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Azure vs Theta EdgeCloud

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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

Theta EdgeCloud logo Theta EdgeCloud

  • NVIDIA H100, H200, and A100 GPUs available on-demand
  • Competitive pricing compared to major hyperscalers
  • Supports 3D rendering, video transcoding, and AI inference workloads

Price comparison

How do Azure's prices compare against Theta EdgeCloud?

VM Small

Closest config to 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM.
Microsoft Azure Azure
$6.13 / mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2pts v2)
Theta EdgeCloud Theta EdgeCloud
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VM Medium

Closest config to 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM.
Microsoft Azure Azure
$86.87 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4pls v2)
Theta EdgeCloud Theta EdgeCloud
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VM Large

Closest config to 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (dedicated preferred).
Microsoft Azure Azure
$173.74 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (B8pls v2)
Theta EdgeCloud Theta EdgeCloud
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Block Storage

Closest config to 100+ GB SSD, 3,000+ IOPS, 100+ MB/s throughput, no snapshots.
Microsoft Azure Azure
$8.10 / mo 100 GB
Theta EdgeCloud Theta EdgeCloud
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Object Storage

Closest config to 1 TB stored, 100 GB in / 250 GB out, 1M GET, 100k PUT/POST.
Microsoft Azure Azure
$21.50 / mo 1 TB
Theta EdgeCloud Theta EdgeCloud
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Load Balancer

Closest config to TCP, 1 node (1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM), 200+ Mbps, 1,000 conn/sec, 1 TB processed/mo.
Microsoft Azure Azure
$23.25 / mo Standard
Theta EdgeCloud Theta EdgeCloud
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Managed PostgreSQL

Closest config to 1 node, 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50+ GB storage, 10 GB read / 5 GB write per month.
Microsoft Azure Azure
$131.89 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (Gen 5)
Theta EdgeCloud Theta EdgeCloud
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Managed Redis®*

Closest config to 1 node, 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 req/s, 1 KB avg request size.
Microsoft Azure Azure
$39.60 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic C1)
Theta EdgeCloud Theta EdgeCloud
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Serverless 25M Executions

Closest config to 25M invocations, 150ms execution time, 512 MB memory.
Microsoft Azure Azure
$29.80 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration
Theta EdgeCloud Theta EdgeCloud
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Free egress allowance

Microsoft Azure Azure
100 GB / mo
Theta EdgeCloud Theta EdgeCloud
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1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Microsoft Azure Azure
$87.00 $0.087 / GB (Premium network North America)
Theta EdgeCloud Theta EdgeCloud
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GPU Fleet Overview

Same GPU, Both Providers

Cheapest rate per GPU per hour for the cards both providers sell, compared on a billing mode they both publish.

On-demand price per GPU-hour.

Microsoft Azure Azure
Theta EdgeCloud Theta EdgeCloud
H100 $6.98 $2.29 H200 $13.78 $3.69 A100 $3.40 $1.99 V100 $1.53 $0.99

Billing Options

Microsoft Azure Azure
On-DemandSpotReserved (12mo)Reserved (36mo)Custom
Theta EdgeCloud Theta EdgeCloud
On-Demand

Available Models

Ranked by how many providers list each card. The number beside a GPU is how many instance configurations this provider sells it in, not how many are in stock.

Azure offers 10 GPU models, while Theta EdgeCloud offers 23.

Microsoft Azure Azure
H100(16) A100(20) H200(2) RTX PRO 6000(40) V100(6) A10(12) MI300X(2) T4(16) GB200(2) MI455X(1)
Theta EdgeCloud Theta EdgeCloud
H100(3) A100(4) H200(3) V100(2) T4(2) RTX 3090(1) RTX 4080(1) RTX 3080 Ti(1) RTX 3070(1) RTX 3060 Ti(1)
View all 23 GPUs →

Heads 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 Theta EdgeCloud offer:

Service Azure Theta EdgeCloud
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
Theta EdgeCloud Theta EdgeCloud
thetaedgecloud.com
Headquarters
Microsoft Azure Azure
United States of America
Theta EdgeCloud Theta EdgeCloud
United States of America
Founded
Microsoft Azure Azure
2008
Theta EdgeCloud Theta EdgeCloud
2025
Data Center Locations
Microsoft Azure Azure
66
Theta EdgeCloud Theta EdgeCloud
1
Example Customers
Microsoft Azure Azure
General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA
Theta EdgeCloud Theta EdgeCloud
Stanford University, Yonsei University, Seoul National University, NTU Singapore, Imperial College London, Las Vegas Knights (NHL), Houston Rockets (NBA)

Alternatives to consider

Compare Azure and Theta EdgeCloud against other cloud providers.

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Our data for Azure was last updated on Aug. 22, 2026, and for Theta EdgeCloud on Aug. 22, 2026.

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Lyceum
Our sponsor
NVIDIA H200 from $2.20/hr, B200 from $3.40/hr, B300 from $3.80/hr
Per-second billing with no minimum commitment or vendor lock-in
Scale to 8,000 GPUs over InfiniBand for distributed AI training
Start now