Scaleway L40S Pricing Options
All available L40S instance types on Scaleway, sorted by lowest hourly rate.
| Region | Instance | Type | Price/hr | GPUs | vCPUs | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EU (France) | L40S-1-48G | On-Demand | $1.0200/hr Cheapest | 1× GPU | 12 vCPU | 128 GB |
About Scaleway L40S Cloud Pricing
Scaleway is a European cloud provider (headquartered in Paris) offering GPU instances alongside their broader cloud platform. They're one of the few EU-based options for sovereign AI compute.
Why Choose Scaleway for L40S
- EU data residency for GDPR-compliant AI workloads
- Competitive European pricing
- Integrated with Scaleway's full cloud ecosystem (storage, networking, Kubernetes)
- Carbon-neutral data centers
Best suited for: European organizations that need GDPR-compliant GPU compute with data residency guarantees in the EU.
L40S Technical Overview
The L40S is an inference-optimized GPU built on the Ada Lovelace architecture. It provides strong FP8 and INT8 performance for model serving, plus hardware ray-tracing for 3D/visualization workloads.
Pricing Analysis
Scaleway's cheapest L40S option starts at $1.0200/hr, which is 48% below the market average of $1.9796/hr. Scaleway currently offers on-demand pricing only for L40S. This means no commitment required, but you won't access the deeper discounts available from reserved or spot pricing.
Note: Scaleway is a strong choice for EU-based teams who need data sovereignty, though their GPU selection is narrower than US-based alternatives.
Market context: L40S pricing is typically 40–60% below H100, making it an excellent choice for inference-heavy deployments where training performance is not the primary requirement.
Top Alternatives to Scaleway for L40S
Side-by-side cost comparison vs the cheapest Scaleway L40S rate ($1.0200/hr).
| Provider | Price/hr | Type | vs Scaleway |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vast.ai | $0.4037/hr | Spot | -60% cheaper vs Scaleway |
| TensorDock | $0.5900/hr | On-Demand | -42% cheaper vs Scaleway |
| Lightning AI | $0.6500/hr | On-Demand | -36% cheaper vs Scaleway |
| RunPod | $0.6900/hr | On-Demand | -32% cheaper vs Scaleway |
| Nebius | $0.8700/hr | On-Demand | -15% cheaper vs Scaleway |
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