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Azure vs OVH

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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

OVHcloud logo OVH

  • Wide range of managed services and VPS configurations
  • Competitive prices, unlimited free egress
  • 10+ data center locations
  • European-based, may ease GDPR compliance requirements

Price comparison

How do Azure's prices compare against OVH?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Microsoft Azure Azure
$6.13 / mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2pts v2)
OVHcloud OVH
$5.85 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (VPS-1)

VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Microsoft Azure Azure
$86.87 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4pls v2)
OVHcloud OVH
$10.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (VPS-2)

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)
OVHcloud OVH
$27.50 / mo 8 vCPU, 24 GB RAM (VPS-4)

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
OVHcloud OVH
$9.50 / mo 100 GB (3000 IOPS)

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
OVHcloud OVH
$10.75 / mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB read

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
OVHcloud OVH
$45.58 / mo Large 2 Gbps

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)
OVHcloud OVH
$51.26 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Essential DB1-4)

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)
OVHcloud OVH
$44.57 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Essential DB1-4)

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
OVHcloud OVH
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Free egress allowance

Microsoft Azure Azure
100 GB / mo
OVHcloud OVH
--

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Microsoft Azure Azure
$87.00 $0.087 / GB (Premium network North America)
OVHcloud OVH
Free and unlimited Reduced bandwidth may apply
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GPU Fleet Overview

Same GPU, Both Providers

Cheapest rate per GPU per hour for the cards both providers sell, compared on a billing mode they both publish.

On-demand price per GPU-hour.

Microsoft Azure Azure
OVHcloud OVH
H100 $6.98 $2.99 A100 $3.40 $3.07 V100 $1.53 $0.77 A10 $3.20 $1.00

Billing Options

Microsoft Azure Azure
On-DemandSpotReserved (12mo)Reserved (36mo)Custom
OVHcloud OVH
On-Demand

Available Models

Ranked by how many providers list each card. The number beside a GPU is how many instance configurations this provider sells it in, not how many are in stock.

Azure offers 10 GPU models, while OVH offers 8.

Microsoft Azure Azure
H100(16) A100(20) H200(2) RTX PRO 6000(40) V100(6) A10(12) MI300X(2) T4(16) GB200(2) MI455X(1)
OVHcloud OVH
H100(3) A100(3) L40S(3) V100(3) L4(3) A10(3) RTX 5000(3) V100S(3)

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.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Azure and OVH offer:

Service Azure OVH
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
OVHcloud OVH
www.ovhcloud.com
Headquarters
Microsoft Azure Azure
United States of America
OVHcloud OVH
France
Founded
Microsoft Azure Azure
2008
OVHcloud OVH
1999
Data Center Locations
Microsoft Azure Azure
66
OVHcloud OVH
19
Example Customers
Microsoft Azure Azure
General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA
OVHcloud OVH
Société Générale, Louis Vuitton, Capgemini, Tenesys

Alternatives to consider

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Our data for Azure was last updated on Aug. 22, 2026, and for OVH on June 11, 2026.

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No Virtualization. No Shared GPUs
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Full Control for Production Workloads
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