Azure vs UpCloud

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What's good about them
Price comparison
Services offered
Company details
Alternatives to consider

What's good about...

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

UpCloud

Wide range of VPS options at competitive prices
Good selection of managed services, from databases to object storage to Kubernetes
Offers a 100% SLA with 50x compensation for service outages
Based in the EU, may ease GDPR compliance

Price comparison

How do Microsoft Azure's prices compare against UpCloud?

Example configuration	Microsoft Azure	UpCloud
VM Small	$6.13 / mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2pts v2)	$3.06 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared)
VM Medium	$86.87 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4pls v2)	$53.03 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (General)
VM Large	$173.74 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (B8pls v2)	$163.17 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (High CPU)
Block Storage	$8.10 / mo 100 GB	$22.44 / mo 100 GB
Object Storage	$21.50 / mo 1 TB	$20.40 / mo 1 TB
Load Balancer	$23.25 / mo Standard	$10.20 / mo
Managed PostgreSQL	$131.89 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (Gen 5)	$61.19 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 50 GB storage
Managed Redis®*	$39.60 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic C1)	$50.99 / mo 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM
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)	Free and unlimited 1-24 TB per instance, then lower bandwidth

Azure offers GPUs in the following configurations:

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	Launch
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
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

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 UpCloud offer:

Service	Microsoft Azure	UpCloud
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	UpCloud
Website	azure.microsoft.com	upcloud.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸	Finland 🇫🇮
Founded	2008	2012
Data Center Locations	66	13
Example Customers	General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA	Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk

	Microsoft Azure
Website	azure.microsoft.com
Headquarters	United States of America 🇺🇸
Founded	2008
Data Center Locations	66
Example Customers	General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA