Shadeform Launch GPUs in any cloud Sponsor Learn more

Microsoft Azure vs OVHcloud

In this page:

What's good
Price comparison
What services do they offer
Company details
Alternatives to consider

What's good about...

Microsoft 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

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 Microsoft Azure's prices compare against OVHcloud?

Example configuration	Microsoft Azure	OVHcloud
VM Small	$7.49 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B1s)	$36.58 / mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (b3-8)
VM Medium	$137.52 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (A4v2)	$73.15 / mo 4 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (b3-16)
VM Large	$288.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (A8v2)	$130.54 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (c3-16)
Block Storage	$9.60 / mo 128 GiB	$9.50 / mo 100 GB (3000 IOPS)
Object Storage	$21.50 / mo 1 TB	$10.75 / mo 1 TB stored, 250 GB read
Load Balancer	$23.25 / mo Standard	$45.58 / mo Large 2 Gbps
Managed PostgreSQL	$131.89 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (Gen 5)	$51.26 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage (Essential DB1-4)
Managed Redis®*	$39.60 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic C1)	$44.57 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM (Essential DB1-4)
Serverless 25M Executions	$29.80 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration	--
Free egress allowance	100 GB / mo	--
1 TB of egress beyond allowance	$78.30	Free and unlimited

Azure offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name	GPUs	Total GPU Memory	vCPUs	RAM	Price per hour
NC4as T4 v3	1x T4	16GB	4	28GB	$0.53
NC8as T4 v3	1x T4	16GB	8	56GB	$0.75
NC6	1x K80	12GB	6	56GB	$0.90
NV6	1x M60	8GB	6	56GB	$1.14
NV12s v3	1x M60	8GB	12	112GB	$1.14
NC16as T4 v3	1x T4	16GB	16	110GB	$1.20
NC12	2x K80	24GB	12	112GB	$1.80
NC6s v2	1x P100	16GB	6	112GB	$2.07
ND6s	1x P40	24GB	6	112GB	$2.07
NV12	2x M60	16GB	12	112GB	$2.28
NV24s v3	2x M60	16GB	24	224GB	$2.28
NC6s v3	1x V100	16GB	6	112GB	$3.06
NC24	4x K80	48GB	24	224GB	$3.60
NC24r	4x K80	48GB	24	224GB	$3.96
NC12s v2	2x P100	32GB	12	224GB	$4.14
ND12s	2x P40	48GB	12	224GB	$4.14
NC64as T4 v3	4x T4	64GB	64	440GB	$4.35
NV48s v3	4x M60	32GB	48	448GB	$4.56
NV24	4x M60	32GB	24	224GB	$4.56
NC12s v3	2x V100	32GB	12	224GB	$6.12
ND24s	4x P40	96GB	24	448GB	$8.28
NC24s v2	4x P100	64GB	24	448GB	$8.28
ND24rs	4x P40	96GB	24	448GB	$9.11
NC24rs v2	4x P100	64GB	24	448GB	$9.11
NC24s v3	4x V100	64GB	24	448GB	$12.24
NC24rs v3	4x V100	64GB	24	448GB	$13.46
ND40rs v2	8x V100	256GB	40	672GB	$22.03
ND96asr A100 v4	8x A100	320GB	96	900GB	$27.20

OVH offers GPUs in the following configurations:

Name	GPUs	Total GPU Memory	vCPUs	RAM	Price per hour
t1-le-45	1x V100	16GB	8	45GB	$0.77
t2-le-45	1x V100S	32GB	15	45GB	$0.88
l4-90	1x L4	24GB	22	90GB	$1.00
t1-le-90	2x V100	32GB	16	90GB	$1.55
t2-le-90	2x V100S	64GB	30	90GB	$1.76
l40s-90	1x L40S	48GB	15	90GB	$1.80
t1-45	1x V100	16GB	8	45GB	$1.97
l4-180	2x L4	48GB	45	180GB	$2.00
t2-45	1x V100S	32GB	15	45GB	$2.19
h100-380	1x H100	80GB	30	380GB	$2.99
a100-180	1x A100	80GB	15	180GB	$3.07
t1-le-180	4x V100	64GB	32	180GB	$3.10
t2-le-180	4x V100S	128GB	60	180GB	$3.53
l40s-180	2x L40S	96GB	30	180GB	$3.60
t1-90	2x V100	32GB	18	90GB	$3.94
l4-360	4x L4	96GB	90	360GB	$4.00
t2-90	2x V100S	64GB	30	90GB	$4.38
h100-760	2x H100	160GB	60	760GB	$5.98
a100-360	2x A100	160GB	30	360GB	$6.15
l40s-360	4x L40S	192GB	60	360GB	$7.20
t1-180	4x V100	64GB	36	180GB	$7.89
t2-180	4x V100S	128GB	60	180GB	$8.76
h100-1520	4x H100	320GB	120	1520GB	$11.97
a100-720	4x A100	320GB	60	720GB	$12.29

Note: Our pricing examples are based on several assumptions. Your actual costs may differ. Always check the cloud provider's website for the most up-to-date pricing.

Which services do they offer?

Here are some of the managed services that Microsoft Azure and OVHcloud offer:

Service	Microsoft Azure	OVHcloud
Block Storage
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
Container Registry
GPU-powered Servers
Load Balancer
Managed Containers		--
Managed Kubernetes
Managed MySQL
Managed PostgreSQL
Managed Redis®*
Object Storage
Serverless Cron Jobs		--
Serverless Functions		--
Static Sites		--
Virtual Private Server (VPS)

Company details

	Microsoft Azure	OVHcloud
Website	azure.microsoft.com	www.ovhcloud.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸	France 🇫🇷
Founded	2008	1999
Data Center Locations	66	12
Example Customers	General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA	Société Générale, Louis Vuitton, Capgemini, Tenesys

	Microsoft Azure
Website	azure.microsoft.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2008
Data Center Locations	66
Example Customers	General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA

	OVHcloud
Website	www.ovhcloud.com
Headquarters	France 🇫🇷
Founded	1999
Data Center Locations	12
Example Customers	Société Générale, Louis Vuitton, Capgemini, Tenesys