Microsoft Azure Review
Features and Usability
Features not included in the VPS price are marked as missing below.
Last updated on January 28 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 Ips |
| Teams | Datastores | Serverless | Ddos Protection |
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/ |
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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 for long term use |
Yes. 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%
|
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: 41
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests 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 | Web Results | Sysbench Results | Avg web response time | P99 web response time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11 2018 | Web | Sysbench | 62ms | 260ms |
| Mar 10 2018 | Web | Sysbench | 73ms | 260ms |
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 for long term use |
Yes. 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 |
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 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 | Web Results | Sysbench Results | Avg web response time | P99 web response time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14 2018 | Web | Sysbench | 61ms | 253ms |
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 for long term use |
Yes. 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%
|
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: 49
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests 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 1 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 | Web Results | Sysbench Results | Avg web response time | P99 web response time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 06 2018 | Web | Sysbench | 57ms | 260ms |
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 for long 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 |
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: 18
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests 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 | Web Results | Sysbench Results | Avg web response time | P99 web response time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 27 2018 | Web | Sysbench | 196ms | 575ms |
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 for long term use |
Yes. 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 |
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: 39
Performance Test Results
We conducted 5 different types of tests 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 | Web Results | Sysbench Results | Avg web response time | P99 web response time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19 2019 | Web | Sysbench | 60ms | 280ms |
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