Gcore
vs
Azure
What's good about each
- Cloud regions on six continents
- Free egress from virtual machines and bare metal
- Per-minute billing, only while a VM runs
- Nvidia GPUs from L40S up to GB300 NVL72 racks
- CDN and DDoS protection on the same account
- 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 | Gcore | Azure | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $11.72 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (g3a-standard-1-2) | $6.77 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2ats v2) | 42% cheaper on Azure |
| Medium VM | $46.91 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (g3a-standard-4-8) | $95.76 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4als v2) | 51% cheaper on Gcore |
| Large VM | $93.83 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (g3a-standard-8-16) | $231.84 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (D8als v6) | 60% cheaper on Gcore |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $7.92 /mo 100 GB (Premium SSD v2) | |
| Object storage | $52.26 /mo 1 TB (Standard) | $35.25 /mo 1 TB | 33% cheaper on Azure |
| 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 | $17.15 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (lb1-1-2) | $23.00 /mo Standard | 25% cheaper on Gcore |
| Serverless | $7.46 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms (Darmstadt) | $35.00 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | 79% cheaper on Gcore |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 100 GB / mo | |
| Egress | Free from VMs, billed from Object Storage | $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
Gcore offers 6 GPU models, while Azure offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Gcore | Azure | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
9 configs · 20 configs
|
$1.73 /GPU/hr On-demand | $6.98 /GPU/hr On-demand | 75% cheaper on Gcore |
|
H200
1 config · 4 configs
|
$3.08 /GPU/hr On-demand | $13.78 /GPU/hr On-demand | 78% cheaper on Gcore |
|
A100
5 configs · 20 configs
|
$1.42 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | 58% cheaper on Gcore |
|
B300
1 config
|
$6.78 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Gcore only |
|
GB300
1 config
|
-- On request | -- | Gcore only |
|
L40S
4 configs
|
$1.22 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Gcore only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
40 configs
|
-- | $1.02 /GPU/hr Spot | 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 |
Gcore bills on-demand; 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 | Gcore | Azure |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type I | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Yes | 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 | Gcore | Azure |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2014 | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Luxembourg | USA |
| Locations | 33 | 66 |
| Example customers | Microsoft, ProSieben, Higgsfield, Leonardo AI, Funcom | General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA |
| Website | gcore.com | azure.microsoft.com |
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Our data for Gcore was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026, and for Azure on Oct. 1, 2026.