Alternatives to Microsoft Azure
These featured providers are the closest alternatives to Microsoft Azure, selected using provider category, data-center locations, entry prices and comparable VPS plans.
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Price and performance at a glance
Performance is a price-weighted score (out of 100). Entry price is the lowest current monthly VPS price we track.
Price-weighted performance
The score averages the price-weighted scores of each provider's three most recent graded trials (or all available trials when fewer than three exist). A plan score combines web performance, raw CPU capacity, performance stability, disk I/O and network performance; lower plan prices improve the price-weighted score. 100 is best.
Entry monthly price
This is each provider's lowest current monthly VPS price, converted to USD. Bar lengths are relative to the highest entry price shown.
Comparable VPS plans
These plans are all in the same mid-price price band: each alternative plan must be within 30% below or 40% above the selected Microsoft Azure plan price. Prices are converted to USD for an easier comparison.
| Provider | Plan | Monthly price | CPU | Memory | Disk | Data transfer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Azure | D2as v5 | $62.780 | 2 | 8.0 GB | 30 GB | 0 |
| Vultr | VX1 GP 2C 8G 50S | $48.800 | 2 | 8.0 GB | 50 GB | 5000 |
| Microsoft Azure | D2as v5 | $62.780 | 2 | 8.0 GB | 30 GB | 0 |
| OVHcloud | c3-8 | $58.477 | 4 | 8.0 GB | 100 GB | Unlimited |
| Microsoft Azure | D2as v5 | $62.780 | 2 | 8.0 GB | 30 GB | 0 |
| UpCloud | High Memory 8GB | $46.800 | 2 | 8.0 GB | 100 GB | 2000 |
| Microsoft Azure | D2as v5 | $62.780 | 2 | 8.0 GB | 30 GB | 0 |
| OVHcloud US | B3-8 | $44.165 | 2 | 8.0 GB | 50 GB | Unlimited |
Storage prices
Object and block storage prices for Microsoft Azure and its selected alternatives. Pricing details vary by product and region.
Object storage
| Provider | Product | Price / GB / month | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Azure |
Azure Storage Blobs Hot
Called "Azure Storage Blobs". Egress and ingress are free for Hot and Premium storage tiers. |
$0.018 |
Egress: $0.088 / GB
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| OVHcloud |
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S3 API. |
0.007€ ($0.008) |
Egress: 0.010€ ($0.012) / GB
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| OVHcloud US |
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S3 API |
$0.008 |
Egress: $0.011 / GB
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| UpCloud |
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Transfer cost included up to twice the size of paid storage. |
0.020€ ($0.023) |
Egress: 0.000€ ($0.000) / GB
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| Vultr |
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Includes 1TB of bandwidth. |
$0.006 |
Egress: $0.010 / GB
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Block storage
| Provider | Product | Price / GB / month | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Azure |
Premium SSD
Called "Managed disks" in Azure. |
$0.135 |
IOPS allowance:
1100 Max IOPS Burst: 3500 Throughput price per MBps: Throughput allowance MBps: 125 MBps Max Throughput Burst MBps: 170 MBps Max burst duration in seconds: 1800 seconds View provider pricing |
| Microsoft Azure |
Premium SSD v2
Block storage is called "Managed disks" in Azure. |
$0.081 |
IOPS price:
$0.005 IOPS allowance: 3000 Throughput price per MBps: $0.041 Throughput allowance MBps: 125 MBps View provider pricing |
| Microsoft Azure |
Standard SSD
Block storage is called "Managed disks" in Azure. Standard SSD disks are sold in preset sizes. The larger the disk the more IOPS and throughput and the lower the price per GB. |
$0.075 |
IOPS allowance:
500 Max IOPS Burst: 600 Throughput price per MBps: Throughput allowance MBps: 100 MBps Max Throughput Burst MBps: 150 MBps Max burst duration in seconds: 1800 seconds View provider pricing |
| OVHcloud |
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Classic: 250 IOPS guaranteed, 4 TB max. |
0.042€ ($0.049) |
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| OVHcloud |
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High speed: Up to 3000 IOPS, 4 TB max. |
0.086€ ($0.101) |
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| OVHcloud |
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High speed gen2: 30 IOPS/GB for up to 20000 IOPS per volume |
0.086€ ($0.101) |
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| OVHcloud US |
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Triple replication. |
$0.096 |
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| UpCloud |
Archive
Archive block storage: high capacity data storage. |
$0.056 |
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| UpCloud |
MaxIOPS
MaxIOPS storage. |
0.220€ ($0.257) |
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| UpCloud |
Standard
Standard storage: general purpose data storage. |
0.085€ ($0.099) |
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| Vultr |
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Each volume is replicated 3 times across a highly available cluster. |
$0.100 |
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Features and locations
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| Feature | Microsoft Azure | Vultr | OVHcloud | UpCloud | OVHcloud US |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | USA | USA | France | Finland | United States |
| Locations | Africa: 1 Asia: 8 Europe: 8 North America: 2 South America: 1 Oceania: 2 | Africa: 1 Asia: 5 Europe: 6 North America: 3 South America: 2 Oceania: 1 | Africa: 1 Asia: 2 Europe: 14 North America: 1 Oceania: 1 | Asia: 1 Europe: 9 North America: 1 Oceania: 1 | North America: 1 |
| Backups | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Block storage | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Object storage | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Load balancer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| DDoS protection | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Hourly Billing | Yes | Yes | Mixed | Yes | Mixed |
| SSH Keys Setup | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Backups | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Firewall | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| IPv6 support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Total Number of Datacenters | 60 | 31 | 22 | 15 | 11 |
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Price and performance by plan
Each dot is a plan used in the price-weighted performance chart above. Its vertical position is the average PW score from its contributing recent trials.