GPUBank vs Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure sells GPUs as N-series virtual machines inside its general cloud, from fractional A10 slices to 8-GPU H100, H200 and MI300X VMs, across 57 public regions. In East US, pay-as-you-go Linux, the H100 SXM comes only in an 8-GPU VM at $98.32 per hour, or $12.29 per GPU-hour; GPUBank charges $1.85 for a single H100 SXM. Azure wins on scale, regions and compliance; GPUBank costs far less and includes IPv4, traffic and support.
GPUBank
Tallinn, Estonia
H100 SXM
$1.85 / h
- vCPU, RAM, NVMe, IPv4 and traffic included
- Per-second billing after the health check
- Top up in Bitcoin, USDT and 12+ other coins
vCPU, RAM, NVMe, IPv4 and traffic included
Microsoft Azure
Redmond, United States
H100 SXM
$12.29 / h
- 57 public regions in 32 countries or territories
- GB200, H100 NVL, fractional GPUs and graphics GPUs
- 400 Gb/s InfiniBand per GPU on ND H100 v5 scale sets
Microsoft Azure
Hyperscaler
United States27 points compared47 of their pages readprices last checked on 29 September 2026page updated 2 November 2026
The verdict
Scale, regions and compliance at Azure. A fraction of the price, all-in, at GPUBank.
Azure fits enterprises already on Microsoft contracts that need 57 regions, InfiniBand scale sets, managed Kubernetes, 3- or 5-year reservations and a long list of compliance attestations. For the five GPUs both of us rent, GPUBank costs 72 to 85 % less per GPU-hour on demand, and even Azure's 5-year H100 reservation, at $4.916 per GPU-hour, costs more than GPUBank on demand. Azure bills egress after 100 GB per month, public IPv4, disks and technical support on top. GPUBank rents single H100 and H200 GPUs, where Azure sells them only in 8-GPU VMs.
Microsoft AzureGPUBank 01The real cost
The same GPUs, side by side, per hour.
Every GPU model both of us rent, at each provider's own published price for one card, in US dollars, excluding VAT. Prices last checked on 29 September 2026.
| GPU | Microsoft Azure per hour | GPUBank per hour | Difference | 100 h at Microsoft Azure | 100 h at GPUBank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 H200 SXM141 GB |
$10.60 | $2.49 | −77 % | $1,060.00 | $249.00 |
 H100 SXM80 GB |
$12.29 | $1.85 | −85 % | $1,229.00 | $185.00 |
 RTX PRO 600096 GB |
$4.52 | $1.15 | −75 % | $452.00 | $115.00 |
 A100 SXM80 GB |
$4.10 | $0.95 | −77 % | $410.00 | $95.00 |
 MI300X192 GB |
$6.00 | $1.65 | −72 % | $600.00 | $165.00 |
Azure figures are East US pay-as-you-go Linux (H200 and MI300X in East US 2). H100, H200, A100 and MI300X are 8-GPU VM prices divided by 8. RTX PRO 6000 is a 1/4-GPU size scaled to a full GPU.
A fine-tune, 40 h on an H100 SXM
Microsoft Azure
$491.60
GPUBank
$74.00
Saves $417.60 at GPUBank (−85 %)
A long-context job, 40 h on an H200
Microsoft Azure
$424.00
GPUBank
$99.60
Saves $324.40 at GPUBank (−77 %)
A training run, 100 h on an A100 SXM
Microsoft Azure
$410.00
GPUBank
$95.00
Saves $315.00 at GPUBank (−77 %)
02Their catalogue
Every GPU Microsoft Azure lists.
Microsoft Azure lists 17 GPU models. The 16 below are the ones recorded in our check, each at its lowest public price per GPU-hour. 5 of them are also rented at GPUBank (in blue).
- Blackwell and Hopper4
GB200192 GB · on demand$27.04- H200141 GB · on demand$10.60
- H100 SXM80 GB · on demand$12.29
H100 NVL94 GB · on demand$6.98
- Ampere, Ada and older data-centre7
- A100 SXM 80GB80 GB · on demand$4.10
A100 PCIe 80GB80 GB · on demand$3.67- A100 40GB40 GB · on demand$3.40
A1024 GB · on demand$2.72
T416 GB · on demand$0.53
V10032 GB · on demand$2.75- M6016 GB · on demand$1.14
- Workstation1
- RTX PRO 600096 GB · on demand$4.52
- AMD and other accelerators4
- MI300X192 GB · on demand$6.00
- Radeon PRO V710on demand$2.00
- Instinct MI2516 GB · on demandNo price
- Radeon PRO V62032 GB · on demandNo price
03What the price includes
What appears on the bill besides the GPU.
The same H100 SXM session of 2 h 14 m 03 s, line by line, as each provider describes its billing.
Microsoft Azure
2 h 14 m 03 s on H100 SXM
- GPU · $12.29 / h
- $27.46
- vCPU and RAM
- Included
- Storage
- $0.081 per GiB-month (Premium SSD v2)
- Egress
- 100 GB/month free, then $0.087 per GB
- Public IPv4
- $0.005 per hour (Standard static)
- Billing granularity
- Per second
- Minimum charge
- Not published
GPUBank
2 h 14 m 03 s on H100 SXM
- GPU · $1.85 / h
- $4.13
- vCPU and RAM
- Included
- Storage
- Local NVMe included; persistent disk $0.03 per GB-month
- Egress
- Included
- Public IPv4
- Included
- Billing granularity
- Per second, from the health check
- Minimum charge
- None
While stopped
What keeps running on the bill.
