Microsoft Azure logo Azure vs Replicate logo Replicate

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
  • Run AI/ML models without having to manage the infrastructure
  • Excellent web UI to explore and try out models without code
  • Train and deploy custom models using Cog

Price comparison

Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.

Service Azure Replicate Difference
Small VM $6.77 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2ats v2) -- Not listed
Medium VM $95.76 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4als v2) -- Not listed
Large VM $231.84 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (D8als v6) -- Not listed
Block storage $7.92 /mo 100 GB (Premium SSD v2) -- Not listed
Object storage $35.25 /mo 1 TB -- Not listed
PostgreSQL $54.71 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (Flexible Server B2s) -- Not listed
Redis $23.04 /mo 1 GB RAM (Managed Redis Balanced B1) -- Not listed
Load balancer $23.00 /mo Standard -- Not listed
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) -- Not listed

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 Replicate offers 5. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.

GPU Azure Replicate Difference
Nvidia logo H100 20 configs · 4 configs $6.98 /GPU/hr On-demand $5.49 /GPU/hr On-demand 21% cheaper on Replicate
Nvidia logo H200 4 configs · 4 configs $13.78 /GPU/hr On-demand $5.49 /GPU/hr On-demand 60% cheaper on Replicate
Nvidia logo A100 20 configs · 4 configs $3.40 /GPU/hr On-demand $5.04 /GPU/hr On-demand 33% cheaper on Azure
Nvidia logo T4 16 configs · 1 config $0.53 /GPU/hr On-demand $0.81 /GPU/hr On-demand 35% cheaper on Azure
Nvidia logo RTX PRO 6000 40 configs $1.02 /GPU/hr Spot -- Azure only
Nvidia logo GB200 4 configs $11.90 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) -- Azure only
AMD logo MI300X 4 configs $1.76 /GPU/hr Spot -- Azure only
Nvidia logo V100 6 configs $0.28 /GPU/hr Spot -- Azure only
Nvidia logo A10 12 configs $0.59 /GPU/hr Spot -- Azure only
Nvidia logo L40S 4 configs -- $3.51 /GPU/hr On-demand Replicate only

Azure bills on-demand, spot and reserved (12 or 36 months); Replicate 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.

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 Replicate
Founded 2008 2019
Headquarters USA USA
Locations 66 --
Example customers General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA BuzzFeed, Labelbox, PhotoAI, Character.ai, Magnific, Unsplash, HeadshotPro
Website azure.microsoft.com replicate.com

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Our data for Azure was last updated on Oct. 2, 2026, and for Replicate on Oct. 2, 2026.