What's good about...
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
Salad
- Wide range of affordable GPUs
- Deploy to thousands of instances worldwide
- Built-in object storage and managed databases
Price comparison
How do Azure's prices compare against Salad?
VM Small
Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Azure
Salad
VM Medium
Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Azure
Salad
VM Large
Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Azure
Salad
Block Storage
Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Azure
Salad
Object Storage
Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Azure
Salad
Load Balancer
Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Azure
Salad
Managed PostgreSQL
Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Azure
Salad
Managed Redis®*
Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Azure
Salad
Serverless 25M Executions
Closest config to 25M invocations, 150ms execution time, 512 MB memory.
Azure
Salad
Free egress allowance
Azure
Salad
1 TB of egress beyond allowance
Azure
Salad
GPU Fleet Overview
Starting Price
Azure
Salad
Billing Options
Azure
On-DemandSpotReserved (12mo)Reserved (36mo)
Salad
On-Demand
Available Models
Azure offers 10 GPU models, while Salad offers 33.
H100
MI300XHeads 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 Salad offer:
Company details
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Azure
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Salad
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|---|---|---|
| Website | azure.microsoft.com | salad.com |
| Headquarters | United States of America | United States of America |
| Founded | 2008 | 2018 |
| Data Center Locations | 66 | -- |
| Example Customers | General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA | Discord, Stability AI, Blend, undetectable.ai, Civitai |
Website
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Salad
Headquarters
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Founded
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Data Center Locations
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Example Customers
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Our data for Azure was last updated on June 23, 2026, and for Salad on June 23, 2026.