AWS vs Azure
AWS and Microsoft Azure both offer a wide range of cloud services. AWS is known for its extensive service catalog and maturity, while Azure excels in integrating with Microsoft products and services.
What's good about...
Amazon Web Services
- Extensive range of managed services, from serverless to databases to queues to video streaming
- Generous free tier and savings plan available to lock-in discounts
- 30+ datacenter locations around the world
Microsoft Azure
- Integrations with the rest of Microsoft's products
- Extensive range of managed services, from serverless to databases to queues to AI
- Generous free tier, and compute savings plans available
- 60+ datacenter locations around the world
Price comparison
How do Amazon Web Services's prices compare against Microsoft Azure?
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VM Small | $7.49 / mo 2 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (t3.micro) | $6.13 / mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2pts v2) |
VM Medium | $119.80 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (t3.xlarge) | $86.87 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4pls v2) |
VM Large | $248.20 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GiB RAM (c5.2xlarge) | $173.74 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (B8pls v2) |
Block Storage | $8.00 / mo 100 GB | $8.10 / mo 100 GB |
Object Storage | $24.63 / mo 1 TB | $21.50 / mo 1 TB |
Load Balancer | $22.57 / mo Network Load Balancer | $23.25 / mo Standard |
Managed PostgreSQL | $57.59 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (db.t3.medium) | $131.89 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (Gen 5) |
Managed Redis®* | $24.82 / mo 1 vCPU, 1.55 GiB RAM (cache.t2.small) | $39.60 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic C1) |
Serverless 25M Executions | $36.26 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | $29.80 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration |
Free egress allowance | 100 GB / mo | 100 GB / mo |
1 TB of egress beyond allowance | $90.00 $0.09 / GB (North America) | $87.00 $0.087 / GB (Premium network North America) |
AWS offers GPUs in the following configurations:
Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
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g5g.xlarge | 1x T4G | 16GB | 4 | 16GB | $0.42 | Source |
g4dn.xlarge | 1x T4G | 16GB | 4 | 16GB | $0.53 | Source |
g5g.2xlarge | 1x T4G | 16GB | 8 | 16GB | $0.56 | Source |
g3s.xlarge | 1x M60 | 8GB | 4 | 30GB | $0.75 | Source |
g4dn.2xlarge | 1x T4G | 16GB | 8 | 32GB | $0.75 | Source |
g5g.4xlarge | 1x T4G | 16GB | 16 | 16GB | $0.83 | Source |
p2.xlarge | 1x K80 | 12GB | 4 | 61GB | $0.90 | Source |
g5.xlarge | 1x A10G | 24GB | 4 | 16GB | $1.01 | Source |
g3.4xlarge | 1x M60 | 8GB | 16 | 122GB | $1.14 | Source |
g4dn.4xlarge | 1x T4G | 16GB | 16 | 64GB | $1.20 | Source |
g5.2xlarge | 1x A10G | 24GB | 8 | 32GB | $1.21 | Source |
g5g.8xlarge | 1x T4G | 16GB | 32 | 16GB | $1.37 | Source |
g5.4xlarge | 1x A10G | 24GB | 16 | 64GB | $1.63 | Source |
g4dn.8xlarge | 1x T4G | 16GB | 32 | 128GB | $2.18 | Source |
g3.8xlarge | 2x M60 | 16GB | 32 | 244GB | $2.28 | Source |
g5.8xlarge | 1x A10G | 24GB | 32 | 128GB | $2.45 | Source |
g5g.16xlarge | 2x T4G | 32GB | 64 | 32GB | $2.74 | Source |
p3.2xlarge | 1x V100 | 16GB | 8 | 61GB | $3.06 | Source |
g4dn.12xlarge | 4x T4G | 64GB | 48 | 192GB | $3.92 | Source |
g5.12xlarge | 4x A10G | 96GB | 48 | 192GB | $4.10 | Source |
g4dn.16xlarge | 1x T4G | 16GB | 64 | 256GB | $4.35 | Source |
g3.16xlarge | 4x M60 | 32GB | 64 | 488GB | $4.56 | Source |
g5.12xlarge | 4x A10G | 384GB | 48 | 192GB | $5.68 | Source |
p2.8xlarge | 8x K80 | 96GB | 32 | 488GB | $7.20 | Source |
g4dn.metal | 8x T4G | 128GB | 96 | 384GB | $7.83 | Source |
g5.24xlarge | 4x A10G | 96GB | 96 | 384GB | $8.14 | Source |
