU-based cloud provider. Haven't mi...”

Hacker NewsJul 7, 2026

“While deploying simple functions to Scaleway is quite easy, including any packages that depend on platform-specific wheels can become a headache; the Scaleway log messages are not very helpful, either. This small example showcases how to solve the platform-specific wheel build is...”

Hacker NewsJul 6, 2026

“Yup, I signed last weekend, they asked me for a passport and I deleted the account immediately. Scaleway also asks for ID. I am gonna try OVH next.”

Hacker NewsJun 15, 2026

“Problem with Scaleway (for me) is physics. I get 200ms (at minimum) roundtrip latency to any of their EU servers (and for their dedicated offerings that can boot custom Linux distros that's pretty much all I have access to).”

Hacker NewsJun 15, 2026

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Deeper analysis

  • Competitor comparison dominated discussion, with commenters consistently framing Scaleway as part of a credible EU cloud tier alongside Hetzner and OVH.
  • Sentiment dropped noticeably in late March through mid-April then recovered steadily through May and into summer, leaving the overall tone in a stronger position than the window's opening weeks.
  • Opinion was divided on reliability and enterprise trust, with some commenters enthusiastic about EU sovereignty benefits while others questioned whether Scaleway can match hyperscaler-grade controls.
  • Ease-of-use friction and unhelpful logging in serverless workflows drew scattered but specific criticism, suggesting a gap between simple deployment experiences and more complex packaging scenarios.
Praise themeMentions
Compared to rivals10
Strong features5
Reliability3
Good integrations2
New releases2
Complaint themeMentions
Compared to rivals4
Pricing too high2
Learning curve2
UI frustrations1
Missing features1

Discussion around Scaleway over the multi-week window was modest in volume but carried a notably positive lean, with the pulse score recovering from a softer mid-period dip and trending upward into the more recent weeks. The dominant conversation thread was competitor comparison, appearing on both the praise and complaint sides, which signals that commenters are actively evaluating Scaleway against alternatives rather than discussing it in isolation. Several mentions placed Scaleway alongside Hetzner and OVH as part of a broader EU cloud conversation, with the general tone being that Scaleway holds a credible position in that regional tier without necessarily threatening hyperscaler incumbents.

Feature praise was the second strongest praise theme, and sample mentions pointed toward managed Kubernetes offerings as a particular point of positive attention, with commenters framing the control-plane hosting arrangement favorably on cost grounds. New feature releases also drew some notice, including anticipation around chip inference offerings connected to hardware partnerships, though that discussion was more speculative in tone than celebratory.

On the negative side, sentiment was scattered rather than concentrated. A handful of commenters flagged ease-of-use friction, particularly around dependency packaging in serverless workflows, and noted that log output was not helpful during troubleshooting. One prominent mention raised a pointed skepticism about whether Scaleway can match the reliability and compliance controls of AWS-tier providers, framing sovereignty as a concern that cuts both ways. That tension between EU-cloud enthusiasm and enterprise-grade trust was the clearest dividing line in the discussion.

The score trajectory tells a story of early softness followed by a meaningful recovery. Sentiment dipped through late March and into mid-April before rebounding sharply in May and holding into the summer weeks, suggesting that whatever drove cooler discussion earlier did not sustain itself. The most recent data points sit comfortably above the window's low marks, pointing to a stabilizing and gently improving tone.

AI-generated summary of public online discussion during this period. It reflects the tone of that discussion, not facts about the product or our views.

Member perspectives

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Data summary

Total mentions analyzed (all time)
51
Mentions in selected period
29
Weeks in range
5
vs Cloud Storage average (47)
Above by 16
Pricing
Free tier; paid plans available
Sources
Hacker News (29)

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