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GPU.ai vs Azure

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What's good about...

GPU.ai logo GPU.ai

  • Per-second billing with no minimum commitment
  • Aggregates capacity across 14+ upstream providers on three continents
  • Public pricing API exposing live per-region availability counts
  • No egress or networking fees

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 GPU.ai's prices compare against Azure?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
GPU.ai GPU.ai
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Microsoft Azure Azure
$6.13 / mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2pts v2)

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
GPU.ai GPU.ai
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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).
GPU.ai GPU.ai
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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.
GPU.ai GPU.ai
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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.
GPU.ai GPU.ai
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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.
GPU.ai GPU.ai
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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.
GPU.ai GPU.ai
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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.
GPU.ai GPU.ai
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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.
GPU.ai GPU.ai
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Microsoft Azure Azure
$29.80 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration

Free egress allowance

GPU.ai GPU.ai
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Microsoft Azure Azure
100 GB / mo

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

GPU.ai GPU.ai
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Microsoft Azure Azure
$87.00 $0.087 / GB (Premium network North America)

GPU.ai logo GPU.ai Pricing Details

Billed per second, from the moment an instance reaches SSH-ready until it is stopped, with no minimums and no idle reservation fees. On-demand rates vary by region and upstream provider, and the platform routes each launch to the cheapest one with stock. Reserved capacity is quote-only and arranged with sales.

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

GPU.ai GPU.ai
$0.14/hr
Microsoft Azure Azure
$0.09/hr

Billing Options

GPU.ai GPU.ai
On-Demand
Microsoft Azure Azure
On-DemandSpotReserved (36mo)Reserved (12mo)

Available Models

GPU.ai offers 20 GPU models, while Azure offers 10.

GPU.ai GPU.ai
H100(6) A100(3) H200(1) L40S(1) B200(1) RTX Pro 6000(1) V100(3) RTX A6000(2) L4(2) RTX 4090(1)
View all 20 GPUs
Microsoft Azure Azure
H100(14) A100(20) H200(2) RTX Pro 6000(40) V100(4) A10(24) MI300X(2) GB200(2) T4(16) M60(12)

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.

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Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that GPU.ai and Azure offer:

Service GPU.ai 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
GPU.ai GPU.ai
gpu.ai
Microsoft Azure Azure
azure.microsoft.com
Headquarters
GPU.ai GPU.ai
United Arab Emirates
Microsoft Azure Azure
United States of America
Founded
GPU.ai GPU.ai
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Microsoft Azure Azure
2008
Data Center Locations
GPU.ai GPU.ai
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Microsoft Azure Azure
66
Example Customers
GPU.ai GPU.ai
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Microsoft Azure Azure
General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA

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Our data for GPU.ai was last updated on July 11, 2026, and for Azure on July 11, 2026.

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