Lyceum
vs
Azure
What's good about each
- Data center cards from L40S to Blackwell B300, 1 to 8 per VM
- EU datacenters in Germany, Finland and the Netherlands
- Per-second billing on compute, per-token on inference
- OpenAI-compatible API that plugs into coding agents
- 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 | Lyceum | Azure | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | -- Not listed | $6.77 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2ats v2) | |
| Medium VM | -- Not listed | $95.76 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4als v2) | |
| Large VM | -- Not listed | $231.84 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (D8als v6) | |
| Block storage | $10.00 /mo 100 GB | $7.92 /mo 100 GB (Premium SSD v2) | 21% cheaper on Azure |
| Object storage | -- Not listed | $35.25 /mo 1 TB | |
| 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 | -- Not listed | $23.00 /mo Standard | |
| Serverless | -- Not listed | $35.00 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | |
| Egress allowance | -- Not listed | 100 GB / mo | |
| Egress | Free and unlimited | $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
Lyceum offers 7 GPU models, while Azure offers 10. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Lyceum | Azure | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
9 configs · 20 configs
|
$2.79 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | $6.98 /GPU/hr On-demand | 60% cheaper on Lyceum |
|
RTX PRO 6000
8 configs · 40 configs
|
$1.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | $5.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | 64% cheaper on Lyceum |
|
H200
9 configs · 4 configs
|
$4.29 /GPU/hr On-demand | $13.78 /GPU/hr On-demand | 69% cheaper on Lyceum |
|
A100
9 configs · 20 configs
|
$1.59 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | 53% cheaper on Lyceum |
|
B300
9 configs
|
$2.99 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Lyceum only |
|
B200
9 configs
|
$2.40 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | -- | Lyceum only |
|
L40S
5 configs
|
$1.19 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- | Lyceum 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 |
Lyceum bills on-demand and spot; 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 | Lyceum | Azure |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | -- | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | -- | Yes |
| HIPAA | -- | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | -- | 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 | Lyceum | Azure |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2025 | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Germany | USA |
| Locations | 3 | 66 |
| Example customers | -- | General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA |
| Website | lyceum.technology | azure.microsoft.com |
Alternatives to consider
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Our data for Lyceum was last updated on Oct. 2, 2026, and for Azure on Oct. 1, 2026.