Microsoft Azure vs Modal
As of , Modal lists the lower on-demand rate on 6 of the 7 GPUs both offer on-demand; Microsoft Azure wins on 1. On the priciest shared card both list on-demand, NVIDIA H100 SXM: Microsoft Azure $11.06 (eastus) vs Modal $3.95 per GPU-hour on-demand — Modal is $7.11 (64%) cheaper.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU |  Microsoft Azure |  Modal | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA H100 SXM median $3.52 · 38 providers · lowest Cudo Compute $1.79 GPU only | $11.06 eastus captured Deploy ↗ | $3.95 GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $7.11 (64%) | Modal |
| NVIDIA H200 median $4.54 · 51 providers · lowest Beam $2.09 from | $10.60 westus2 captured Deploy ↗ | $4.54 GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $6.06 (57%) | Modal |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell median $2.21 · 38 providers · lowest Hostinger $0.65 from | $5.50 eastus2 captured Deploy ↗ | $3.03 GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $2.47 (45%) | Modal |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB median $2.00 · 58 providers · lowest CloudRift $1.05 | $3.67 eastus2 captured Deploy ↗ | $2.50 GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $1.17 (32%) | Modal |
| NVIDIA A100 40GB median $1.98 · 20 providers · lowest Trooper.AI $0.68 from | $3.40 westus2 captured Deploy ↗ | $2.10 GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $1.30 (38%) | Modal |
| NVIDIA A10 median $1.22 · 9 providers · lowest Intelion Cloud $0.34 GPU only | $3.20 westus3 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.10 GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $2.10 (66%) | Modal |
| NVIDIA T4 median $0.55 · 15 providers · lowest immers.cloud $0.24 | $0.53 northcentralus captured Deploy ↗ | $0.59 GPU only captured Deploy ↗ | $0.06 (11%) | Microsoft Azure |
Spot / interruptible, per GPU-hour
| GPU | Microsoft Azure | Modal |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA H100 SXM | $2.04 captured | — |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell | $1.02 captured | — |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB | $0.68 captured | — |
| NVIDIA A100 40GB | $0.75 captured | — |
| NVIDIA A10 | $0.59 captured | — |
| NVIDIA T4 | $0.07 captured | — |
How this is compared
Cloud GPU rental prices of Microsoft Azure and Modal, 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 Modal $3.95 per GPU-hour on-demand — Modal is $7.11 (64%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA H200: Microsoft Azure $10.60 (westus2) vs Modal $4.54 per GPU-hour on-demand — Modal is $6.06 (57%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell: Microsoft Azure $5.50 (eastus2) vs Modal $3.03 per GPU-hour on-demand — Modal is $2.47 (45%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA A100 80GB: Microsoft Azure $3.67 (eastus2) vs Modal $2.50 per GPU-hour on-demand — Modal is $1.17 (32%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA A100 40GB: Microsoft Azure $3.40 (westus2) vs Modal $2.10 per GPU-hour on-demand — Modal is $1.30 (38%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA A10: Microsoft Azure $3.20 (westus3) vs Modal $1.10 per GPU-hour on-demand — Modal is $2.10 (66%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA T4: Microsoft Azure $0.53 (northcentralus) vs Modal $0.59 per GPU-hour on-demand — Microsoft Azure is $0.06 (11%) 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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