AceCloud
vs
Azure
Both rent H100 and H200 GPUs with managed Kubernetes. AceCloud charges less for object storage from India and the US, while Microsoft Azure adds AMD Instinct GPUs and hundreds of services.
What's good about each
- Good range of high-performance NVIDIA GPUs
- On-demand billing with instance hibernation to optimize savings
- Operates 10+ data centers globally including locations in India and USA
- Offers 24/7 support with 99.99% uptime SLA
- Free credits for new users (₹20,000/$200 for 30 days)
- 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 | AceCloud | Azure | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GiB RAM (C3a.medium) | $6.77 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2ats v2) | 55% cheaper on Azure |
| Medium VM | $60.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (C3a.xlarge) | $95.76 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4als v2) | 37% cheaper on AceCloud |
| Large VM | $119.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (C3a.2xlarge) | $231.84 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (D8als v6) | 49% cheaper on AceCloud |
| Block storage | $9.00 /mo 100 GB | $7.92 /mo 100 GB (Premium SSD v2) | 12% cheaper on Azure |
| Object storage | $10.24 /mo 1 TB | $35.25 /mo 1 TB | 71% cheaper on AceCloud |
| PostgreSQL | $75.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (DB.2.8) | $54.71 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (Flexible Server B2s) | 27% cheaper on Azure |
| Redis | $75.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GiB RAM (DB.2.8) | $23.04 /mo 1 GB RAM (Managed Redis Balanced B1) | 69% cheaper on Azure |
| Load balancer | $16.00 /mo | $23.00 /mo Standard | 30% cheaper on AceCloud |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $35.00 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 100 GB / mo | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | $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
AceCloud offers 9 GPU models, while Azure offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | AceCloud | Azure | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
12 configs · 20 configs
|
$3.31 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $5.24 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | 37% cheaper on AceCloud |
|
RTX PRO 6000
21 configs · 40 configs
|
$2.00 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $3.52 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | 43% cheaper on AceCloud |
|
H200
18 configs · 4 configs
|
$3.66 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $7.56 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | 52% cheaper on AceCloud |
|
A100
9 configs · 20 configs
|
$1.65 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | $2.35 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | 30% cheaper on AceCloud |
|
L40S
20 configs
|
$1.37 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | AceCloud only |
|
RTX 6000 Ada
9 configs
|
$1.04 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | AceCloud only |
|
L4
15 configs
|
$0.60 /GPU/hr Reserved (12 mo) | -- | AceCloud only |
|
GB200
4 configs
|
-- | $11.90 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Azure only |
MI300X
4 configs
|
-- | $1.60 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
|
V100
6 configs
|
-- | $0.28 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
AceCloud bills on-demand and reserved (1, 6 or 12 months); 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 | AceCloud | Azure |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Data centers only | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | US data centers only | 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 | AceCloud | Azure |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2010 | 2008 |
| Headquarters | India | USA |
| Locations | 3 | 66 |
| Example customers | Spherum, IIT Madras, Inflolabs, VjJTechnologies | General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA |
| Website | acecloud.ai | azure.microsoft.com |
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Our data for AceCloud was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Azure on Oct. 1, 2026.