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Azure vs Render

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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

Render logo Render

  • Offers managed services from caches to databases to cron jobs to background workers
  • Managed PostgreSQL supports point-in-time recovery and high availability
  • Flat workspace fee with unlimited team members, no per-seat billing
  • Free tier covers web services, Postgres and Key Value

Price comparison

How do Azure's prices compare against Render?

VM Small

Microsoft Azure Azure
$6.13 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2pts v2)
Render Render
$25.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM (Web Service)

VM Medium

Microsoft Azure Azure
$86.87 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4pls v2)
Render Render
$175.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Web Service)

VM Large

Microsoft Azure Azure
$173.74 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (B8pls v2)
Render Render
$450.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 32 GB RAM (Web Service)

Block Storage

Microsoft Azure Azure
$8.10 /mo 100 GB
Render Render
$25.00 /mo 100 GB

Object Storage

Microsoft Azure Azure
$21.50 /mo 1 TB
Render Render
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Load Balancer

Microsoft Azure Azure
$23.25 /mo Standard
Render Render
Included in plan

Managed PostgreSQL

Microsoft Azure Azure
$131.89 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (Gen 5)
Render Render
$90.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage (Basic-4gb) · $75 instance + 50 GB storage at $0.30 / GB

Managed Redis®*

Microsoft Azure Azure
$39.60 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic C1)
Render Render
$32.00 /mo 1 GB RAM (Key Value Standard)

Serverless 25M Executions

Microsoft Azure Azure
$29.80 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration
Render Render
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Free egress allowance

Microsoft Azure Azure
100 GB / mo
Render Render
5 GB (Hobby), 25 GB (Pro), 1 TB (Scale)

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Microsoft Azure Azure
$87.00 $0.087 / GB (Premium network North America)
Render Render
$150.00 $0.15 / GB

GPU Fleet Overview

Billing Options

Microsoft Azure Azure
On-DemandSpotReserved (12mo)Reserved (36mo)Custom
Render Render
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Available Models

Azure offers 10 GPU models.

Microsoft Azure Azure
H100(20) RTX PRO 6000(40) H200(4) A100(20) V100(6) T4(16) MI300X(4) A10(12) GB200(4) MI455X(1)
Render Render
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Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Plan figures take each provider's closest match to a common setup. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.

Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Azure and Render offer:

Service Azure Render
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
Render Render
render.com
Headquarters
Microsoft Azure Azure
United States of America US flag
Render Render
United States of America US flag
Founded
Microsoft Azure Azure
2008
Render Render
2018
Data Center Locations
Microsoft Azure Azure
66
Render Render
4
Example Customers
Microsoft Azure Azure
General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA
Render Render
Red Bull, Watershed, Equals, Felt

Alternatives to consider

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Our data for Azure was last updated on Sept. 11, 2026, and for Render on July 27, 2026.