AlexHost vs Scaleway

AlexHost offers both managed and unmanaged KVM VPS with full root access, and officially supports Windows on its VPS plans. Scaleway's cloud instances are unmanaged only with no managed option, and Windows is not supported on their Virtual Instances product line at all. For teams that need Windows or want a managed server experience without building out their own ops stack, AlexHost is the more practical option.

AlexHost guarantees 99.99% uptime across all VPS plans — under 53 minutes of allowed downtime per year. Scaleway's Virtual Instances carry an SLA of 99% to 99.5% depending on the product family, which permits between 8.75 and 43.8 hours of downtime per year. Only Scaleway's higher-tier Dedibox and Elastic Metal products reach 99.9% or above. For standard VPS workloads, AlexHost's contractual uptime commitment is significantly stronger.

AlexHost accepts Bitcoin and multiple other cryptocurrencies directly at checkout, with no mandatory identity verification for standard orders. Scaleway does not accept cryptocurrency payments — their accepted methods are Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and SEPA bank transfer only, confirmed on their billing documentation. For users who want to pay with digital assets or prefer billing privacy, AlexHost is the only option of the two.

AlexHost owns and operates a certified data center in Chisinau, Moldova — underground, in service since 2013 — with a 51 Gbps network backbone and Voxility DDoS protection active on all plans. AlexHost holds ISO/IEC 27001:2023 certification, the current version of the standard. Scaleway holds ISO/IEC 27001:2022 — one revision behind — and focuses on a developer cloud platform with data centers in Paris, Amsterdam, and Warsaw, primarily targeting teams building cloud-native workloads rather than standard VPS buyers.

AlexHost provides a clear 30-day money-back guarantee across all services. Scaleway explicitly does not offer refunds — multiple independent reviews and their own terms confirm this, with one review site summarizing it directly as "doesn't offer refunds." For buyers who want any evaluation period before committing, AlexHost is the only choice of the two that provides one.