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Cirrascale vs Azure

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What's good about...

Cirrascale logo Cirrascale

  • Multiple GPU types (NVIDIA, AMD, Cerebras, Qualcomm, SambaNova)
  • Reservation pricing with 1 to 12-month terms
  • High-speed networking (up to 3200Gb per server)
  • Offers object storage and managed inference

Microsoft Azure logo 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 Cirrascale's prices compare against Azure?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Cirrascale Cirrascale
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Microsoft Azure Azure
$6.13 / mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2pts v2)

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Cirrascale Cirrascale
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Microsoft Azure Azure
$86.87 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4pls v2)

VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Cirrascale Cirrascale
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Microsoft Azure Azure
$173.74 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (B8pls v2)

Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Cirrascale Cirrascale
$20.00 / mo 100 GB (NVMe storage)
Microsoft Azure Azure
$8.10 / mo 100 GB

Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Cirrascale Cirrascale
$40.00 / mo 1 TB, zero bandwidth fees
Microsoft Azure Azure
$21.50 / mo 1 TB

Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Cirrascale Cirrascale
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Microsoft Azure Azure
$23.25 / mo Standard

Managed PostgreSQL

Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Cirrascale Cirrascale
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Microsoft Azure Azure
$131.89 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (Gen 5)

Managed Redis®*

Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Cirrascale Cirrascale
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Microsoft Azure Azure
$39.60 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic C1)

Serverless 25M Executions

Closest config to 25M invocations, 150ms execution time, 512 MB memory.
Cirrascale Cirrascale
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Microsoft Azure Azure
$29.80 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration

Free egress allowance

Cirrascale Cirrascale
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Microsoft Azure Azure
100 GB / mo

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Cirrascale Cirrascale
Free and unlimited
Microsoft Azure Azure
$87.00 $0.087 / GB (Premium network North America)

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Cirrascale Cirrascale
$0.28/hr
Microsoft Azure Azure
$0.09/hr

Billing Options

Cirrascale Cirrascale
Reserved (12mo)Reserved (1mo)Reserved (6mo)Reserved (3mo)
Microsoft Azure Azure
On-DemandSpotReserved (12mo)Reserved (36mo)

Available Models

Cirrascale offers 9 GPU models, while Azure offers 10.

Cirrascale Cirrascale
H100(4) A100(12) H200(4) B200(4) RTX A6000(4) A5000(4) A4000(4) MI300X(4) MI250(4)
Microsoft Azure Azure
H100(14) A100(20) H200(2) RTX Pro 6000(40) V100(4) A10(24) MI300X(2) GB200(2) T4(16) M60(12)

Heads up: We do our best to keep these prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates with the provider before provisioning.

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Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Cirrascale and Azure offer:

Service Cirrascale Azure
Analytics
App Testing
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Container Registry
Crash Reporting
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
NoSQL Databases
Object Storage
Performance Monitoring
Push Notifications
Realtime Databases
Remote Config
Serverless Cron Jobs
Serverless Functions
Static Sites
User Authentication
Vector Databases
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Cirrascale Cirrascale
www.cirrascale.com
Microsoft Azure Azure
azure.microsoft.com
Headquarters
Cirrascale Cirrascale
United States of America
Microsoft Azure Azure
United States of America
Founded
Cirrascale Cirrascale
2010
Microsoft Azure Azure
2008
Data Center Locations
Cirrascale Cirrascale
12
Microsoft Azure Azure
66
Example Customers
Cirrascale Cirrascale
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Microsoft Azure Azure
General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA

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Our data for Cirrascale was last updated on Feb. 12, 2026, and for Azure on June 4, 2026.

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Thunder Compute
Our sponsor
NVIDIA H100 from $1.38/hr, A100 80GB from $0.78/hr, RTX A6000 from $0.27/hr
No commitments, billed per minute, SOC 2 and GDPR compliant
Hot swappable hardware, templates for ComfyUI and Ollama
One-click connection to VS Code or Cursor, simple CLI to connect without SSH
Try now