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  • Offers a wide range GPU models including the Nvidia H200
  • Great documentation, easy to use API
  • Based in EU, may ease GDPR compliance

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  • 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 DataCrunch's prices compare against Microsoft Azure?

Example configuration DataCrunch Microsoft Azure
VM Small -- $6.13 / mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2pts v2)
VM Medium $28.80 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM $86.87 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4pls v2)
VM Large $57.60 / mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM $173.74 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (B8pls v2)
Block Storage $20.00 / mo 100 GB NVMe $8.10 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage -- $21.50 / mo 1 TB
Load Balancer -- $23.25 / mo Standard
Managed PostgreSQL -- $131.89 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (Gen 5)
Managed Redis®* -- $39.60 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic C1)
Serverless 25M Executions -- $29.80 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration
Free egress allowance -- 100 GB / mo
1 TB of egress beyond allowance Free and unlimited $87.00 $0.087 / GB (Premium network North America)

DataCrunch offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name GPUs VRAM vCPUs RAM Price/h
Tesla V100 16GB 1x V100 16GB 6 23GB $0.39 Launch
RTX A6000 48GB 1x A6000 48GB 10 60GB $1.01 Launch
L40S 1x L40S 48GB 20 60GB $1.10 Source
RTX 6000 Ada 48GB 1x RTX 6000 48GB 10 60GB $1.19 Source
A100 SXM4 40GB 1x A100 40GB 22 120GB $1.29 Launch
A100 SXM4 80GB 1x A100 80GB 22 120GB $1.89 Launch
H100 SXM5 80GB 1x H100 80GB 30 120GB $2.65 Launch
H200 SXM5 141GB 1x H200 141GB 44 185GB $3.03 Launch
A100 SXM4 80GB 2x A100 160GB 44 240GB $3.78 Source
A100 SXM4 40GB 4x A100 160GB 88 480GB $5.16 Source
H100 SXM5 80GB 2x H100 160GB 80 370GB $5.30 Source
H200 SXM5 141GB 2x H200 282GB 88 370GB $6.06 Source
A100 SXM4 80GB 4x A100 320GB 88 480GB $7.56 Source
H100 SXM5 80GB 4x H100 320GB 176 740GB $10.60 Source
H200 SXM5 141GB 4x H200 564GB 176 740GB $12.12 Source
A100 SXM4 80GB 8x A100 640GB 176 960GB $15.12 Source
H200 SXM5 141GB 8x H200 1128GB 176 1450GB $24.24 Source

Azure offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name GPUs VRAM vCPUs RAM Price/h
NC4as T4 v3 1x T4 16GB 4 28GB $0.53 Source
NC8as T4 v3 1x T4 16GB 8 56GB $0.75 Source
NC6 1x K80 12GB 6 56GB $0.90 Source
NV6 1x M60 8GB 6 56GB $1.14 Source
NV12s v3 1x M60 8GB 12 112GB $1.14 Source
NC16as T4 v3 1x T4 16GB 16 110GB $1.20 Source
NC12 2x K80 24GB 12 112GB $1.80 Source
NC6s v2 1x P100 16GB 6 112GB $2.07 Source
ND6s 1x P40 24GB 6 112GB $2.07 Source
NV12 2x M60 16GB 12 112GB $2.28 Source
NV24s v3 2x M60 16GB 24 224GB $2.28 Source
NC6s v3 1x V100 16GB 6 112GB $3.06 Source
NC24 4x K80 48GB 24 224GB $3.60 Source
NC24r 4x K80 48GB 24 224GB $3.96 Source
NC12s v2 2x P100 32GB 12 224GB $4.14 Source
ND12s 2x P40 48GB 12 224GB $4.14 Source
NC64as T4 v3 4x T4 64GB 64 440GB $4.35 Source
NV48s v3 4x M60 32GB 48 448GB $4.56 Source
NV24 4x M60 32GB 24 224GB $4.56 Source
NC24ads A100 v4 1x A100 80GB 24 220GB $4.78 Source
NC12s v3 2x V100 32GB 12 224GB $6.12 Source
ND24s 4x P40 96GB 24 448GB $8.28 Source
NC24s v2 4x P100 64GB 24 448GB $8.28 Source
NC40ads H100 v5 1x H100 80GB 40 320GB $8.82 Source
ND24rs 4x P40 96GB 24 448GB $9.11 Source
NC24rs v2 4x P100 64GB 24 448GB $9.11 Source
NC24s v3 4x V100 64GB 24 448GB $12.24 Source
NC24rs v3 4x V100 64GB 24 448GB $13.46 Source
ND40rs v2 8x V100 256GB 40 672GB $22.03 Source
ND96asr A100 v4 8x A100 320GB 96 900GB $27.20 Source

Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that DataCrunch and Microsoft Azure offer:

Service DataCrunch Microsoft Azure
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN) --
Container Registry --
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer --
Managed Containers
Managed Kubernetes --
Managed MySQL --
Managed PostgreSQL --
Managed Redis®* --
Object Storage --
Serverless Cron Jobs --
Serverless Functions --
Static Sites --
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

DataCrunch
Website datacrunch.io
Headquarters Finland 🇫🇮
Founded 2018
Data Center Locations 3
Example Customers Sony, Findable, Harvard University, MIT, Korea University
Microsoft Azure
Website azure.microsoft.com
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2008
Data Center Locations 66
Example Customers General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA

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Our data for DataCrunch was last updated on March 12, 2025, and for Microsoft Azure on Oct. 24, 2024.