H100 NVL on Microsoft Azure

As of October 23, 2026, Microsoft Azure lists the NVIDIA H100 NVL from $6.98 per GPU-hour on-demand (eastus), read Oct 23, 23:40 UTC. Among the 8 providers we track with an on-demand rate for this card, that is #7; the median rate card is $4.23, so Microsoft Azure is 65% above it. The cheapest is $2.06 on GPU.ai. Microsoft Azure’s cheapest rate of any market is $1.29 (spot, eastus), capacity that can be taken back or shared, so it is not ranked as on-demand.

Microsoft Azure’s H100 NVL rates

On-demand

Listed pay-as-you-go rates for the NVIDIA H100 NVL at Microsoft Azure, cheapest first.
GPU · what is sold	$ / GPU-hour	Read	Source
Standard_NC40ads_H100_v5 APIeastus	$6.98	captured Oct 23, 23:40 UTC	Deploy ↗

Spot / interruptible

Interruptible capacity as published by the provider - can be reclaimed at any time for the NVIDIA H100 NVL at Microsoft Azure, cheapest first.
GPU · what is sold	$ / GPU-hour	Read	Source
Standard_NC40ads_H100_v5 APIeastus · −$5.69 (−82%) vs its on-demand $6.98	$1.29	captured Oct 23, 23:40 UTC	Deploy ↗

Reserved (committed use)

Published committed-use rates, which require the commitment shown for the NVIDIA H100 NVL at Microsoft Azure, cheapest first.
GPU · what is sold	$ / GPU-hour	Read	Source
Standard_NC40ads_H100_v5 API3-year · eastus · min. commitment 3yr · −$3.14 (−45%) vs its on-demand $6.98	$3.84	captured Oct 23, 23:40 UTC	Reserve ↗
Standard_NC80adis_H100_v5 API1-year · $10.47/node ÷ 2 · eastus2 · min. commitment 1yr	$5.24	captured Oct 23, 23:40 UTC	Reserve ↗

Providers near this rate

Each provider’s cheapest live on-demand rate for the NVIDIA H100 NVL, Microsoft Azure among them, 6 of 8. The full list is on the NVIDIA H100 NVL page.

Place	Provider	USD / GPU-hour	Read	Deploy
#1	GPU.ai from	$2.06	captured Oct 23, 23:40 UTC	Deploy ↗
#4	Atlantic.Net	$3.94	captured Oct 23, 23:40 UTC	Deploy ↗
#5	immers.cloud	$4.53	captured Oct 23, 23:40 UTC	Deploy ↗
#6	EmpirioLabs	$5.60	captured Oct 23, 23:40 UTC	Deploy ↗
#7	Microsoft Azure	$6.98	captured Oct 23, 23:40 UTC	Deploy ↗
#8	Cloud.ru Evolution	$8.03	captured Oct 23, 23:40 UTC	Deploy ↗

More: every NVIDIA H100 NVL rate at every provider on the NVIDIA H100 NVL page (price history) · every card at Microsoft Azure on Microsoft Azure’s page · Microsoft Azure vs GPU.ai, card by card. This page as data: /providers/azure/prices.json.

Data updated: October 23, 2026