Comparison
Macyou vs Scaleway
Scaleway is a large French cloud provider that rents dedicated Mac minis (M1–M4 Pro) from its Paris data centers, aimed at developers already inside its ecosystem.
<1 min
Deploy time
50–77%
Cost savings
99.9%
Uptime SLA
24/7
Support
How much will you save?
1 month
-$121
saved vs Scaleway
$340
Macyou
vs
$219
Scaleway
12 months
-$1,452
saved vs Scaleway
$4,080
Macyou
vs
$2,628
Scaleway
36 months
-$4,355
saved vs Scaleway
$12,239
Macyou
vs
$7,884
Scaleway
Scaleway strengths
- EU data centers (Paris) and EU jurisdiction
- Hourly billing available
- Part of a full cloud ecosystem (VPC, S3, etc.)
- Transparent public pricing
Scaleway limitations
- Machines come empty — no AI/ML stacks, no inference API
- Lineup tops out at M4 Pro 64 GB — no Studio-class 128–256 GB
- 24-hour minimum billing on every Mac (Apple licensing)
- No long-term price discount
- Remote access is DIY (SSH/VNC setup yourself)
Why Macyou wins
- AI stacks pre-installed: Ollama, MLX, agents — deploy in ~5 minutes
- OpenAI-compatible API endpoint out of the box
- Mac Studio class up to M3 Ultra 256 GB + Thunderbolt 5 clustering
- Browser desktop (WebRTC) included — no VNC setup
- Fixed monthly price with annual −20%
Feature comparison
| Feature | Scaleway | Macyou |
|---|---|---|
| Bare-metal M4 Pro | ||
| Deploy time | <1 min | |
| 24/7 support included | ||
| AI stack pre-installed | ||
| Hourly billing | ||
| Data center jurisdiction | 🇬🇪 GE / EU-adjacent | |
| Setup fee | $0 | |
| Contract lock-in | Cancel anytime |
Hidden costs of Scaleway
Fine print you should know about before committing.
Prices are EUR excl. VAT (€149 / €199 / €335) — USD shown at ≈1.10
24-hour minimum allocation (Apple licensing)
No pre-installed AI tooling — bring-your-own everything
Max 64 GB unified memory in the lineup