Microsoft Azure

Cloud infrastructure with virtual machines, managed SQL instances, and container execution.

Microsoft Azure is a VPS and cloud server provider based in United States. It operates European infrastructure in United States, United Kingdom and AE and other locations. A free tier is available. As a US company it falls under the US CLOUD Act. Pricing on this page is published only after a human has reviewed it.

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Company based in

United States

European regions

United StatesUnited KingdomAESwitzerlandSwedenSpainQAPolandand 19 more

US CLOUD Act

US company

GDPR agreement

Available

Free tier

Azure offers free cloud services and a 30-day trial with a $200 credit.

VAT

Shown excluding VAT

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Pricing

8 plans

Plan

Monthly

vCPU

Memory

Storage

B2pts v2
Pay as you go price. One year savings plan: $4.1099/month. Three year savings plan: $2.7594/month. Spot: $5.5188/month. Disk storage and egress are billed separately.
Monthly
6.132 USD
vCPU
2
Memory
1 GB
Storage
Not listed
Standard-series (Gen 5), 4 vCore
Azure SQL Managed Instance, next generation general purpose, pay as you go. First 32 GB/month of storage included. Additional storage is billed separately.
Monthly
736.378 USD
vCPU
4
Memory
20.4 GB
Storage
32 GB
Premium-series, 4 vCore
Azure SQL Managed Instance, next generation general purpose, pay as you go. First 32 GB/month of storage included. Additional storage is billed separately.
Monthly
805.821 USD
vCPU
4
Memory
28 GB
Storage
32 GB
Premium-series, memory-optimized, 4 vCore
Azure SQL Managed Instance, next generation general purpose, pay as you go. First 32 GB/month of storage included. Additional storage is billed separately.
Monthly
1010.221 USD
vCPU
4
Memory
54.4 GB
Storage
32 GB
Linux OS container group duration, Memory
Pay as you go metered memory usage. Container groups are billed by the second.
Monthly
$3.8909 per GB
vCPU
Not listed
Memory
Not listed
Storage
Not listed
Linux OS container group duration, vCPU
Pay as you go metered vCPU usage. Container groups are billed by the second.
Monthly
$35.4780 per vCPU
vCPU
Not listed
Memory
Not listed
Storage
Not listed
Confidential Container group duration, Memory
Pay as you go metered memory usage. Container groups are billed by the second.
Monthly
$3.5734 per GB
vCPU
Not listed
Memory
Not listed
Storage
Not listed
Confidential Container group duration, vCPU
Pay as you go metered vCPU usage. Container groups are billed by the second.
Monthly
$32.5215 per vCPU
vCPU
Not listed
Memory
Not listed
Storage
Not listed

Pros and cons

What works

Pay as you go pricing is available.
Virtual machines support multiple operating systems and enterprise workloads.
Azure Container Instances support per-second billing and custom container group sizes.
Savings plans, reservations, and Spot pricing are available for selected services.

What to watch

The sources list many regional and configuration-dependent prices rather than one universal price.
Disk storage and virtual machine egress are billed separately.
Prices are estimates and may vary by agreement, purchase date, and currency exchange rate.
Container groups have resource limits, including up to 4 vCPU per group and up to 7 GB of memory per vCPU.

Specifications

Regions

Central US, East US, East US 2, North Central US, South Central US, West Central US, West US, West US 2, West US 3, UK South, UK West, UAE Central, UAE North, Switzerland North, Switzerland West, Sweden Central, Sweden South, Spain Central, Qatar Central, Poland Central, Norway East, Norway West, New Zealand North, Mexico Central, Malaysia West, Korea Central, Korea South, Japan East, Japan West, Italy North, Israel Central, Indonesia Central, Central India, India South Central, South India, West India, Germany North, Germany West Central, France Central, France South, North Europe, West Europe, Denmark East, Chile Central, Canada Central, Canada East, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Belgium Central, US Gov Arizona, US Gov Texas, US Gov Virginia, Austria East, Australia Central, Australia Central 2, Australia East, Australia Southeast, East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Africa North, South Africa West

Supported runtimes

Linux, Windows Server, SQL Server, Oracle, IBM, SAP

Egress policy

Standard egress charges apply to virtual machines.

Support

Azure provides pricing guidance, a pricing calculator, sales specialists, and linked service-level agreement documentation.

About Microsoft Azure

Azure provides virtual machines, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and Azure Container Instances. Virtual machines support Linux, Windows Server, SQL Server, Oracle, IBM, and SAP, while containers are billed by requested vCPU and memory usage. Pricing includes pay as you go, savings plans, reservations, and Spot options for some services.

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