3NV
vs
Azure
What's good about each
- 20 TB monthly traffic included on cloud VMs, 100 TB on dedicated servers
- vCPU, RAM, and NVMe priced and sized independently
- EN 50600 certified facility, Estonian operator, EU jurisdiction
- Own AS214132 with dual 25 Gb/s uplinks on bare metal
- Integrates with Entra ID, Microsoft 365, GitHub and Visual Studio
- Azure Arc and Azure Stack for hybrid and multicloud
- OpenAI models served through Azure AI Foundry
- 100+ compliance offerings, regional and industry-specific
- 60+ regions worldwide
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | 3NV | Azure | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $9.45 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB NVMe | $6.77 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2ats v2) | 28% cheaper on Azure |
| Medium VM | $51.44 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 80 GB NVMe (Standard) | $95.76 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4als v2) | 46% cheaper on 3NV |
| Large VM | $102.88 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 160 GB NVMe (Pro) | $231.84 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (D8als v6) | 56% cheaper on 3NV |
| Block storage | $10.27 /mo 100 GB NVMe | $7.92 /mo 100 GB (Premium SSD v2) | 23% cheaper on Azure |
| Object storage | $39.94 /mo 1 TB stored | $35.25 /mo 1 TB | 12% cheaper on Azure |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $54.71 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (Flexible Server B2s) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $23.04 /mo 1 GB RAM (Managed Redis Balanced B1) | |
| Load balancer | Included with cloud instances | $23.00 /mo Standard | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $35.00 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | |
| Egress allowance | 20 TB / mo per instance, 100 TB per dedicated server | 100 GB / mo | |
| Egress | Not publicly listed 20 TB per instance, then metered per TB | $87.00 /TB $0.087 / GB (Premium network North America) |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Hover a service for the reference configuration. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
GPUs
Azure offers 10 GPU models. We track no GPU listings from 3NV. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | 3NV | Azure | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
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-- | $1.29 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
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-- | $1.02 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
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-- | $6.86 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Azure only |
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-- | $0.68 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
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-- | $11.90 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Azure only |
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-- | $1.60 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
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-- | $0.28 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
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-- | $0.15 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
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-- | $0.59 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
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-- | -- On request | Azure only |
Azure bills on-demand, spot and reserved (12 or 36 months). The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | 3NV | Azure |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | -- | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | -- | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | Level 1 |
| FedRAMP | -- | High |
Heads up: Each entry links to the provider's own statement. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it. A dash means we found nothing to link to, not that the provider lacks it.
Company details
| Fact | 3NV | Azure |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2024 | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Estonia | USA |
| Locations | 1 | 66 |
| Example customers | Swyke, indexing.co, Zentria, Addy | General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA |
| Website | 3nv.io | azure.microsoft.com |
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Our data for 3NV was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Azure on Sept. 23, 2026.