Microsoft Azure vs centron
As of , centron lists the lower on-demand rate on 2 of the 2 GPUs both offer on-demand. On the priciest shared card both list on-demand, NVIDIA A100 80GB: Microsoft Azure $3.67 (eastus2) vs centron $1.39 per GPU-hour on-demand — centron is $2.28 (62%) cheaper.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU |  Microsoft Azure |  centron | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA A100 80GB median $1.89 · 53 providers · lowest Deep Infra $0.89 | $3.67 eastus2 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.39 GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $2.28 (62%) | centron |
| NVIDIA A100 40GB median $1.99 · 19 providers · lowest centron $0.76 GPU only | $3.40 westus2 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.76 GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $2.64 (78%) | centron |
Spot / interruptible, per GPU-hour
| GPU | Microsoft Azure | centron |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA A100 80GB | $0.68 captured | — |
| NVIDIA A100 40GB | $0.75 captured | — |
How this is compared
Cloud GPU rental prices of Microsoft Azure and centron, compared per GPU-hour on the GPUs both list. Where a provider has several tiers or regions, its cheapest on-demand rate is used and labelled. Community capacity (RunPod Community Cloud) and marketplace floors are shown only where a provider has nothing else, and never decide which is cheaper.
GPU by GPU
- NVIDIA A100 80GB: Microsoft Azure $3.67 (eastus2) vs centron $1.39 per GPU-hour on-demand — centron is $2.28 (62%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA A100 40GB: Microsoft Azure $3.40 (westus2) vs centron $0.76 per GPU-hour on-demand — centron is $2.64 (78%) cheaper.
Not compared: GPUs only one of the two lists, reserved/committed tiers, and anything either provider prices only on request. See each provider's page for its full list.
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