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) | 55% cheaper on Civo |
| 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 | 69% cheaper on Civo |
| 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 | 53% cheaper on Civo |
| 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 | 57% cheaper on Civo |
|
H200
10 configs · 4 configs
|
$3.49 /GPU/hr On-demand | $13.78 /GPU/hr On-demand | 75% cheaper on Civo |
|
A100
40 configs · 20 configs
|
$1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | 68% cheaper on Civo |
|
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
|
-- | $1.76 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
|
V100
6 configs
|
-- | $0.28 /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.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Civo | Azure |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | 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 | 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 Oct. 7, 2026, and for Azure on Oct. 7, 2026.