Azure
vs
UpCloud
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
- 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
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Azure | UpCloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.77 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2ats v2) | $3.50 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM, 10 GB storage (Starter) | 48% cheaper on UpCloud |
| Medium VM | $95.76 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4als v2) | $24.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 40 GB storage (Starter) | 75% cheaper on UpCloud |
| Large VM | $231.84 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (D8als v6) | $92.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (Cloud Native) | 60% cheaper on UpCloud |
| Block storage | $7.92 /mo 100 GB (Premium SSD v2) | $25.00 /mo 100 GB (MaxIOPS) | 68% cheaper on Azure |
| Object storage | $35.25 /mo 1 TB | $20.00 /mo 1 TB | 43% cheaper on UpCloud |
| PostgreSQL | $54.71 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (Flexible Server B2s) | $69.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 10 GB storage (Standard) | 21% cheaper on Azure |
| Redis | $23.04 /mo 1 GB RAM (Managed Redis Balanced B1) | $8.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | 65% cheaper on UpCloud |
| Load balancer | $23.00 /mo Standard | Free 1 node, 1,000 sessions (Essentials) | Free on UpCloud |
| 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) | Free within fair usage policy 1-48 TB per instance, then reduced bandwidth |
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 UpCloud offers 5. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Azure | UpCloud | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
20 configs · 8 configs
|
$6.98 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.89 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 73% cheaper on UpCloud |
|
RTX PRO 6000
40 configs · 8 configs
|
$5.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.88 /GPU/hr On-demand | 66% cheaper on UpCloud |
|
H200
4 configs
|
$6.86 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Azure only |
|
A100
20 configs
|
$0.68 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Azure only |
|
GB200
4 configs
|
$11.90 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Azure only |
MI300X
4 configs
|
$1.60 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Azure only |
|
V100
6 configs
|
$0.28 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Azure only |
|
B200
8 configs
|
-- | $3.90 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | UpCloud only |
|
L40S
22 configs
|
-- | $0.89 /GPU/hr Spot | UpCloud only |
|
L4
22 configs
|
-- | $0.68 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | UpCloud only |
Azure bills on-demand, spot and reserved (12 or 36 months); UpCloud bills on-demand and spot. 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 | UpCloud |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Data centers only |
| 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 | UpCloud |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2008 | 2011 |
| Headquarters | USA | Finland |
| Locations | 66 | 15 |
| Example customers | General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA | Aiven, Xensam, HackTheBox, LeadDesk |
| Website | azure.microsoft.com | upcloud.com |
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Our data for Azure was last updated on Oct. 1, 2026, and for UpCloud on Oct. 2, 2026.