Hyperscaler tied to Microsoft 365 and OpenAI models
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Azure is pay-as-you-go: virtual machines bill per minute and managed services meter on usage.
Reserved instances and savings plans on 1 or 3 year terms come at discounted rates.
| Price point | Configuration | Estimated cost |
|---|---|---|
| Small VM 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2ats v2) | 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2ats v2) | $6.77 /mo |
| Medium VM 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4als v2) | 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4als v2) | $95.76 /mo |
| Large VM 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (D8als v6) | 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (D8als v6) | $231.84 /mo |
| Block storage 100 GB (Premium SSD v2) | 100 GB (Premium SSD v2) | $7.92 /mo |
| Object storage 1 TB | 1 TB | $35.25 /mo |
| Load balancer Standard | Standard | $23.00 /mo |
| PostgreSQL 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (Flexible Server B2s) | 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (Flexible Server B2s) | $54.71 /mo |
| Redis 1 GB RAM (Managed Redis Balanced B1) | 1 GB RAM (Managed Redis Balanced B1) | $23.04 /mo |
| Serverless 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | $35.00 /mo |
| Egress allowance | 100 GB / mo | |
| Egress $0.087 / GB (Premium network North America) | $0.087 / GB (Premium network North America) | $87.00 /TB |
Heads up: Figures take each provider's closest plan to a common setup, and vary by region and usage. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
Each card leads with a per GPU per hour rate. We prefer configurations the provider reports as in stock, on-demand rates before reserved or spot, then take the lowest per-GPU rate among those.
We match the GPU model, form factor, billing type, availability and instance name. Matching is partial and case-insensitive. Everyday words work too, so "interruptible" finds spot and "sold out" finds out of stock.
No GPU models match .
Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price. See Microsoft Azure's pricing.
Azure is Microsoft's cloud platform, headquartered in Redmond, Washington and launched in 2008. It serves enterprises, governments and developers with managed services for compute, storage, databases, AI and developer tooling.
It stands out for its integration with Microsoft products such as Entra ID, Microsoft 365 and GitHub, and for serving OpenAI models through Azure AI Foundry.
Example customers include General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA. More here.
Azure offers 25 of the 27 services we track.
Azure covers all 6 compliance frameworks we track.
| Framework | Level | Checked | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | learn.microsoft.com | |
| ISO 27001 | learn.microsoft.com | ||
| HIPAA | learn.microsoft.com | ||
| GDPR | learn.microsoft.com | ||
| PCI DSS | Level 1 | learn.microsoft.com | |
| FedRAMP | High | learn.microsoft.com |
Heads up: Each row links to the provider's own statement, checked on the date shown. An attestation can cover one tier, one region or the platform alone rather than every service. Verify the scope before you rely on it.
Based on our records, Azure operates in 66 locations across 37 countries.
| Country | Location | Region code |
|---|---|---|
 Australia
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Australia Central (Canberra) | australia-central |
|
Australia
|
Australia Central 2 (Canberra) | australia-central-2 |
|
Australia
|
Australia East (New South Wales) | australia-east |
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Australia
|
Australia Southeast (Victoria) | australia-southeast |
 Austria
|
Austria East (Vienna) | austria-east |
 Belgium
|
Belgium Central (Brussels) | belgium-central |
 Brazil
|
Brazil South (São Paulo State) | brazil-south |
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Brazil
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Brazil Southeast (Rio de Janeiro State) | brazil-southeast |
 Canada
|
Canada Central (Toronto) | canada-central |
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Canada
|
Canada East (Quebec) | canada-east |
 Chile
|
Chile Central (Santiago) | chile-central |
 China
|
China East (Shanghai) | china-east |
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China
|
China East 2 (Shanghai) | china-east-2 |
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China
|
China North (Beijing) | china-north |
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China
|
China North 2 (Beijing) | china-north-2 |
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China
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China North 3 (Hebei) | china-north-3 |
 Denmark
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Denmark East (Copenhagen) | denmark-east |
 Finland
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Finland Central (Helsinki) | finland-central |
 France
|
France Central (Paris) | france-central |
|
France
|
France South (Marseille) | fra-south |
 Germany
|
Germany North (Berlin) | germany-north |
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Germany
|
Germany West Central (Frankfurt) | germany-west-central |
 Greece
|
Greek Central (Athens) | greek-central |
 Hong Kong
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East Asia (Hong Kong) | asia-pacific-east |
 India
|
Central India (Pune) | central-india |
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India
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India South Central (Hyderabad) | india-south-central |
|
India
|
South India (Chennai) | south-india |
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India
|
West India (Mumbai) | west-india |
 Indonesia
|
Indonesia Central (Jakarta) | indonesia-central |
 Ireland
|
North Europe (Ireland) | europe-north |
 Israel
|
Middle East Israel Central | israel-central |
 Italy
|
Italy North (Milan) | italy-north |
 Japan
|
Japan East (Tokyo) | japan-east |
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Japan
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Japan West (Osaka) | japan-west |
 Malaysia
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Malaysia West (Kuala Lumpur) | malaysia-west |
 Mexico
|
Mexico Central (Querétaro State) | mexico-central |
 Netherlands
|
West Europe (Netherlands) | europe-west |
 New Zealand
|
New Zealand North (Auckland) | new-zealand-north |
 Norway
|
Norway East | norway-east |
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Norway
|
Norway West | norway-west |
 Poland
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Poland Central (Warsaw) | poland-central |
 Qatar
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Qatar Central (Doha) | qatar-central |
 Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Arabia Central | saudi-arabia-central |
 Singapore
|
Southeast Asia (Singapore) | asia-pacific-southeast |
 South Africa
|
South Africa North (Johannesburg) | south-africa-north |
|
South Africa
|
South Africa West (Cape Town) | south-africa-west |
 South Korea
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Korea Central (Seoul) | korea-central |
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South Korea
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Korea South (Busan) | korea-south |
 Spain
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Spain Central (Madrid) | spain-central |
 Sweden
|
Sweden Central (Gävle) | sweden-central |
 Switzerland
|
Switzerland North (Zurich) | switzerland-north |
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Switzerland
|
Switzerland West (Geneva) | switzerland-west |
 Taiwan
|
Taiwan North (Taipei) | taiwan-north |
 UAE
|
UAE Central (Abu Dhabi) | uae-central |
|
UAE
|
UAE North (Dubai) | uae-north |
 UK
|
UK South (London) | united-kingdom-south |
|
UK
|
UK West (Cardiff) | united-kingdom-west |
 USA
|
Central US (Iowa) | us-central |
|
USA
|
East US (Virginia) | us-east |
|
USA
|
East US 2 (Virginia) | us-east-2 |
|
USA
|
North Central US (Illinois) | us-north-central |
|
USA
|
South Central US (Texas) | us-south-central |
|
USA
|
West Central US (Wyoming) | us-west-central |
|
USA
|
West US (California) | us-west |
|
USA
|
West US 2 (Washington) | us-west-2 |
|
USA
|
West US 3 (Arizona) | us-west-3 |
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Our data for Microsoft Azure was last updated on Sept. 18, 2026.
