What's good about...

Cloudzy logo Cloudzy

  • 10+ regions across North America, Europe, Middle East, and Asia
  • Monthly transfer allowance of 1-16 TB
  • 40 Gb/s uplinks and NVMe storage on every plan
  • GPU plans use full card passthrough, not vGPU or MIG slices

Microsoft Azure logo 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 Cloudzy's prices compare against Azure?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Cloudzy Cloudzy
$6.95 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 25 GB NVMe
Microsoft Azure Azure
$6.13 / mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2pts v2)

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Cloudzy Cloudzy
$52.95 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 240 GB NVMe
Microsoft Azure Azure
$86.87 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4pls v2)

VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Cloudzy Cloudzy
$99.95 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 350 GB NVMe
Microsoft Azure Azure
$173.74 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (B8pls v2)

Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Cloudzy Cloudzy
--
Microsoft Azure Azure
$8.10 / mo 100 GB

Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Cloudzy Cloudzy
--
Microsoft Azure Azure
$21.50 / mo 1 TB

Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Cloudzy Cloudzy
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Microsoft Azure Azure
$23.25 / mo Standard

Managed PostgreSQL

Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Cloudzy Cloudzy
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Microsoft Azure Azure
$131.89 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (Gen 5)

Managed Redis®*

Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Cloudzy Cloudzy
--
Microsoft Azure Azure
$39.60 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic C1)

Serverless 25M Executions

Closest config to 25M invocations, 150ms execution time, 512 MB memory.
Cloudzy Cloudzy
--
Microsoft Azure Azure
$29.80 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration

Free egress allowance

Cloudzy Cloudzy
1-16 TB / mo per instance
Microsoft Azure Azure
100 GB / mo

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Cloudzy Cloudzy
Free and unlimited 1-16 TB per instance
Microsoft Azure Azure
$87.00 $0.087 / GB (Premium network North America)

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Cloudzy Cloudzy
$1.81/hr
Microsoft Azure Azure
$0.10/hr

Billing Options

Cloudzy Cloudzy
On-DemandReserved (1mo)
Microsoft Azure Azure
On-DemandSpotCustomReserved (36mo)Reserved (12mo)

Available Models

Cloudzy offers 4 GPU models, while Azure offers 10.

Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.

Which services do they offer

Company details

Website
Headquarters
Cloudzy Cloudzy
United Arab Emirates
Microsoft Azure Azure
United States of America
Founded
Cloudzy Cloudzy
2008
Microsoft Azure Azure
2008
Data Center Locations
Cloudzy Cloudzy
13
Microsoft Azure Azure
66
Example Customers
Cloudzy Cloudzy
University of Toronto, University of Washington, University of Calgary, University of Milan, Politecnico di Milano
Microsoft Azure Azure
General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA

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Our data for Cloudzy was last updated on Aug. 14, 2026, and for Azure on Aug. 14, 2026.