Cloudflare
vs
Azure
What's good about each
- Every service runs in every datacenter, 300+ cities
- No egress fees on R2 object storage or Workers
- Free tier covers CDN, DNS, WAF and DDoS mitigation
- One platform for serverless compute, storage, SQL and vector search
- 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 | Cloudflare | Azure | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $6.77 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2ats v2) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $95.76 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4als v2) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $231.84 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (D8als v6) | |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $7.92 /mo 100 GB (Premium SSD v2) | |
| Object storage | $15.81 /mo 1 TB (R2 Standard) | $35.25 /mo 1 TB | 55% cheaper on Cloudflare |
| 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 | -- Not listed | $23.00 /mo Standard | |
| Serverless | $82.50 /mo 25M invocations, 150 ms CPU time | $35.00 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | 58% cheaper on Azure |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 100 GB / mo | |
| Egress | Free for most services | $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
Azure offers 10 GPU models. We don't currently list GPU prices for Cloudflare.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states on its own site, each linked to its source.
| Framework | Cloudflare | Azure |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | Enterprise only | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Level 1, some products | Level 1 |
| FedRAMP | High, Cloudflare for Government | 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 | Cloudflare | Azure |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2009 | 2008 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 312 | 66 |
| Example customers | Shopify, DoorDash, Discord, Intercom, Zendesk | General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA |
| Website | cloudflare.com | azure.microsoft.com |
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Our data for Cloudflare was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Azure on Oct. 22, 2026.