What's good about...

Microsoft Azure logo 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

Microsoft Azure logo Sesterce

  • Wide selection of Nvidia, AMD, and Intel GPUs
  • Provides both virtualized GPU instances and dedicated bare-metal clusters
  • Specializes in infrastructure for AI/ML model training and inference
  • Based in the EU, may ease GDPR compliance

Price comparison

How do Microsoft Azure's prices compare against Sesterce?

Example configuration Microsoft Azure Sesterce
VM Small $6.13 / mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2pts v2) --
VM Medium $86.87 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4pls v2) --
VM Large $173.74 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (B8pls v2) --
Block Storage $8.10 / mo 100 GB --
Object Storage $21.50 / mo 1 TB --
Load Balancer $23.25 / mo Standard --
Managed PostgreSQL $131.89 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (Gen 5) --
Managed Redis®* $39.60 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic C1) --
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 $87.00 $0.087 / GB (Premium network North America) --

Azure GPUs

Name GPUs VRAM vCPUs RAM Price/h
NC4as T4 v3 1x T4 16GB 4 28GB $0.53 Source
NC8as T4 v3 1x T4 16GB 8 56GB $0.75 Source
NC6 1x K80 12GB 6 56GB $0.90 Source
NV6 1x M60 8GB 6 56GB $1.14 Source
NV12s v3 1x M60 8GB 12 112GB $1.14 Source
NC16as T4 v3 1x T4 16GB 16 110GB $1.20 Source
NC12 2x K80 24GB 12 112GB $1.80 Source
NC6s v2 1x P100 16GB 6 112GB $2.07 Source
ND6s 1x P40 24GB 6 112GB $2.07 Source
NV12 2x M60 16GB 12 112GB $2.28 Source
NV24s v3 2x M60 16GB 24 224GB $2.28 Source
NC6s v3 1x V100 16GB 6 112GB $3.06 Source
NC24 4x K80 48GB 24 224GB $3.60 Source
NC24r 4x K80 48GB 24 224GB $3.96 Source
NC12s v2 2x P100 32GB 12 224GB $4.14 Source
ND12s 2x P40 48GB 12 224GB $4.14 Source
NC64as T4 v3 4x T4 64GB 64 440GB $4.35 Source
NV48s v3 4x M60 32GB 48 448GB $4.56 Source
NV24 4x M60 32GB 24 224GB $4.56 Source
NC24ads A100 v4 1x A100 80GB 24 220GB $4.78 Source
NC12s v3 2x V100 32GB 12 224GB $6.12 Source
ND24s 4x P40 96GB 24 448GB $8.28 Source
NC24s v2 4x P100 64GB 24 448GB $8.28 Source
NC40ads H100 v5 1x H100 80GB 40 320GB $8.82 Source
ND24rs 4x P40 96GB 24 448GB $9.11 Source
NC24rs v2 4x P100 64GB 24 448GB $9.11 Source
NC24s v3 4x V100 64GB 24 448GB $12.24 Source
NC24rs v3 4x V100 64GB 24 448GB $13.46 Source
ND40rs v2 8x V100 256GB 40 672GB $22.03 Source
ND96asr A100 v4 8x A100 320GB 96 900GB $27.20 Source

