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Elastx vs Azure

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What's good about...

Elastx logo Elastx

  • All infrastructure in Sweden with three availability zones for local disaster recovery
  • ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, and ISO 14001 certified
  • 24/7 support, DDoS protection, and threat intelligence included in base pricing
  • OpenStack-based platform with no vendor lock-in
  • Hourly billing with optional 1-year and 3-year commitment discounts

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 Elastx's prices compare against Azure?

VM Small

Elastx Elastx
$27.03 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 20 GB disk
Microsoft Azure Azure
$6.13 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2pts v2)

VM Medium

Elastx Elastx
$130.80 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 120 GB disk
Microsoft Azure Azure
$86.87 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4pls v2)

VM Large

Elastx Elastx
$261.60 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 240 GB disk
Microsoft Azure Azure
$173.74 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (B8pls v2)

Block Storage

Elastx Elastx
$29.30 /mo 100 GB SSD (4000 IOPS)
Microsoft Azure Azure
$8.10 /mo 100 GB

Object Storage

Elastx Elastx
$56.74 /mo 1 TB stored
Microsoft Azure Azure
$21.50 /mo 1 TB

Load Balancer

Elastx Elastx
$39.92 /mo v1-lb-1
Microsoft Azure Azure
$23.25 /mo Standard

Managed PostgreSQL

Elastx Elastx
$189.09 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB disk
Microsoft Azure Azure
$131.89 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (Gen 5)

Managed Redis®*

Elastx Elastx
$189.09 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 60 GB disk (Valkey)
Microsoft Azure Azure
$39.60 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic C1)

Serverless 25M Executions

Elastx Elastx
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Microsoft Azure Azure
$29.80 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration

Free egress allowance

Elastx Elastx
--
Microsoft Azure Azure
100 GB / mo

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Elastx Elastx
$51.58 1 TB external traffic
Microsoft Azure Azure
$87.00 $0.087 / GB (Premium network North America)

GPU Fleet Overview

Same GPU, Both Providers

On-demand price per GPU-hour.

Elastx Elastx
Microsoft Azure Azure
RTX PRO 6000 $2.91 $5.50 A100 $3.78 $3.40

Billing Options

Elastx Elastx
On-Demand
Microsoft Azure Azure
On-DemandSpotReserved (12mo)Reserved (36mo)Custom

Available Models

Elastx offers 4 GPU models, while Azure offers 10.

Elastx Elastx
A100(2) RTX PRO 6000(1) L40S(1) L4(1)
Microsoft Azure Azure
H100(20) H200(4) A100(20) RTX PRO 6000(40) V100(6) T4(16) MI300X(4) A10(12) GB200(4) MI455X(1)

Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Plan figures take each provider's closest match to a common setup. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Elastx and Azure offer:

Service Elastx Azure
Analytics
App Testing
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Container Registry
Crash Reporting
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
NoSQL Databases
Object Storage
Performance Monitoring
Push Notifications
Realtime Databases
Remote Config
Serverless Cron Jobs
Serverless Functions
Static Sites
User Authentication
Vector Databases
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

Website
Elastx Elastx
elastx.se
Microsoft Azure Azure
azure.microsoft.com
Headquarters
Elastx Elastx
Sweden SE flag
Microsoft Azure Azure
United States of America US flag
Founded
Elastx Elastx
2012
Microsoft Azure Azure
2008
Data Center Locations
Elastx Elastx
3
Microsoft Azure Azure
66
Example Customers
Elastx Elastx
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Microsoft Azure Azure
General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA

Alternatives to consider

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Our data for Elastx was last updated on Aug. 31, 2026, and for Azure on Sept. 11, 2026.