Cerebrium
vs
Azure
What's good about each
- Per-second billing, with no charge for idle GPUs
- Cold starts of 2-4 seconds via memory and GPU snapshots
- SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA, GDPR and ISO 27001 certified
- Ten GPU types, from T4 to B200
- Region pinning for data residency, on US and EU capacity
- 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 | Cerebrium | Azure | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $22.73 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (CPU only) | $6.77 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2ats v2) | 70% cheaper on Azure |
| Medium VM | $113.94 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (CPU only) | $95.76 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4als v2) | 16% cheaper on Azure |
| Large VM | $227.89 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU only) | $231.84 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (D8als v6) | Within 5% |
| Block storage | $5.00 /mo 100 GB beyond free allowance · First 100 GB included | $7.92 /mo 100 GB (Premium SSD v2) | 37% cheaper on Cerebrium |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $35.25 /mo 1 TB | |
| 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 | -- Not listed | $23.00 /mo Standard | |
| 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
Cerebrium offers 9 GPU models, while Azure offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Cerebrium | Azure | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
4 configs · 20 configs
|
$3.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | $6.98 /GPU/hr On-demand | 51% cheaper on Cerebrium |
|
RTX PRO 6000
4 configs · 40 configs
|
$2.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $5.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | 55% cheaper on Cerebrium |
|
H200
4 configs · 4 configs
|
$4.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | $13.78 /GPU/hr On-demand | 70% cheaper on Cerebrium |
|
A100
8 configs · 20 configs
|
$2.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | 41% cheaper on Cerebrium |
|
T4
4 configs · 16 configs
|
$0.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.53 /GPU/hr On-demand | 11% cheaper on Azure |
|
A10
4 configs · 12 configs
|
$1.10 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | 66% cheaper on Cerebrium |
|
B200
4 configs
|
$6.01 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Cerebrium only |
|
L40S
4 configs
|
$1.95 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Cerebrium only |
|
GB200
4 configs
|
-- | $11.90 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Azure only |
MI300X
4 configs
|
-- | $1.60 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
Cerebrium bills on-demand; 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 | Cerebrium | Azure |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | Yes | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | 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 | Cerebrium | Azure |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2021 | 2008 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 3 | 66 |
| Example customers | Tavus, Deepgram, Resemble AI | General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA |
| Website | www.cerebrium.ai | azure.microsoft.com |
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Our data for Cerebrium was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Azure on Oct. 1, 2026.