VPS · head to head · checked 8 August 2026
Alibaba Cloud vs Scaleway
6 VPS plans from the two, side by side: what each plan includes, what it costs, and where the price comes from.
Alibaba Cloud
from $11/mo
ecs.n4.small · 3 plans listed
Best price per vCPU: $10.50/vCPU (ecs.n4.large)
Scaleway
from €6.55/mo
DEV1-S · 3 plans listed
Best price per vCPU: $3.57/vCPU (DEV1-S)
Which is cheaper, Alibaba Cloud or Scaleway?
Scaleway's cheapest listed plan is DEV1-S at €6.55/mo; Alibaba Cloud's is ecs.n4.small at $11/mo.
Which gives more for the money, Alibaba Cloud or Scaleway?
On price per vCPU, Scaleway does best with DEV1-S at $3.57/vCPU; Alibaba Cloud's best is ecs.n4.large at $10.50/vCPU.
How many VPS plans does each offer here?
We list 3 for Alibaba Cloud and 3 for Scaleway, each checked against the provider's own pricing page.
Alibaba Cloud
Everything from Alibaba Cloudecs.n4.smallapprox
- vCPU
- 1 (shared)
- RAM
- 2 GB
- Storage
- Not included — system disk billed separately
- Transfer
- Not included — billed separately
- Region
- Singapore
ecs.n4.largeapprox
- vCPU
- 2 (shared)
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage
- Not included — system disk billed separately
- Transfer
- Not included — billed separately
- Region
- Singapore
ecs.n4.xlargeapprox
- vCPU
- 4 (shared)
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- Not included — system disk billed separately
- Transfer
- Not included — billed separately
- Region
- Singapore
Scaleway
Everything from ScalewayDEV1-S
- vCPU
- 2 (shared)
- RAM
- 2 GB
- Storage
- 20 GB Local SSD
- Transfer
- 200 Mbps
- Region
- EU (Paris · Amsterdam · Warsaw)
DEV1-M
- vCPU
- 3 (shared)
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 40 GB Local SSD
- Transfer
- 300 Mbps
- Region
- EU (Paris · Amsterdam · Warsaw)
DEV1-L
- vCPU
- 4 (shared)
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 80 GB Local SSD
- Transfer
- 400 Mbps
- Region
- EU (Paris · Amsterdam · Warsaw)
Alibaba Cloud against the rest