Azure
vs
Salad
What's good about each
- 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
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Azure | Salad | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.13 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2pts v2) | -- Not listed | |
| Medium VM | $86.87 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4pls v2) | -- Not listed | |
| Large VM | $173.74 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (B8pls v2) | -- Not listed | |
| Block storage | $8.10 /mo 100 GB | -- Not listed | |
| Object storage | $21.50 /mo 1 TB | -- Not listed | |
| PostgreSQL | $131.89 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (Gen 5) | -- Not listed | |
| Redis | $39.60 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic C1) | -- Not listed | |
| Load balancer | $23.25 /mo Standard | -- Not listed | |
| Serverless | $29.80 /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 Salad offers 35. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Azure | Salad | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
20 configs
|
$1.29 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Azure only |
|
H200
4 configs
|
$6.86 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Azure only |
|
RTX PRO 6000
40 configs
|
$1.02 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Azure only |
|
A100
20 configs
|
$0.68 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Azure only |
|
GB200
4 configs
|
$11.90 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Azure only |
|
RTX 5090
2 configs
|
-- | $0.25 /GPU/hr Spot | Salad only |
|
RTX 4090
2 configs
|
-- | $0.16 /GPU/hr Spot | Salad only |
|
RTX 3090
2 configs
|
-- | $0.09 /GPU/hr Spot | Salad only |
|
RTX 5060 Ti
2 configs
|
-- | $0.07 /GPU/hr Spot | Salad only |
|
RTX 3060
4 configs
|
-- | $0.03 /GPU/hr Spot | Salad only |
Azure bills on-demand, spot and reserved (12 or 36 months); Salad bills on-demand and spot. The line under each price names the billing type shown.
Services
Managed services each provider offers.
Company details
| Fact | Azure | Salad |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2008 | 2018 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 66 | -- |
| Example customers | General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA | Discord, Stability AI, Blend, undetectable.ai, Civitai |
| Website | azure.microsoft.com | salad.com |
Alternatives to consider
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Our data for Azure was last updated on Sept. 11, 2026, and for Salad on Sept. 12, 2026.