GPU cloud comparison · 2026
Salad vs Scaleway
Scaleway wins on 3 of 5 key metrics — but the right choice depends on your workload.
Salad
Distributed inference cloud — RTX 3090/4090 from $0.03/h
from $0.03/h
★★★★☆ 3.9 / 5 (423 reviews)
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Overall Winner
Scaleway
European cloud with H100 SXM and L40S — Paris and Amsterdam regions
from €0.83/h
★★★★☆ 4 / 5 (234 reviews)
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Salad
Scaleway
Starting Price Lower hourly rate
from $0.03/h
from €0.83/h
Overall Rating User rating
3.9 / 5
4 / 5
GPU Types Variety
4 types
4 types
Max VRAM Largest available
24 GB
80 GB
Locations Regions covered
Global (distributed)
FR, NL, EU
Wins out of 5
2
3
GPU Availability
Salad
RTX 3090RTX 4090RTX 3080RTX 3070
VRAM: 8–24 GB · Locations: Global (distributed)
Scaleway
L4L40SH100H100 SXM
VRAM: 24–80 GB · Locations: FR, NL, EU
Pros & Cons
Salad
Pros
- Absurdly cheap — RTX 3090 from $0.03/h
- Massive horizontal scale (1000+ nodes)
- Auto-fleet management for inference
- No data-egress charges
Cons
- Distributed = no persistent storage
- Not suitable for training
- Latency varies by node geography
Scaleway
Pros
- Strong EU presence (Paris + Amsterdam)
- Mature cloud platform (S3, k8s, networking)
- Per-minute billing
- EUR pricing avoids USD volatility
Cons
- More expensive than US specialists like RunPod
- No B200 / H200 yet
- Limited capacity for big training runs
Which Should You Choose?
Choose Salad if…
- You need GPU compute for Stateless inference
- You need GPU compute for Stable Diffusion bulk generation
- You need GPU compute for Embedding generation
- You need GPU compute for Cost-sensitive batch jobs
- Lower price is your top priority (from $0.03/h vs from €0.83/h)
- You want more GPU variety (4 vs 4 types)
Choose Scaleway if…
- You need GPU compute for European startups
- You need GPU compute for GDPR-compliant inference
- You need GPU compute for k8s-based AI deployments
- You need GPU compute for EU enterprise
- Higher user satisfaction matters (4 vs 3.9)