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Leaseweb logo Leaseweb

  • 20+ data centers across four continents
  • 30 TB outgoing traffic included on every VPS
  • DDoS protection and 10 Gbps uplink standard on VPS
  • S3-compatible object storage in 6 regions
  • 99.99% SLA on GPU cloud, high durability on object storage

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 Leaseweb's prices compare against Azure?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Leaseweb Leaseweb
$4.11 / mo 4 vCPU, 6 GB RAM, 100 GB NVMe (VPS 1)
Microsoft Azure Azure
$6.13 / mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2pts v2)

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Leaseweb Leaseweb
$9.27 / mo 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 200 GB NVMe (VPS 2)
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).
Leaseweb Leaseweb
$14.42 / mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM, 300 GB NVMe (VPS 3)
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.
Leaseweb Leaseweb
$8.89 / mo 100 GB Network SSD, up to 5K IOPS
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.
Leaseweb Leaseweb
$19.85 / mo 1 TB stored
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.
Leaseweb Leaseweb
--
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.
Leaseweb Leaseweb
--
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.
Leaseweb Leaseweb
--
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.
Leaseweb Leaseweb
--
Microsoft Azure Azure
$29.80 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration

Free egress allowance

Leaseweb Leaseweb
VPS includes 30 TB per instance. Incoming is free. 1 TB free pooled traffic per month
Microsoft Azure Azure
100 GB / mo

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Leaseweb Leaseweb
$2.52 1 TB outgoing beyond free allowance · Drops to €1.00/TB at 100 TB.
Microsoft Azure Azure
$87.00 $0.087 / GB (Premium network North America)

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Leaseweb Leaseweb
$0.70/hr
Microsoft Azure Azure
$0.09/hr

Billing Options

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

Available Models

Leaseweb offers 1 GPU model, while Azure offers 10.

Leaseweb Leaseweb
L4(10)
Microsoft Azure Azure
H100(14) A100(20) H200(2) RTX Pro 6000(40) V100(4) A10(24) T4(16) GB200(2) MI300X(2) 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 Leaseweb and Azure offer:

Service Leaseweb 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
Leaseweb Leaseweb
www.leaseweb.com
Microsoft Azure Azure
azure.microsoft.com
Headquarters
Leaseweb Leaseweb
Netherlands
Microsoft Azure Azure
United States of America
Founded
Leaseweb Leaseweb
1997
Microsoft Azure Azure
2008
Data Center Locations
Leaseweb Leaseweb
10
Microsoft Azure Azure
66
Example Customers
Leaseweb Leaseweb
Adjust, Crytek, Rijksmuseum, XDA Developers, Remerge, Jodel, International Paralympic Committee
Microsoft Azure Azure
General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA

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Our data for Leaseweb was last updated on June 11, 2026, and for Azure on June 22, 2026.

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