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Civo vs Microsoft Azure

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What's good
Price comparison
What services do they offer
Company details
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What's good about...

Civo

Easy to use, uncomplicated cloud platform
Everything you need in a single platform, from databases to GPUs to object storage to instances
Create a Kubernetes cluster with just a few clicks
Very competitive pricing, free egress

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 Civo's prices compare against Microsoft Azure?

Example configuration	Civo	Microsoft Azure
VM Small	$5.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM	$7.49 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B1s)
VM Medium	$40.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM	$137.52 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (A4v2)
VM Large	$160.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM	$288.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (A8v2)
Block Storage	$10.00 / mo 100 GB	$9.60 / mo 128 GiB
Object Storage	$10.00 / mo 1 TB, unlimited data transfer	$21.50 / mo 1 TB
Load Balancer	$10.00 / mo Single node	$23.25 / mo Standard
Managed PostgreSQL	$40.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM	$131.89 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (Gen 5)
Managed Redis®*	$20.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM	$39.60 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic C1)
Serverless 25M Executions	--	$29.80 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration
Free egress allowance	--	100 GB / mo
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	Free and unlimited	$78.30

Civo offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name	GPUs	Total GPU Memory	vCPUs	RAM	Price per hour
H100	1x H100	80GB	--	--	On Request
GH200	1x GH200	96GB	--	--	On Request
L40S Medium	1x L40S	48GB	8	64GB	$1.79
A100-40 Small	1x A100	40GB	8	64GB	$1.79
A100-80 Small	1x A100	80GB	12	128GB	$2.38
L40S Medium (2x)	2x L40S	96GB	16	128GB	$3.57
A100-40 Medium	2x A100	80GB	16	128GB	$3.57
A100-80 Medium	2x A100	160GB	24	256GB	$4.76
L40S Large	4x L40S	192GB	32	255GB	$7.14
A100-40 Large	4x A100	160GB	32	255GB	$7.14
A100-80 Large	4x A100	320GB	48	512GB	$9.52
L40S Extra Large	8x L40S	384GB	64	512GB	$14.29
A100-40 Extra Large	8x A100	320GB	64	512GB	$14.29
A100-80 Extra Large	8x A100	640GB	96	1024GB	$19.05

Azure offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name	GPUs	Total GPU Memory	vCPUs	RAM	Price per hour
NC4as T4 v3	1x T4	16GB	4	28GB	$0.53
NC8as T4 v3	1x T4	16GB	8	56GB	$0.75
NC6	1x K80	12GB	6	56GB	$0.90
NV6	1x M60	8GB	6	56GB	$1.14
NV12s v3	1x M60	8GB	12	112GB	$1.14
NC16as T4 v3	1x T4	16GB	16	110GB	$1.20
NC12	2x K80	24GB	12	112GB	$1.80
NC6s v2	1x P100	16GB	6	112GB	$2.07
ND6s	1x P40	24GB	6	112GB	$2.07
NV12	2x M60	16GB	12	112GB	$2.28
NV24s v3	2x M60	16GB	24	224GB	$2.28
NC6s v3	1x V100	16GB	6	112GB	$3.06
NC24	4x K80	48GB	24	224GB	$3.60
NC24r	4x K80	48GB	24	224GB	$3.96
NC12s v2	2x P100	32GB	12	224GB	$4.14
ND12s	2x P40	48GB	12	224GB	$4.14
NC64as T4 v3	4x T4	64GB	64	440GB	$4.35
NV48s v3	4x M60	32GB	48	448GB	$4.56
NV24	4x M60	32GB	24	224GB	$4.56
NC12s v3	2x V100	32GB	12	224GB	$6.12
ND24s	4x P40	96GB	24	448GB	$8.28
NC24s v2	4x P100	64GB	24	448GB	$8.28
ND24rs	4x P40	96GB	24	448GB	$9.11
NC24rs v2	4x P100	64GB	24	448GB	$9.11
NC24s v3	4x V100	64GB	24	448GB	$12.24
NC24rs v3	4x V100	64GB	24	448GB	$13.46
ND40rs v2	8x V100	256GB	40	672GB	$22.03
ND96asr A100 v4	8x A100	320GB	96	900GB	$27.20

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 of the managed services that Civo and Microsoft Azure offer:

Service	Civo	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

	Civo	Microsoft Azure
Website	civo.com	azure.microsoft.com
Headquarters	United Kingdom 🇬🇧	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2015	2008
Data Center Locations	5	66
Example Customers	TrueFoundry, Fermyon, Defense.com™	General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA

	Civo
Website	civo.com
Headquarters	United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Founded	2015
Data Center Locations	5
Example Customers	TrueFoundry, Fermyon, Defense.com™

	Microsoft Azure
Website	azure.microsoft.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2008
Data Center Locations	66
Example Customers	General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA