Azure
vs
Together AI
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
- Per-minute billing with transparent pricing
- High-performance GPUs including H100, H200, and GB200
- Support for 200+ open-source AI models
- Both serverless and dedicated cluster options
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Azure | Together AI | 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 Together AI offers 6. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Azure | Together AI | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
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$6.98 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | 71% cheaper on Together AI |
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$13.78 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | 78% cheaper on Together AI |
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$11.90 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- On request | |
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$1.02 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Azure only |
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$0.68 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Azure only |
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$1.60 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Azure only |
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$0.28 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Azure only |
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-- | -- On request | Together AI only |
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-- | $4.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | Together AI only |
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-- | -- On request | Together AI only |
Azure bills on-demand, spot and reserved (12 or 36 months); Together AI bills on-demand and reserved (1, 3 or 6 months). 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.
| Framework | Azure | Together AI |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | Yes | -- |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Level 1 | -- |
| FedRAMP | High | -- |
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 | Together AI |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2008 | 2020 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 66 | 26 |
| Example customers | General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA | Pika Labs, Nexusflow, Arcee AI |
| Website | azure.microsoft.com | together.ai |
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Our data for Azure was last updated on Sept. 24, 2026, and for Together AI on Sept. 24, 2026.