p3.8xlarge | 4x V100 | 64GB | 32 | 244GB | $12.24 | Source |
p2.16xlarge | 16x K80 | 192GB | 64 | 732GB | $14.40 | Source |
g5.48xlarge | 8x A10G | 192GB | 192 | 768GB | $16.29 | Source |
p3.16xlarge | 8x V100 | 128GB | 64 | 488GB | $24.48 | Source |
p4d.24xlarge | 8x A100 | 320GB | 96 | 1152GB | $32.77 | Source |
p5.48xlarge | 8x H100 | 640GB | 192 | 2048GB | $98.32 | Source |
Azure offers GPUs in the following configurations:
Name | GPUs | VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Price/h | |
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NC4as T4 v3 | 1x T4 | 16GB | 4 | 28GB | $0.53 | Source |
NC8as T4 v3 | 1x T4 | 16GB | 8 | 56GB | $0.75 | Source |
NC6 | 1x K80 | 12GB | 6 | 56GB | $0.90 | Source |
NV6 | 1x M60 | 8GB | 6 | 56GB | $1.14 | Source |
NV12s v3 | 1x M60 | 8GB | 12 | 112GB | $1.14 | Source |
NC16as T4 v3 | 1x T4 | 16GB | 16 | 110GB | $1.20 | Source |
NC12 | 2x K80 | 24GB | 12 | 112GB | $1.80 | Source |
NC6s v2 | 1x P100 | 16GB | 6 | 112GB | $2.07 | Source |
ND6s | 1x P40 | 24GB | 6 | 112GB | $2.07 | Source |
NV12 | 2x M60 | 16GB | 12 | 112GB | $2.28 | Source |
NV24s v3 | 2x M60 | 16GB | 24 | 224GB | $2.28 | Source |
NC6s v3 | 1x V100 | 16GB | 6 | 112GB | $3.06 | Source |
NC24 | 4x K80 | 48GB | 24 | 224GB | $3.60 | Source |
NC24r | 4x K80 | 48GB | 24 | 224GB | $3.96 | Source |
NC12s v2 | 2x P100 | 32GB | 12 | 224GB | $4.14 | Source |
ND12s | 2x P40 | 48GB | 12 | 224GB | $4.14 | Source |
NC64as T4 v3 | 4x T4 | 64GB | 64 | 440GB | $4.35 | Source |
NV48s v3 | 4x M60 | 32GB | 48 | 448GB | $4.56 | Source |
NV24 | 4x M60 | 32GB | 24 | 224GB | $4.56 | Source |
NC24ads A100 v4 | 1x A100 | 80GB | 24 | 220GB | $4.78 | Source |
NC12s v3 | 2x V100 | 32GB | 12 | 224GB | $6.12 | Source |
ND24s | 4x P40 | 96GB | 24 | 448GB | $8.28 | Source |
NC24s v2 | 4x P100 | 64GB | 24 | 448GB | $8.28 | Source |
NC40ads H100 v5 | 1x H100 | 80GB | 40 | 320GB | $8.82 | Source |
ND24rs | 4x P40 | 96GB | 24 | 448GB | $9.11 | Source |
NC24rs v2 | 4x P100 | 64GB | 24 | 448GB | $9.11 | Source |
NC24s v3 | 4x V100 | 64GB | 24 | 448GB | $12.24 | Source |
NC24rs v3 | 4x V100 | 64GB | 24 | 448GB | $13.46 | Source |
ND40rs v2 | 8x V100 | 256GB | 40 | 672GB | $22.03 | Source |
ND96asr A100 v4 | 8x A100 | 320GB | 96 | 900GB | $27.20 | Source |
Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing.
Which services do they offer
Here are some managed services that Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure offer:
Service |
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Block Storage | ||
Content Delivery Network (CDN) | ||
Container Registry | ||
GPU-powered Servers | ||
Load Balancer | ||
Managed Containers | ||
Managed Kubernetes | ||
Managed MySQL | ||
Managed PostgreSQL | ||
Managed Redis®* | ||
Object Storage | ||
Serverless Cron Jobs | ||
Serverless Functions | ||
Static Sites | ||
Virtual Private Server (VPS) |
Company details
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Website | aws.amazon.com | azure.microsoft.com |
Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
Founded | 2006 | 2008 |
Data Center Locations | 31 | 66 |
Example Customers | Vanguard, Disney, Samsung, Zocdoc, GoPro | General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA |
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Website | aws.amazon.com |
Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
Founded | 2006 |
Data Center Locations | 31 |
Example Customers | Vanguard, Disney, Samsung, Zocdoc, GoPro |
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Website | azure.microsoft.com |
Headquarters | United States of America 🇺🇸 |
Founded | 2008 |
Data Center Locations | 66 |
Example Customers | General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA |
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Our data for Amazon Web Services was last updated on Sept. 28, 2024, and for Microsoft Azure on Oct. 24, 2024.