Azure
vs
OVH
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
- No egress or object storage request fees in most locations
- Bare metal, VPS and public cloud from one provider
- 40+ datacenters across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific
- European-based, may ease GDPR compliance
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Azure | OVH | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.77 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2ats v2) | $5.35 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (VPS-1) | 21% cheaper on OVH |
| Medium VM | $95.76 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4als v2) | $10.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (VPS-2) | 90% cheaper on OVH |
| Large VM | $231.84 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (D8als v6) | $27.50 /mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM (VPS-4) | 88% cheaper on OVH |
| Block storage | $7.92 /mo 100 GB (Premium SSD v2) | $9.50 /mo 100 GB (High Speed, 3,000 IOPS) | 17% cheaper on Azure |
| Object storage | $35.25 /mo 1 TB | $8.19 /mo 1 TB (Standard, 1-AZ) | 77% cheaper on OVH |
| PostgreSQL | $54.71 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (Flexible Server B2s) | $63.36 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Discovery DB1-4) | 14% cheaper on Azure |
| Redis | $23.04 /mo 1 GB RAM (Managed Redis Balanced B1) | $55.01 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Discovery DB1-4, Valkey) | 58% cheaper on Azure |
| Load balancer | $23.00 /mo Standard | $6.84 /mo 200 Mbps (Load Balancer S) · Node only. A floating IP adds $2.30 / mo. | 70% cheaper on OVH |
| 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 and unlimited Billed in Singapore and Sydney |
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 OVH offers 9. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Azure | OVH | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
20 configs · 3 configs
|
$6.98 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | 57% cheaper on OVH |
|
H200
4 configs · 1 config
|
$13.78 /GPU/hr On-demand | $6.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | 55% cheaper on OVH |
|
A100
20 configs · 3 configs
|
$3.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | $3.07 /GPU/hr On-demand | 10% cheaper on OVH |
|
V100
6 configs · 3 configs
|
$1.53 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.77 /GPU/hr On-demand | 50% cheaper on OVH |
|
A10
12 configs · 3 configs
|
$3.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | 69% cheaper on OVH |
|
RTX PRO 6000
40 configs
|
$1.02 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Azure only |
|
GB200
4 configs
|
$11.90 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Azure only |
MI300X
4 configs
|
$1.60 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Azure only |
|
L40S
3 configs
|
-- | $1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | OVH only |
|
L4
3 configs
|
-- | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | OVH only |
Azure bills on-demand, spot and reserved (12 or 36 months); OVH bills on-demand. 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 | OVH |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | Yes | US data centers only |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Level 1 | Level 1, Hosted Private Cloud only |
| 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 | OVH |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2008 | 1999 |
| Headquarters | USA | France |
| Locations | 66 | 19 |
| Example customers | General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA | AnyDesk, Sopra Steria, Floatplane, German Federal Police |
| Website | azure.microsoft.com | www.ovhcloud.com |
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Our data for Azure was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for OVH on Oct. 1, 2026.