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Azure vs Vultr

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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

Vultr logo Vultr

  • Good selection VPS configurations (GPU, dedicated, high memory)
  • Offers managed services (databases, Kubernetes, object storage)
  • Competitive pricing, generous egress
  • 30+ data center locations around the world

Price comparison

How do Azure's prices compare against Vultr?

VM Small

Microsoft Azure Azure
$6.13 / mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2pts v2)
Vultr Vultr
$5.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared)

VM Medium

Microsoft Azure Azure
$86.87 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4pls v2)
Vultr Vultr
$40.00 / mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared)

VM Large

Microsoft Azure Azure
$173.74 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (B8pls v2)
Vultr Vultr
$160.00 / mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-Optimized)

Block Storage

Microsoft Azure Azure
$8.10 / mo 100 GB
Vultr Vultr
$10.00 / mo 100 GB

Object Storage

Microsoft Azure Azure
$21.50 / mo 1 TB
Vultr Vultr
$18.00 / mo 1 TB

Load Balancer

Microsoft Azure Azure
$23.25 / mo Standard
Vultr Vultr
$10.00 / mo

Managed PostgreSQL

Microsoft Azure Azure
$131.89 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (Gen 5)
Vultr Vultr
$60.00 / mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage

Managed Redis®*

Microsoft Azure Azure
$39.60 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GiB RAM (Basic C1)
Vultr Vultr
$15.00 / mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM

Serverless 25M Executions

Microsoft Azure Azure
$29.80 / mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration
Vultr Vultr
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Free egress allowance

Microsoft Azure Azure
100 GB / mo
Vultr Vultr
2 TB / mo for most services

1 TB of egress beyond allowance

Microsoft Azure Azure
$87.00 $0.087 / GB (Premium network North America)
Vultr Vultr
$10.00 $0.01 / GB

GPU Fleet Overview

Same GPU, Both Providers

On-demand price per GPU-hour.

Microsoft Azure Azure
Vultr Vultr
A100 $3.40 $2.40

Billing Options

Microsoft Azure Azure
On-DemandSpotReserved (12mo)Reserved (36mo)Custom
Vultr Vultr
On-DemandSpotCustom

Available Models

Azure and Vultr each offer 10 GPU models.

Microsoft Azure Azure
H100(16) A100(20) RTX PRO 6000(40) H200(2) V100(6) T4(16) MI300X(2) A10(12) GB200(2) MI455X(1)
Vultr Vultr
H100(1) A100(3) L40S(4) B200(1) MI300X(1) MI455X(1) MI325X(1) MI355X(1) A16(3) GH200(1)

Heads up: Prices are estimates from published rates for common setups and vary by region and usage; verify with the provider before provisioning.

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Which services do they offer

Here are some managed services that Azure and Vultr offer:

Service Azure Vultr
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
Vultr Vultr
www.vultr.com
Headquarters
Microsoft Azure Azure
United States of America US flag
Vultr Vultr
United States of America US flag
Founded
Microsoft Azure Azure
2008
Vultr Vultr
2014
Data Center Locations
Microsoft Azure Azure
66
Vultr Vultr
32
Example Customers
Microsoft Azure Azure
General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA
Vultr Vultr
Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield

Alternatives to consider

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Our data for Azure was last updated on Aug. 31, 2026, and for Vultr on Aug. 31, 2026.