Azure
vs
Utho
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
- Four Indian locations plus Frankfurt and Los Angeles
- 1 to 6 TB of monthly transfer included per instance, by plan
- Shared, dedicated and memory-optimised instance families
- Tier III and Tier IV facilities operated by Yotta and NTT
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Azure | Utho | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.77 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2ats v2) | $18.72 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB NVMe (Basic 1) | 64% cheaper on Azure |
| Medium VM | $95.76 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4als v2) | $37.51 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, 160 GB NVMe (Basic 2) | 61% cheaper on Utho |
| Large VM | $231.84 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (D8als v6) | $57.55 /mo 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM, 320 GB NVMe (Basic 3) | 75% cheaper on Utho |
| Block storage | $7.92 /mo 100 GB (Premium SSD v2) | $5.22 /mo 100 GB | 34% cheaper on Utho |
| Object storage | $35.25 /mo 1 TB | $29.22 /mo 1 TB | 17% cheaper on Utho |
| 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 | 1-6 TB / mo per instance | |
| Egress | $87.00 /TB $0.087 / GB (Premium network North America) | Not publicly 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 Utho offers 3. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Azure | Utho | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
RTX PRO 6000
40 configs · 9 configs
|
$2.42 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | $1.17 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | 52% cheaper on Utho |
|
H200
4 configs · 5 configs
|
$6.86 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | $2.57 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | 63% cheaper on Utho |
|
H100
20 configs
|
$1.29 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | 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 |
|
T4
16 configs
|
$0.15 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Azure only |
|
A10
12 configs
|
$0.59 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Azure only |
|
L4
5 configs
|
-- | $0.36 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | Utho only |
Azure bills on-demand, spot and reserved (12 or 36 months); Utho bills reserved (36 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 | Utho |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | -- |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | -- |
| HIPAA | Yes | -- |
| GDPR | 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 | Utho |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2008 | 2010 |
| Headquarters | USA | India |
| Locations | 66 | 6 |
| Example customers | General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA | Exotel, Ameyo, MyOperator, CallHippo, FIITJEE, Jindal Steel & Power, Cosmos Bank, Park+ |
| Website | azure.microsoft.com | utho.com |
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Our data for Azure was last updated on Sept. 27, 2026, and for Utho on Sept. 27, 2026.