CloudFerro
vs
Azure
What's good about each
- NATO, EU and ESA SECRET facility security clearances
- Direct access to Copernicus Earth observation data
- Clouds in Warsaw, Łódź and Frankfurt
- ISO 27001 certified, with a BSI C5 attestation
- 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 | CloudFerro | Azure | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $14.86 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (eo1.xsmall) | $6.77 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2ats v2) | 54% cheaper on Azure |
| Medium VM | $80.88 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (eo1.large) | $95.76 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4als v2) | 16% cheaper on CloudFerro |
| Large VM | $278.14 /mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (eo2.2xlarge) | $231.84 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (D8als v6) | 17% cheaper on Azure |
| Block storage | $11.46 /mo 100 GB | $7.92 /mo 100 GB (Premium SSD v2) | 31% cheaper on Azure |
| Object storage | $24.76 /mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB egress | $35.25 /mo 1 TB | 30% cheaper on CloudFerro |
| PostgreSQL | $196.26 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 32 GB (eo2a.large) · Monthly fixed term | $54.71 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (Flexible Server B2s) | 72% cheaper on Azure |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $23.04 /mo 1 GB RAM (Managed Redis Balanced B1) | |
| Load balancer | $8.25 /mo non-HA-medium | $23.00 /mo Standard | 64% cheaper on CloudFerro |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $35.00 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 100 GB / mo | |
| Egress | $7.34 /TB 1 TB | $87.00 /TB $0.087 / GB (Premium network North America) | 92% cheaper on CloudFerro |
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
CloudFerro offers 6 GPU models, while Azure offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | CloudFerro | Azure | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
6 configs · 20 configs
|
$7.21 /GPU/hr On-demand | $6.98 /GPU/hr On-demand | Within 5% |
|
RTX PRO 6000
1 config · 40 configs
|
$2.41 /GPU/hr On-demand | $5.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | 56% cheaper on CloudFerro |
|
H200
4 configs · 4 configs
|
$8.29 /GPU/hr On-demand | $13.78 /GPU/hr On-demand | 40% cheaper on CloudFerro |
|
A100
1 config · 20 configs
|
$8.46 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | 60% cheaper on Azure |
|
L40S
2 configs
|
$1.13 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | CloudFerro only |
|
RTX A6000
2 configs
|
$4.64 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | CloudFerro 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
|
-- | $0.28 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
|
T4
16 configs
|
-- | $0.15 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
CloudFerro bills on-demand and spot; 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 | CloudFerro | Azure |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | -- | 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 | CloudFerro | Azure |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2015 | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Poland | USA |
| Locations | 6 | 66 |
| Example customers | -- | General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA |
| Website | cloudferro.com | azure.microsoft.com |
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Our data for CloudFerro was last updated on Sept. 22, 2026, and for Azure on Sept. 22, 2026.