Azure
vs
Vultr
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
- 30+ locations across six continents
- Nvidia and AMD GPUs, as VMs or bare metal
- Managed PostgreSQL, MySQL, Valkey and Kafka
- Outbound traffic allowance on every plan
Price comparison
Closest matching configuration on each side, monthly list price in USD.
| Service | Azure | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small VM | $6.77 /mo 2 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (B2ats v2) | $5.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Shared) | 26% cheaper on Vultr |
| Medium VM | $95.76 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (B4als v2) | $40.00 /mo 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM (Shared) | 58% cheaper on Vultr |
| Large VM | $231.84 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (D8als v6) | $160.00 /mo 8 vCPU, 16 GB RAM (CPU-Optimized) | 31% cheaper on Vultr |
| Block storage | $7.92 /mo 100 GB (Premium SSD v2) | $10.00 /mo 100 GB NVMe | 21% cheaper on Azure |
| Object storage | $35.25 /mo 1 TB | $18.00 /mo 1 TB | 49% cheaper on Vultr |
| PostgreSQL | $54.71 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GiB RAM, 50 GB storage (Flexible Server B2s) | $60.00 /mo 2 vCPU, 4 GB RAM, 80 GB storage | 9% cheaper on Azure |
| Redis | $23.04 /mo 1 GB RAM (Managed Redis Balanced B1) | $15.00 /mo 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM (Valkey) | 35% cheaper on Vultr |
| Load balancer | $23.00 /mo Standard | $10.00 /mo | 57% cheaper on Vultr |
| Serverless | $35.00 /mo 25M invocations, 512 MB RAM, 150 ms duration | -- Not listed | |
| Egress allowance | 100 GB / mo | 0.5-15 TB / mo per instance | |
| Egress | $87.00 /TB $0.087 / GB (Premium network North America) | $10.00 /TB $0.01 / GB | 89% cheaper on Vultr |
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 and Vultr each offer 10 GPU models. Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour; GPUs both providers sell come first.
| GPU | Azure | Vultr | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
H100
20 configs · 1 config
|
$1.29 /GPU/hr Spot | $2.30 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | 44% cheaper on Azure |
|
A100
20 configs · 3 configs
|
$3.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.40 /GPU/hr On-demand · sold out | 29% cheaper on Vultr |
MI300X
4 configs · 1 config
|
$1.60 /GPU/hr Spot | $1.85 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | 14% cheaper on Azure |
|
MI455X
1 config · 1 config
|
-- On request | -- On request | |
|
RTX PRO 6000
40 configs
|
$1.02 /GPU/hr Spot | -- | Azure only |
|
H200
4 configs
|
$6.86 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Azure only |
|
GB200
4 configs
|
$11.90 /GPU/hr Reserved (36 mo) | -- | Azure only |
|
B200
1 config
|
-- | $3.20 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
MI355X
1 config
|
-- | $2.59 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
|
L40S
4 configs
|
-- | $1.49 /GPU/hr Spot · sold out | Vultr only |
Azure bills on-demand, spot and reserved (12 or 36 months); Vultr 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 | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Type II |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Yes |
| HIPAA | Yes | Yes |
| GDPR | Yes | Yes |
| PCI DSS | Level 1 | Merchant |
| 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 | Vultr |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2008 | 2014 |
| Headquarters | USA | USA |
| Locations | 66 | 33 |
| Example customers | General Motors, NHS, Fujitsu, NBA | Edgegap, 3XC, CloudQuant, WP Bolt, VirtualShield |
| Website | azure.microsoft.com | www.vultr.com |
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Our data for Azure was last updated on Sept. 20, 2026, and for Vultr on Sept. 20, 2026.