Hot Aisle
vs
Azure
What's good about each
- Simple, competitive pricing at $2.99/GPU/h
- Self-serve platform with bare metal access
- SOC2 Type 2 and HIPAA compliant
- Hosted in a Tier 5 facility 100% powered by renewable energy
- 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
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Hot Aisle | Azure | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $6.13 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2pts v2) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $86.87 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4pls v2) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $173.74 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (B8pls v2) | |
| Block storage | -- Not listed | $8.10 /mo 100 GB | |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $21.50 /mo 1 TB | |
| PostgreSQL | -- Not listed | $131.89 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (Gen 5) | |
| Redis | -- Not listed | $39.60 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic C1) | |
| Load balancer | -- Not listed | $23.25 /mo Standard | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $29.80 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 100 GB / mo | |
| Egress | -- Not listed | $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
Hot Aisle offers 1 GPU model, while Azure offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Hot Aisle | Azure | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
MI300X
6 configs · 4 configs
|
$2.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | $7.86 /GPU/hr On-demand | 2.6x more expensive on Azure |
H100
20 configs
|
-- | $1.29 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
|
H200
4 configs
|
-- | $6.86 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Azure only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
40 configs
|
-- | $1.02 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
|
A100
20 configs
|
-- | $0.68 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
|
GB200
4 configs
|
-- | $11.90 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Azure only |
|
V100
6 configs
|
-- | $0.31 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
|
T4
16 configs
|
-- | $0.10 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
|
A10
12 configs
|
-- | $0.60 /GPU/hr Spot | Azure only |
|
MI455X
1 config
|
-- | -- On request | Azure only |
Hot Aisle 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.
Company details
| Fact | Hot Aisle | Azure |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2023 | 2008 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 1 | 66 |
| Example customers | -- | General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA |
| Website | hotaisle.xyz | azure.microsoft.com |
Alternatives to consider
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Our data for Hot Aisle was last updated on Sept. 11, 2026, and for Azure on Sept. 11, 2026.