What's good about...

Civo logo Civo

  • Offers many managed services, from databases to GPUs to object storage to containers
  • Create a Kubernetes cluster with just a few clicks
  • Competitive pricing, free egress

Civo 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 Civo's prices compare against Microsoft Azure?

Example configuration Civo Microsoft Azure
VM Small $5.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM $6.13 / mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2pts v2)
VM Medium $40.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM $86.87 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4pls v2)
VM Large $160.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM $173.74 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (B8pls v2)
Block Storage $10.00 / mo 100 GB $8.10 / mo 100 GB
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 $87.00 $0.087 / GB (Premium network North America)

Civo offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name GPUs VRAM vCPUs RAM Price/h
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
H100 1x H100 80GB -- -- On Request
GH200 1x GH200 96GB -- -- On Request

Azure offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name GPUs VRAM vCPUs RAM Price/h
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
NC24ads A100 v4 1x A100 80GB 24 220GB $4.78 Launch
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
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

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Our data for Civo was last updated on Oct. 16, 2024, and for Microsoft Azure on Oct. 24, 2024.