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 logo 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

Amazon Web Services logo 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?

Example configuration Amazon Web Services Microsoft Azure
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
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
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 Amazon Web Services Microsoft Azure
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

Amazon Web Services
Website aws.amazon.com
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2006
Data Center Locations 31
Example Customers Vanguard, Disney, Samsung, Zocdoc, GoPro
Microsoft Azure
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.