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What's good about...

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

Nebius logo Nebius

  • Offers latest Nvidia H200 & B200 GPUs
  • Managed Kubernetes & Slurm optimized for AI training
  • EU-based for strict data sovereignty & compliance
  • Energy-efficient infrastructure

Price comparison

How do Azure's prices compare against Nebius?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Microsoft Azure Azure
$6.13 / mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2pts v2)
Nebius Nebius
$38.51 / mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 40 GB SSD

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Microsoft Azure Azure
$86.87 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4pls v2)
Nebius Nebius
$72.22 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 40 GB SSD

VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Microsoft Azure Azure
$173.74 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (B8pls v2)
Nebius Nebius
$145.65 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 40 GB SSD

Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Microsoft Azure Azure
$8.10 / mo 100 GB
Nebius Nebius
$5.30 / mo 100 GB / mo · Block volumes without data replication

Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Microsoft Azure Azure
$21.50 / mo 1 TB
Nebius Nebius
$15.05 / mo 1 TB (Standard volume)

Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Microsoft Azure Azure
$23.25 / mo Standard
Nebius Nebius
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Managed PostgreSQL

Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Microsoft Azure Azure
$131.89 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (Gen 5)
Nebius Nebius
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Managed Redis®*

Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Microsoft Azure Azure
$39.60 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic C1)
Nebius Nebius
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Serverless 25M Executions

Closest config to 25M invocations, 150ms execution time, 512 MB memory.
Microsoft Azure Azure
$29.80 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration
Nebius Nebius
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Free egress allowance

Microsoft Azure Azure
100 GB / mo
Nebius Nebius
Free and unlimited

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Microsoft Azure Azure
$87.00 $0.087 / GB (Premium network North America)
Nebius Nebius
$15.00 $0.015 / GB

GPU Fleet Overview

Starting Price

Microsoft Azure Azure
$0.09/hr
Nebius Nebius
$0.74/hr

Billing Options

Microsoft Azure Azure
On-DemandSpotReserved (36mo)Reserved (12mo)
Nebius Nebius
On-DemandSpotCustom

Available Models

Azure offers 10 GPU models, while Nebius offers 7.

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)
Nebius Nebius
H100(2) H200(2) L40S(4) RTX Pro 6000(2) B200(2) B300(3) GB200(1)

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 Azure and Nebius offer:

Service Azure Nebius
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
Microsoft Azure Azure
azure.microsoft.com
Nebius Nebius
nebius.com
Headquarters
Microsoft Azure Azure
United States of America
Nebius Nebius
Netherlands
Founded
Microsoft Azure Azure
2008
Nebius Nebius
2022
Data Center Locations
Microsoft Azure Azure
66
Nebius Nebius
6
Example Customers
Microsoft Azure Azure
General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA
Nebius Nebius
JetBrains, Recraft, London Institute, Prisma Labs

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Our data for Azure was last updated on June 23, 2026, and for Nebius on June 23, 2026.

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Thunder Compute
Our sponsor
NVIDIA H100 from $1.38/hr, A100 80GB from $0.78/hr, RTX A6000 from $0.27/hr
No commitments, billed per minute, SOC 2 and GDPR compliant
Hot swappable hardware, templates for ComfyUI and Ollama
One-click connection to VS Code or Cursor, simple CLI to connect without SSH
Try now