Scaleway Managed PostgreSQL Pricing in 2026: DEV, PRO Tiers, HA, Backups

TL;DR — Scaleway managed PostgreSQL pricing, 2026. DEV-S (1 vCPU / 2 GB / 10 GB SSD) is ~€11/month. PRO2-XXS (2 vCPU / 8 GB / 20 GB) is ~€80/month non-HA, ~€123/month with HA. PRO2-XS (4 vCPU / 16 GB / 50 GB) is ~€158/month. Backups: 100 GB included, €0.025/GB/month beyond. Egress: free within Scaleway, €0.01/GB to the public internet beyond included quota. List prices verified April 2026; check scaleway.com/en/pricing for current values.

Scaleway is the French hyperscaler — Paris-headquartered, EU-incorporated, with data centres in Paris, Amsterdam, and Warsaw. Their managed PostgreSQL offering ("Scaleway Database") is one of the only EU-parent alternatives to AWS RDS Frankfurt, alongside Aiven (Finland) and HostStack (Denmark). This page is a focused pricing breakdown — for a full side-by-side against Aiven, Neon, Supabase, RDS, and Crunchy Bridge, see our Managed PostgreSQL Europe 2026 buyer's guide.

Scaleway PostgreSQL price list (2026)

Pricing as listed on scaleway.com in April 2026. EU regions; ex-VAT. Add roughly 50% for the HA add-on (synchronous-replica failover).

DEV tiers are intended for development and prototyping. HA is unavailable on DEV — for production, start at PRO2-XXS. Each step roughly doubles the bill for double the RAM. Storage scales separately above the included allotment at ~€0.10/GB/month.

What is included in the price

• Backups. 100 GB of backup storage is included per instance. Beyond that, €0.025/GB/month. PITR retention is configurable up to 7 days.
• TLS on all client connections.
• Private networking within a Scaleway VPC at no extra cost.
• Egress is free between Scaleway services in the same region. To the public internet, €0.01/GB above the included quota (typically 100 GB/month, varies by tier).
• Minor version upgrades applied in a maintenance window with notice. Major version upgrades via pg_upgrade from the console.
• Read replicas billed at the same per-tier price as the primary.

What is not included

• HA failover is an add-on (adds roughly 50%). Required for any production SLA — AWS RDS Multi-AZ has the same pricing model.
• Cross-region replication is not first-class. You can script logical replication between regions, but it's not a checkbox.
• Connection pooling (PgBouncer) is not bundled — run it in your app tier or alongside the database in a separate Scaleway instance.

Scaleway vs. the other EU-parent options

If EU incorporation is the line you cannot cross (Schrems II, public-sector procurement, French SecNumCloud dependencies), Scaleway, Aiven, and HostStack are your three options. Quick read on the cost-equivalent tier:

Aiven includes HA out of the box at the higher price. Scaleway lets you opt in. HostStack ships a Patroni-based 3-node HA option (1 leader + 2 sync replicas, ~5 s automatic failover) on the Standard and Pro tiers at the same €15 / €50 price — no HA add-on. Currently a per-team opt-in beta. For the lowest cost on dedicated EU hardware plus app + database on one bill, HostStack is cheaper at every comparable size.

When Scaleway is the right pick

• You're already on Scaleway for compute, storage, or load balancers, and you want database in the same dashboard with one invoice and zero egress between them.
• You need a French-incorporated provider for procurement, public-sector tenders, or SecNumCloud sub-processor lineage.
• You want standard managed PostgreSQL with PITR, HA, and TLS — nothing exotic — at a predictable monthly price.
• You have in-house DB skills and don't need a holds-your-hand product.

When Scaleway is the wrong pick

• You want app, database, queues, and search from one vendor on one bill. Scaleway has compute and storage, but it's not a PaaS — you wire it together. Look at HostStack for the bundled experience.
• You want serverless billing or database-per-PR branching. Scaleway is classic always-on instance pricing — for branching, look at Neon.
• You want the most feature-complete managed Postgres on the market and are willing to pay for it. Aiven is more polished.
• You're building for HIPAA or a US federal customer. Scaleway is EU-only and proudly so — pick AWS RDS Frankfurt or Crunchy Bridge.

FAQ

How much does Scaleway managed PostgreSQL cost in 2026?

List prices range from ~€11/month for the smallest DEV-S tier (1 vCPU, 2 GB, 10 GB SSD) to ~€540/month for PRO2-M (8 vCPU, 64 GB, 200 GB) without HA. Adding HA roughly doubles the bill. The most common production starting point is PRO2-XXS at ~€80/month non-HA or ~€123/month with HA.

Does Scaleway charge for backups?

The first 100 GB of backup storage is included per instance. Beyond that, backups are €0.025/GB/month. PITR retention is configurable up to 7 days.

Is Scaleway PostgreSQL GDPR-compliant?

Yes. Scaleway is a French-incorporated provider with EU-only data centres (Paris, Amsterdam, Warsaw). They publish a standard DPA and are not subject to the US CLOUD Act. For procurement audits, Scaleway is one of the shortest paths to a clean Schrems II sign-off, alongside HostStack (DK) and Aiven (FI).

What does HA cost on Scaleway?

The HA add-on adds a synchronous-replica failover node — roughly +50% on the monthly bill. PRO2-XXS goes from ~€80 to ~€123, PRO2-XS from ~€158 to ~€226. HA is only available on PRO tiers — DEV tiers are single-node.

Can I get HA managed PostgreSQL in Europe for less than Scaleway?

Yes — HostStack's Patroni HA (3-node cluster, 1 leader + 2 sync replicas + HAProxy, ~5 s automatic failover) is included on the Standard tier at €15/month and the Pro tier at €50/month, with no HA add-on. Scaleway PRO2-XXS+HA is ~€123/month; Aiven's lowest production HA tier starts at ~$120 (Business-4 at ~$200). HostStack HA is currently a per-team opt-in beta; flip the toggle on your team to enable.

How does Scaleway compare to AWS RDS Frankfurt?

At comparable sizing, Scaleway is roughly half the cost of RDS Multi-AZ (~€28–123 vs ~$120/month for db.t4g.medium Multi-AZ). The trade-off is ecosystem: RDS has the AWS ecosystem (IAM, VPC peering, KMS, RDS Proxy); Scaleway has a smaller but cleaner one. For a SaaS team already on AWS, moving the database to Scaleway means crossing networks. For a team starting fresh and wanting EU-parent incorporation, Scaleway wins on both price and provider lineage.

Bottom line

Scaleway is the cheapest way to buy production-grade managed PostgreSQL from a French-incorporated provider in 2026. PRO2-XXS at ~€80/month (non-HA) or ~€123/month (HA) is the default starting point. If you want app + database on one bill, HostStack is cheaper at every comparable size. If you want database-only and maximum polish, Aiven remains the premium choice.

For the full comparison across HostStack, Aiven, Neon, Supabase, RDS, and Crunchy Bridge, continue to the Managed PostgreSQL Europe 2026 buyer's guide.