Companies that use Scaleway

Source: Analysis of job postings that mention Scaleway (using the Bloomberry Jobs API)

My analysis shows that Scaleway's buyers are primarily technical leaders in engineering and infrastructure teams. Head of Engineering roles account for 7% of leadership positions, alongside CTOs and Platform Engineering leads who make strategic decisions about cloud infrastructure. These buyers prioritize European sovereignty, with multiple postings emphasizing SecNumCloud certification and sovereign cloud requirements. They're building secure, compliant environments for sectors like public services, banking, and healthcare that require data residency guarantees.

The day-to-day users are heavily weighted toward DevOps engineers and SREs (29%), who work alongside backend developers (13%) and system administrators (4%). These practitioners deploy Kubernetes clusters, manage CI/CD pipelines with tools like Terraform and Ansible, and maintain high-availability production environments. They're working with containers, managing databases, and integrating Scaleway services into broader cloud architectures that often span multiple providers including AWS, Azure, and other European clouds.

The pain points center on sovereignty and compliance without sacrificing performance. Companies seek "cloud souverain" solutions and "une alternative crédible, performante et souveraine." One posting describes building "un cloud souverain fondé sur le meilleur de l'open source" while another emphasizes "environnements de confiance" for sensitive workloads. These organizations want the technical capabilities of hyperscalers but with European data governance, pushing them toward Scaleway as their infrastructure foundation for AI, production workloads, and regulated environments.

Source: Analysis of Linkedin bios of 2,181 companies that use Scaleway

I noticed that Scaleway's customers are predominantly technology service providers and digital product companies, but they're not the high-growth SaaS darlings you might expect. These are businesses building practical solutions for specific industries: software development agencies creating custom applications for clients, IT consulting firms managing cloud infrastructure, companies developing niche B2B platforms (LIMS for laboratories, ERP for jewelry manufacturers, intranet solutions), and digital agencies handling web development and e-commerce. Many are also technology-enabled service businesses in sectors like education, logistics, and financial services.

These companies cluster in the established small-to-medium business category. Most employ between 10 and 50 people, with a sweet spot around 20-30 employees. Very few show venture funding, suggesting they're bootstrapped or traditionally financed. They've typically been operating for 5-15 years and appear profitable and steady rather than hypergrowth. The exceptions are occasional Series A companies, but even those seem measured in their expansion.

Source: Analysis of tech stacks from 2,181 companies that use Scaleway

I noticed that Scaleway attracts a distinctly European, engineering-first company profile. The combination of tools suggests these are technically sophisticated businesses that prioritize infrastructure control, open-source solutions, and efficient operations over enterprise-grade commercial platforms. The strong presence of GitLab, n8n, and Grafana tells me these teams value self-hosted, customizable tools they can deploy and manage themselves.

The pairing of Scaleway with OVH is particularly revealing. Both are European cloud providers, suggesting these companies deliberately choose EU-based infrastructure, likely for data sovereignty, GDPR compliance, or simply supporting regional providers. The Lemlist and Axeptio combination adds another layer. Lemlist is an outbound sales automation tool while Axeptio handles cookie consent management, both French companies. This points to B2B companies doing cold outreach in European markets where privacy regulations matter deeply. The n8n correlation is especially interesting because it's a self-hosted workflow automation alternative to Zapier, which reinforces that these teams prefer running their own infrastructure rather than relying on SaaS platforms.

My analysis shows these are likely bootstrapped or efficiently-funded European startups in early to growth stages. They're clearly sales-led given the Lemlist presence, but with a strong technical foundation that lets them build rather than buy solutions. The Grafana usage suggests they have sophisticated monitoring needs and engineering teams capable of implementing observability from scratch. These aren't companies defaulting to AWS and Salesforce. They're making deliberate infrastructure choices, often prioritizing cost efficiency and control.