Cloudzy
vs
Azure
What's good about each
- 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
- 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 | Cloudzy | Azure | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.95 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 25 GB NVMe | $6.77 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2ats v2) | Within 5% |
| Medium VM | $52.95 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 240 GB NVMe | $95.76 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4als v2) | 45% cheaper on Cloudzy |
| Large VM | $99.95 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 350 GB NVMe | $231.84 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (D8als v6) | 57% cheaper on Cloudzy |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $7.92 /mo 100 GB (Premium SSD v2) | |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $35.25 /mo 1 TB | |
| 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 | -- Not listed | $35.00 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | |
| Egress allowance | 1-16 TB / mo per instance | 100 GB / mo | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited 1-16 TB per instance | $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
Cloudzy offers 4 GPU models, while Azure offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Cloudzy | Azure | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
2 configs · 40 configs
|
$1.93 /GPU/hr On-demand | $5.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | 65% cheaper on Cloudzy |
|
A100
6 configs · 20 configs
|
$1.64 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $3.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | 52% cheaper on Cloudzy |
|
RTX 5090
4 configs
|
$1.39 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) · sold out | -- | Cloudzy only |
|
RTX 4090
6 configs
|
$1.08 /GPU/hr Reserved (1 mo) · sold out | -- | Cloudzy only |
|
H100
20 configs
|
-- | $1.29 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
|
H200
4 configs
|
-- | $6.86 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Azure 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 |
Cloudzy bills on-demand and reserved (1 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 | Cloudzy | Azure |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | -- | 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 | Cloudzy | Azure |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2008 | 2008 |
| Headquarters | UAE | USA |
| Locations | 13 | 66 |
| Example customers | University of Toronto, University of Washington, University of Calgary, University of Milan, Politecnico di Milano | General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA |
| Website | cloudzy.com | azure.microsoft.com |
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Our data for Cloudzy was last updated on Sept. 23, 2026, and for Azure on Sept. 23, 2026.