Microsoft Azure vs GPU.ai
As of , GPU.ai lists the lower on-demand rate on 5 of the 5 GPUs both offer on-demand. Not counted: 2 more shared GPUs, on community capacity or a marketplace floor. On the priciest shared card both list on-demand, NVIDIA H100 SXM: Microsoft Azure $11.06 (eastus) vs GPU.ai $3.49 per GPU-hour on-demand — GPU.ai is $7.57 (68%) cheaper.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU | Microsoft Azure | GPU.ai | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA H100 SXM median $3.49 · 31 providers · lowest Cudo Compute $1.79 GPU only | $11.06 eastus captured Deploy ↗ | $3.49 from captured Deploy ↗ | $7.57 (68%) | GPU.ai |
| NVIDIA H200 median $4.54 · 42 providers · lowest Beam $2.09 from | $10.60 westus2 captured Deploy ↗ | $4.59 from captured Deploy ↗ | $6.01 (57%) | GPU.ai |
| NVIDIA H100 NVL median $3.94 · 9 providers · lowest Massed Compute $2.92 | $6.98 eastus captured Deploy ↗ | $3.19 from captured Deploy ↗ | $3.79 (54%) | GPU.ai |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell median $2.17 · 34 providers · lowest Hostinger $0.65 from | $5.50 eastus2 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.99 from captured Deploy ↗ | $3.51 (64%) | GPU.ai |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB median $1.80 · 46 providers · lowest Deep Infra $0.89 | $3.67 eastus2 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.07 from captured Deploy ↗ | $2.60 (71%) | GPU.ai |
| NVIDIA A100 40GB median $1.99 · 17 providers · lowest SynpixCloud $0.79 | $3.40 westus2 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.41 from captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA V100 median $2.48 · 9 providers · lowest Verda $0.20 | $3.06 eastus captured Deploy ↗ | $0.09 from captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
Spot / interruptible, per GPU-hour
| GPU | Microsoft Azure | GPU.ai |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA H100 SXM | $2.04 captured | — |
| NVIDIA H100 NVL | $1.29 captured | — |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell | $1.02 captured | — |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB | $0.68 captured | — |
| NVIDIA A100 40GB | $0.75 captured | — |
| NVIDIA V100 | $0.57 captured | — |
How this is compared
Cloud GPU rental prices of Microsoft Azure and GPU.ai, 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 H100 SXM: Microsoft Azure $11.06 (eastus) vs GPU.ai $3.49 per GPU-hour on-demand — GPU.ai is $7.57 (68%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA H200: Microsoft Azure $10.60 (westus2) vs GPU.ai $4.59 per GPU-hour on-demand — GPU.ai is $6.01 (57%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA H100 NVL: Microsoft Azure $6.98 (eastus) vs GPU.ai $3.19 per GPU-hour on-demand — GPU.ai is $3.79 (54%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell: Microsoft Azure $5.50 (eastus2) vs GPU.ai $1.99 per GPU-hour on-demand — GPU.ai is $3.51 (64%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA A100 80GB: Microsoft Azure $3.67 (eastus2) vs GPU.ai $1.07 per GPU-hour on-demand — GPU.ai is $2.60 (71%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA A100 40GB: Microsoft Azure $3.40 (westus2) vs GPU.ai $0.41 (from) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA V100: Microsoft Azure $3.06 (eastus) vs GPU.ai $0.09 (from) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
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.
Data updated: