Azure
vs
Nebius
What's good about each
- 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
- Nvidia GPUs from L40S up to GB300 NVL72 racks
- Preemptible GPU instances at a lower hourly rate
- Managed Kubernetes and Slurm clusters at no extra charge
- Free outbound traffic from virtual machines
- Per-token inference API for open-weight models
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Azure | Nebius | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.77 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2ats v2) | $35.71 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | 81% cheaper on Azure |
| Medium VM | $95.76 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4als v2) | $71.42 /mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | 25% cheaper on Nebius |
| Large VM | $231.84 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (D8als v6) | $142.85 /mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (cpu-d3) | 38% cheaper on Nebius |
| Block storage | $7.92 /mo 100 GB (Premium SSD v2) | $7.10 /mo 100 GB (Network SSD) | 10% cheaper on Nebius |
| Object storage | $35.25 /mo 1 TB | $19.42 /mo 1 TB (Standard) | 45% cheaper on Nebius |
| PostgreSQL | $54.71 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (Flexible Server B2s) | $104.35 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (2vcpu-8gb) | 48% cheaper on Azure |
| Redis | $23.04 /mo 1 GB RAM (Managed Redis Balanced B1) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $23.00 /mo Standard | -- Not listed | |
| Serverless | $35.00 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 100 GB / mo | -- Not listed | |
| Egress | $87.00 /TB $0.087 / GB (Premium network North America) | Free from VMs, billed from Object Storage |
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
Azure offers 10 GPU models, while Nebius offers 8. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Azure | Nebius | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
20 configs · 1 config
|
$6.98 /GPU/hr On-demand | $4.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | 36% cheaper on Nebius |
|
RTX PRO 6000
40 configs · 1 config
|
$5.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | 67% cheaper on Nebius |
|
H200
4 configs · 1 config
|
$13.78 /GPU/hr On-demand | $5.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | 61% cheaper on Nebius |
|
GB200
4 configs · 1 config
|
$11.90 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- On request | |
|
A100
20 configs
|
$0.68 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Azure only |
MI300X
4 configs
|
$1.60 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Azure only |
|
V100
6 configs
|
$0.28 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Azure only |
|
B300
1 config
|
-- | $9.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | Nebius only |
|
B200
1 config
|
-- | $8.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | Nebius only |
|
GB300
1 config
|
-- | -- On request | Nebius only |
Azure bills on-demand, spot and reserved (12 or 36 months); Nebius bills on-demand and spot. 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 | Azure | Nebius |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | Yes | 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 | Azure | Nebius |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2008 | 2022 |
| Headquarters | USA | Netherlands |
| Locations | 66 | 10 |
| Example customers | General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA | Revolut, Sword Health, Brave, Voxel51, Recraft |
| Website | azure.microsoft.com | nebius.com |
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Our data for Azure was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for Nebius on Oct. 1, 2026.