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Scaleway vs Vagrant

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Scaleway

Software

European cloud for developers

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
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Vagrant

Software

Development environments made easy

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Scaleway scaleway's entry-level cloud instances start at 4.99 EUR per month, and its consumption-based services (serverless jobs, IoT hub, container functions) bill by vCPU-second and GB-second beyond a fixed free-tier allowance per account per month, so costs scale with usage rather than a flat seat price.; Vagrant vagrant 2.4.3 and later is licensed under the Business Source License 1.1 with IBM Corporation as licensor, not an OSI open source licence
  • They diverge on capability: Scaleway covers Virtual Instances, Vagrant covers Box management.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Scaleway and Vagrant actually diverge.

Attributes where Scaleway and Vagrant differ
AttributeScalewayVagrant
Pricing modelusage-basedopen-source
PlatformsWeb, Api, CliLinux, Windows, Mac
Founded19992010

Identical on both: starting price (Free), free tier (Yes), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Scaleway

  • Virtual Instances
  • Bare Metal
  • Kubernetes Kapsule
  • Object Storage
  • Serverless Functions
  • Managed Databases
  • Container Registry
  • Load Balancer

Only in Vagrant

  • Box management
  • Provider support
  • Multi-machine setups
  • Provisioners
  • Networking
  • Synced folders
  • Snapshots
  • Plugins

Both cover

  • Docker
  • Ansible
  • Cloud deployment

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Scaleway

  • Web hostingnot Vagrant
  • Container orchestrationnot Vagrant
  • Development environmentsnot Vagrant
  • Data storagenot Vagrant

Vagrant

  • Reproducible local development environments defined in a Vagrantfilenot Scaleway
  • Provisioning identical VMs across VirtualBox, VMware and Hyper-V for a teamnot Scaleway
  • Sandboxing multi-machine setups on a developer laptopnot Scaleway

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Scaleway

  • Scaleway's entry-level cloud instances start at 4.99 EUR per month, and its consumption-based services (serverless jobs, IoT hub, container functions) bill by vCPU-second and GB-second beyond a fixed free-tier allowance per account per month, so costs scale with usage rather than a flat seat price.

Vagrant

  • Vagrant 2.4.3 and later is licensed under the Business Source License 1.1 with IBM Corporation as licensor, not an OSI open source licence
  • The Additional Use Grant forbids offering Vagrant to third parties on a hosted or embedded basis in a paid product that competes with IBM's paid versions of Vagrant
  • Each version converts to the MPL 2.0 Change License only four years after that version is first published
  • Uses that fall outside the Additional Use Grant require a separately negotiated licence from the licensor

Pricing, plan by plan

Scaleway

Free
  • DEV1-S$7.99/month
    • 2 vCPU
    • 2GB RAM
    • 20GB SSD

Vagrant

Free
  • Open SourceFree
    • Development environment provisioning
    • Multiple providers
    • Provisioner support

Which should you pick?

Choose Scaleway if

  • You need virtual instances.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Web, Api, Cli.
  • You also want bare metal.
Scaleway review

Choose Vagrant if

  • You need box management.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Linux, Windows, Mac.
  • You also want provider support.
Vagrant review

Questions people ask

Is Scaleway or Vagrant better?
Neither clearly leads. Scaleway starts at Free and Vagrant at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Scaleway or Vagrant?
Scaleway starts at Free and Vagrant at Free.
Does Scaleway or Vagrant run on more platforms?
Scaleway runs on Web, Api, Cli. Vagrant runs on Linux, Windows, Mac.
Can I use Scaleway for free?
Both have a free tier, so you can try either at no cost before committing.
What is Scaleway best used for?
Scaleway is most often used for web hosting, container orchestration, development environments, data storage. Of those, web hosting and container orchestration are not what Vagrant is typically brought in for.
What can Scaleway do that Vagrant cannot?
Scaleway covers Virtual Instances, Bare Metal, Kubernetes Kapsule, Object Storage. Vagrant covers Box management, Provider support, Multi-machine setups, Provisioners. Both handle Docker, Ansible, Cloud deployment.
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