Cleura
vs
Azure
What's good about each
- All infrastructure located in EU (Sweden and Germany) for full data sovereignty
- OpenStack-based platform with no vendor lock-in
- Transparent pricing with per-second billing
- €50 free trial credit for new users
- Strong focus on compliance and regulated industries
- 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 | Cleura | Azure | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $14.93 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Public) | $6.77 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2ats v2) | 55% cheaper on Azure |
| Medium VM | $86.86 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Public) | $95.76 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4als v2) | 9% cheaper on Cleura |
| Large VM | $173.72 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Public) | $231.84 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (D8als v6) | 25% cheaper on Cleura |
| Block storage | $11.20 /mo 100 GB | $7.92 /mo 100 GB (Premium SSD v2) | 29% cheaper on Azure |
| Object storage | $32.84 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress | $35.25 /mo 1 TB | 7% cheaper on Cleura |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $54.71 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (Flexible Server B2s) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $23.04 /mo 1 GB RAM (Managed Redis Balanced B1) | |
| Load balancer | $38.59 /mo Octavia LBaaS | $23.00 /mo Standard | 40% cheaper on Azure |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $35.00 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 100 GB / mo | |
| Egress | $32.21 /TB €0.02875 / GB | $87.00 /TB $0.087 / GB (Premium network North America) | 63% cheaper on Cleura |
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
Azure offers 10 GPU models. We don't currently list GPU prices for Cleura.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Cleura | Azure |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | 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 | Cleura | Azure |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2002 | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Sweden | USA |
| Locations | 6 | 66 |
| Example customers | Miljödata, Clavister, Spintr, Boost.ai | General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA |
| Website | cleura.com | azure.microsoft.com |
Alternatives to consider
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Our data for Cleura was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Azure on Oct. 22, 2026.