Sesterce GPUs

Name GPUs VRAM vCPUs RAM Price/h
1x V100 16G 1x V100 16GB 6 -- $0.43 Source
1x A6000 1x A6000 48GB 6 48GB $0.54 Source
1x A5000 1x A5000 24GB 6 -- $0.54 Source
1x A16 1x A16 16GB 6 -- $0.56 Source
1x A40 1x A40 48GB 6 -- $0.58 Source
1x RTX 4090 1x RTX 4090 24GB 12 -- $0.66 Source
1x A10 1x A10 24GB 30 -- $0.82 Source
2x V100 16G 2x V100 32GB 10 -- $0.86 Source
1x A4000 1x A4000 16GB 8 -- $0.88 Source
1x L4 1x L4 24GB 8 -- $0.99 Source
2x A5000 2x A5000 48GB 12 -- $1.07 Source
2x A6000 2x A6000 96GB 14 -- $1.08 Source
1x L40 1x L40 48GB 26 192GB $1.09 Source
1x A100 40G 1x A100 40GB 14 -- $1.11 Source
2x A16 2x A16 32GB 12 -- $1.12 Source
2x A40 2x A40 96GB 12 -- $1.16 Source
1x RTX 6000 Ada 1x RTX 6000 48GB 10 -- $1.18 Source
1x L40S 1x L40S 48GB 22 -- $1.21 Source
2x RTX 4090 2x RTX 4090 48GB 24 -- $1.32 Source
1x A100 80G 1x A100 80GB 24 -- $1.38 Source
2x A4000 2x A4000 32GB 16 -- $1.76 Source
2x L4 2x L4 48GB 16 -- $1.89 Source
4x A40 4x A40 192GB 24 -- $1.98 Source
1x H100 1x H100 80GB 28 180GB $2.09 Source
4x A5000 4x A5000 96GB 24 -- $2.13 Source
4x A6000 4x A6000 192GB 30 -- $2.16 Source
2x L40 2x L40 96GB 50 -- $2.18 Source
4x A16 4x A16 64GB 24 -- $2.26 Source
1x V100 32G 1x V100 32GB 8 -- $2.57 Source
4x RTX 4090 4x RTX 4090 96GB 60 -- $2.64 Source
2x L40S 2x L40S 96GB 44 -- $2.86 Source
2x A100 80G 2x A100 160GB 60 -- $2.97 Source
1x MI300X 1x MI300X 192GB 6 -- $3.30 Source
8x V100 16G 8x V100 128GB 48 -- $3.43 Source
8x RTX 4090 8x RTX 4090 192GB 48 -- $3.52 Source
4x A4000 4x A4000 64GB 32 -- $3.52 Source
1x H200 1x H200 141GB 16 24GB $3.58 Source
4x L4 4x L4 96GB 32 -- $3.71 Source
8x A5000 8x A5000 192GB 48 -- $3.98 Source
2x H100 2x H100 160GB 60 -- $4.18 Source
4x L40 4x L40 192GB 100 -- $4.36 Source
8x A16 8x A16 128GB 48 -- $4.50 Source
1x GH200 1x GH200 96GB 144 -- $4.65 Source
8x A6000 8x A6000 384GB 62 -- $5.02 Source
2x V100 32G 2x V100 64GB 16 -- $5.15 Source
1x B200 1x B200 192GB 31 250GB $5.39 Source
4x L40S 4x L40S 192GB 88 -- $5.72 Source
4x A100 80G 4x A100 320GB 124 -- $5.94 Source
8x RTX 6000 Ada 8x RTX 6000 384GB 128 -- $6.95 Source
2x H100 NVL 2x H100 188GB 40 -- $6.95 Source
8x L40S 8x L40S 384GB 128 -- $7.04 Source
8x L4 8x L4 192GB 64 -- $7.34 Source
2x H200 2x H200 282GB 88 -- $7.41 Source
4x H100 4x H100 320GB 124 -- $8.36 Source
8x A100 40G 8x A100 320GB 120 -- $8.89 Source
16x A16 16x A16 256GB 96 -- $10.11 Source
4x V100 32G 4x V100 128GB 32 -- $10.30 Source
8x A100 80G 8x A100 640GB 200 -- $11.00 Source
4x H200 4x H200 564GB 176 -- $14.83 Source
10x L40S 10x L40S 480GB 80 -- $15.95 Source
8x H100 8x H100 640GB 208 -- $17.16 Source
8x H200 8x H200 1128GB 128 -- $28.60 Source
8x B200 8x B200 1536GB 144 -- $48.40 Source

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 managed services that Microsoft Azure and Sesterce offer:

Service Microsoft Azure Sesterce
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
Website azure.microsoft.com
Headquarters United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded 2008
Data Center Locations 66
Example Customers General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA
Sesterce
Website www.sesterce.com
Headquarters France 🇫🇷
Founded 2018
Data Center Locations 43
Example Customers --

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Our data for Microsoft Azure was last updated on May 6, 2025, and for Sesterce on May 19, 2025.