Civo
vs
Azure
What's good about each
- Free egress and ingress
- Kubernetes control plane at no cost
- Deploy to locations in Europe and Asia
- GPUs from L40S to B300, reservable for up to 36 months
- API serving open models from the UK
- 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 | Civo | Azure | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $5.43 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (xSmall) | $6.77 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2ats v2) | 20% cheaper on Civo |
| Medium VM | $43.45 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Large) | $95.76 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4als v2) | 2.2x more expensive on Azure |
| Large VM | $139.05 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU Optimized Small) | $231.84 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (D8als v6) | 40% cheaper on Civo |
| Block storage | $10.88 /mo 100 GB | $7.92 /mo 100 GB (Premium SSD v2) | 27% cheaper on Azure |
| Object storage | $10.86 /mo 1 TB | $35.25 /mo 1 TB | 3.2x more expensive on Azure |
| PostgreSQL | $43.45 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB NVMe (Small) | $54.71 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (Flexible Server B2s) | 21% cheaper on Civo |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $23.04 /mo 1 GB RAM (Managed Redis Balanced B1) | |
| Load balancer | $10.86 /mo 10,000 concurrent requests | $23.00 /mo Standard | 2.1x more expensive on Azure |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $35.00 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 100 GB / mo | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited | $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
Civo offers 6 GPU models, while Azure offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Civo | Azure | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
10 configs · 20 configs
|
$2.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | $6.98 /GPU/hr On-demand | 2.3x more expensive on Azure |
|
H200
10 configs · 4 configs
|
$3.49 /GPU/hr On-demand | $13.78 /GPU/hr On-demand | 3.9x more expensive on Azure |
|
A100
40 configs · 20 configs
|
$1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | 3.1x more expensive on Azure |
|
B300
4 configs
|
$5.49 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Civo only |
|
B200
3 configs
|
$3.79 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Civo only |
|
L40S
20 configs
|
$0.89 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Civo only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
40 configs
|
-- | $1.02 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
|
GB200
4 configs
|
-- | $11.90 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Azure only |
MI300X
4 configs
|
-- | $1.60 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
|
V100
6 configs
|
-- | $0.31 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
Civo bills on-demand and reserved (6, 12, 24 or 36 months); 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.
Company details
| Fact | Civo | Azure |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2015 | 2008 |
| Headquarters | UK | USA |
| Locations | 6 | 66 |
| Example customers | Defense.com, TensorGo, Limitless Technologies, Techdome, KubeNine | General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA |
| Website | civo.com | azure.microsoft.com |
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Our data for Civo was last updated on Sept. 17, 2026, and for Azure on Sept. 17, 2026.