Microsoft Azure Review
Microsoft Azure was founded in 2008.
It is headquartered in the USA.
It offers VPS, Database, Storage and Networking hosting products.
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Features and Usability
Features not included in the VPS price are marked as missing below.
Last updated on August 26 2019.
In VPSBenchmark's opinion
Microsoft Azure Extra Services
In addition to features included in the VPS plan, Microsoft Azure also offers the following services (possibly for a fee):
| Backups | Block storage | Object storage | Load balancer | Floating IP addresses |
| Teams | Datastores | Serverless | DDoS protection | Kubernetes |
| GPU instances |
VPS Instance Provisioning Time
For each Microsoft Azure VPS trial, we measured how long it took to provision the server.
See also VPS provisioning times for all providers.
| Average Provisioning Time | Min Provisioning Time | Max Provisioning Time | Number of VPS Samples |
|---|---|---|---|
| 125s | 90s | 180s | 6 |
Cloud Storage Prices
For a comparison of storage features and prices from all providers, please check the Cloud Storage page.
| Storage Type | Price / GB / month | Restriction | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block | $0.156 | Prices decrease with disk size. LRS. |
Called "Managed disks". Throughput increases with disk size: 25MB/second for 32GB disk. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/managed-disks/ |
| Object | $0.060 | Standard Data Storage, LRS, General Purpose v2 |
Called "Azure Files". LRS - Locally Redundant Storage. Zone and Region redundant storage are also available for higher prices. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/storage/files/ |
| Object | $0.021 | First 50TB, Hot, General purpose v2, LRS |
Called "Azure Storage Blobs". Also available as Cool or Archve storage at lower prices. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/storage/blobs/ |
Compare all Microsoft Azure plans in the Screener
The Screener shows all Microsoft Azure plans side by side with their grades in 5 categories.
Microsoft Azure Plans
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/pricing/details/virtual-machines/linux/ |
|---|---|
| Price per month |
$15.11
Warning: storage costs are not included in this price.
Warning: network bandwidth costs are not included in this price.
|
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
Discount Discounted monthly price: $9.83 Minimum continuous use for discount: 365 days |
| Disk GB | 4 |
| Num Cores | 1 |
| Memory GB | 2.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | Hyper-V |
| Data Transfer GB | 1000 |
| Burstable CPU |
Per core CPU allocation: 20%
|
| Dedicated | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 42
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for Microsoft Azure - B1MS. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the B1MS plan
This plan was tested 2 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the B1MS plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 11 2018 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2673 v4 @ 2.30GHz | D |
| Mar 10 2018 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2673 v3 @ 2.40GHz | D |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-b-series-our-new-burstable-vm-size/ |
|---|---|
| Price per month |
$30.37
Warning: storage costs are not included in this price.
Warning: network bandwidth costs are not included in this price.
|
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
Discount Discounted monthly price: $17.75 Minimum continuous use for discount: 365 days |
| Disk GB | 8 |
| Num Cores | 2 |
| Memory GB | 4.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | Hyper-V |
| Data Transfer GB | 100 |
| Burstable CPU |
Per core CPU allocation: 40%
|
| Dedicated | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 60
Performance Test Results
We conducted 6 different types of tests during the latest trial for Microsoft Azure - B2s. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the B2s plan
This plan was tested 2 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the B2s plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 25 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2673 v4 @ 2.30GHz | C |
| Aug 06 2018 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2673 v4 @ 2.30GHz | C |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-machines/linux/#a-series |
|---|---|
| Price per month |
$31.39
Warning: storage costs are not included in this price.
Warning: network bandwidth costs are not included in this price.
|
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Disk GB | 10 |
| Num Cores | 1 |
| Memory GB | 2.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | Hyper-V |
| Data Transfer GB | 200 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 20
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for Microsoft Azure - A1 v2. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the A1 v2 plan
This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the A1 v2 plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 27 2018 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2673 v3 @ 2.40GHz | E |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-machines/linux/#dasv4-series |
|---|---|
| Price per month |
$31.39
Warning: network bandwidth costs are not included in this price.
|
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Disk GB | 16 |
| Num Cores | 2 |
| Memory GB | 8.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | Hyper-V |
| Data Transfer GB | 0 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated | No |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-machines/linux/ |
|---|---|
| Price per month |
$36.00
Warning: network bandwidth costs are not included in this price.
|
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
Discount Discounted monthly price: $22.30 Minimum continuous use for discount: 365 days |
| Disk GB | 16 |
| Num Cores | 1 |
| Memory GB | 2.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | Hyper-V |
| Data Transfer GB | 1000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 45
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for Microsoft Azure - F1. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the F1 plan
This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the F1 plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 19 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2673 v3 @ 2.40GHz | D |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-machines/linux/ |
|---|---|
| Price per month |
$36.50
Warning: storage costs are not included in this price.
Warning: network bandwidth costs are not included in this price.
|
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
Discount Discounted monthly price: $22.58 Minimum continuous use for discount: 365 days |
| Disk GB | 16 |
| Num Cores | 1 |
| Memory GB | 2.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | Hyper-V |
| Data Transfer GB | 1000 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 46
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for Microsoft Azure - F1s. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the F1s plan
This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the F1s plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| May 14 2018 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2673 v4 @ 2.30GHz | D |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-machines/linux/ |
|---|---|
| Price per month | $60.73 |
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
No |
| Disk GB | 16 |
| Num Cores | 2 |
| Memory GB | 8.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | Hyper-V |
| Data Transfer GB | 0 |
| Burstable CPU |
Per core CPU allocation: 30%
|
| Dedicated | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 62
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for Microsoft Azure - B2MS. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the B2MS plan
This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the B2MS plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 16 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2673 v4 @ 2.30GHz | C |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-machines/linux/ |
|---|---|
| Price per month |
$61.00
Warning: network bandwidth costs are not included in this price.
|
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
Discount Discounted monthly price: $36.00 Minimum continuous use for discount: 365 days |
| Disk GB | 16 |
| Num Cores | 2 |
| Memory GB | 4.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | Hyper-V |
| Data Transfer GB | 0 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 63
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for Microsoft Azure - F2s v2. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the F2s v2 plan
This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the F2s v2 plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 14 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8168 CPU @ 2.70GHz | C |
Plan Specifications
| URL | https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-machines/linux/ |
|---|---|
| Price per month |
$69.12
Warning: network bandwidth costs are not included in this price.
|
| Discount or Surcharge for long or short term use |
Discount Discounted monthly price: $41.74 Minimum continuous use for discount: 365 days |
| Disk GB | 50 |
| Num Cores | 2 |
| Memory GB | 8.0 |
| Hourly Billing | Yes |
| Virtualization | Hyper-V |
| Data Transfer GB | 0 |
| Burstable CPU | No |
| Dedicated | No |
Plan Grades
Grades are calculated by combining results from web, sysbench, endurance and remote timing tests. Grade A is best, grade F is worst.
Follow the letter links to find the test results backing the grade.
More details about grades calculation
Overall Score: 52
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests during the latest trial for Microsoft Azure - D2 v3. Review the results and compare this plan to its competitors.
Performance trials run on the D2 v3 plan
This plan was tested 1 times at vpsbenchmarks.com. The table below shows all trials run on the D2 v3 plan and the web response times for every one of those.
| Start of Trial | CPU | Overall Grade |
|---|---|---|
| May 16 2019 | Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2673 v3 @ 2.40GHz | C |
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