I would say smaller companies such as scaleway are catching up. Slowly, but surely they are.
There are about 6-7 euro companies that seem to have this long term plan of becoming the euro AWS (including OVH) but the problem is always the capital available.
I use AWS at work and it can become insanely complex to work with, or to have estimates or what's going to cost you.
I did use scaleway in my previous work (they didn't have as many services as they have now) and it was much easier.
Anyway, there's still a long way to go because these services need to catch up with the AWS offering and pretty much everyone knows AWS, it's the default now.
If I had to start a business now I would probably go with Scaleway.
belter · 13h ago
I have been also thinking of trying Scaleway, but do you think these statements from UpCloud, another alternative I am considering, sound true or is it just marketing?
Well Scaleway is actually 1.3 and not 1.4 in Trustpilot, they've anyway the essentials thing so it would be free to try so not losing anything there https://upcloud.com/solutions/essentials
belter · 13h ago
Yeah just noticed to Trustpilot reviews...Normally I would not look only into Trustpilot, but those reviews and comments look pretty bad...
There are about 6-7 euro companies that seem to have this long term plan of becoming the euro AWS (including OVH) but the problem is always the capital available.
I use AWS at work and it can become insanely complex to work with, or to have estimates or what's going to cost you.
I did use scaleway in my previous work (they didn't have as many services as they have now) and it was much easier.
Anyway, there's still a long way to go because these services need to catch up with the AWS offering and pretty much everyone knows AWS, it's the default now.
If I had to start a business now I would probably go with Scaleway.
https://upcloud.com/competitors-and-alternatives/scaleway