Microsoft Azure
Deallocated: disks and IPs still billed.
A VM that is stopped but still allocated is billed as running.
GPUBank
Only the persistent disk, $0.03 per GB-month. Compute, IPv4 and scratch cost nothing.
04Where the GPUs run
32 countries against 4, and where they are.
Countries where Microsoft Azure says its GPUs run, from its own region list or documentation, against GPUBank's four regions. A pin marks a country, not the exact site.
Paris
Frankfurt
Ashburn
Singapore
Microsoft Azure32
- United States
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
Chile
Ireland
Netherlands
United Kingdom
France
Germany
Switzerland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Poland
Italy
Spain
Austria
Belgium
United Arab Emirates
Qatar
Israel
South Africa
India
Singapore
Hong Kong
Japan
South Korea
Malaysia
Indonesia
Australia
New Zealand
GPUBank4
- Paris
- Frankfurt
- Ashburn
- Singapore
Microsoft Azure · 32 countriesGPUBank · 4 regions
05Paying and signing up
How each one takes your money.
Microsoft Azure
Payments and sign-up
Payment methods
Cards
Bank transfer
No cryptoMinimum top-up None, postpaid
To start
- 1Email
- 2Phone
- 3Card
- 4Country/region
- 5First and last name
Billing modelPostpaid invoice
GPUBank
Payments and sign-up
Payment methods
A prepaid USD balance, topped up in crypto. Every GPU-second is drawn from it.
Minimum top-up $25
To start
- 1Email and password
- 2Top up in crypto
- 3Launch a GPU
Billing modelPrepaid balance
06Trust and support
Certificates, uptime and who answers.
| Microsoft Azure | GPUBank | |
|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | Type II | Not published |
| ISO 27001 | Yes | Not published |
| HIPAA | Listed, report not public | No |
| GDPR DPA | Listed, report not public | Published DPA, applies automatically |
| Availability target | 99.95 % for 2+ VMs in an availability set | 99.9 % monthly, per region |
| Status page | azure.status.microsoft | Public status page |
| Support | Technical support from $29 per month | Tickets from a $25 balance |
07Their site, our site
What you see before you pay.
Both sites as a visitor sees them, without an account: the Microsoft Azure pricing page captured on 29 September 2026, and GPUBank's live board. Cookie banners and chat bubbles are closed; nothing else is edited.
- 1Prices are shown per month on a 730-hour basis by default, with a toggle to per hour.
- 2Several GPU series show Pricing is not available in the selected region for East US, including H200.
- 3The page still lists GPU series that Microsoft retired on 31 Aug 2023, such as K80 and P100.
- 1Live stock per region and every price, without an account.
- 2Per-hour and per-second prices, with vCPU, RAM, NVMe, IPv4 and traffic in them.
- 3A machine-readable price feed at /prices.json.
08The spec sheet
27 points, read off both sites.
GPUBank aheadMicrosoft Azure aheadEven
| Criterion | GPUBank | Microsoft Azure |
|---|---|---|
| Price and catalogue | ||
| H100 SXM, per GPU-hourND96isr H100 v5 at $98.32 per hour, East US, Linux, pay-as-you-go. | $1.85, all-in | $12.29, 8-GPU VM only |
| Cheapest GPU-hour | $0.23, RTX 4090 | $0.526, T4 |
| GPU models listed | 10 | 17Ahead |
| What the GPU price includes | vCPU, RAM, NVMe, IPv4, traffic | vCPU, RAM, temp disk; IP, egress, disks extra |
| Billing | ||
| Billing granularity | Per second | Per second |
| Minimum charge | None | Not published |
| Stopped instanceA VM that is stopped but still allocated is billed as running. | Disk only | Deallocated: disks and IPs still billed |
| Persistent storage | $0.03 per GB-month | $0.081 per GiB-month (Premium SSD v2) |
| Egress traffic | Included | 100 GB/month free, then $0.087 per GB |
| Public IPv4 | Included | $0.005 per hour (Standard static) |
| Billing model | Prepaid balance | Postpaid invoice |
| Payment and sign-up | ||
| Crypto payments | Bitcoin, USDT, Ethereum and 12+ more | Not listed |
| Card paymentsVirtual and prepaid cards are not accepted. | No | Credit and debit cards; SEPA Direct DebitAhead |
| Minimum deposit | $25 | None, postpaidAhead |
| Platform | ||
| API and CLI | REST API, CLI, Python SDK | ARM REST API, Azure CLI |
| Terraform | Official provider | Official (hashicorp/azurerm) |
| Serverless GPUs | No | Not in the GPU VM offer |
| Managed Kubernetes | No | Managed (AKS)Ahead |
| Ready-made templates | 25 | Not published |
| Interruptible or spotGPUBank interruptible H100 SXM costs $1.11. Azure Spot VMs can be evicted with up to 30 s notice. | Yes, 40 % off | Spot VMs, H100 SXM at $2.27 |
| GPUs per instance | Up to 8 | Up to 8 per VM, InfiniBand scale setsAhead |
| Multi-node interconnect | Not offered | InfiniBand, 400 Gb/s per GPUAhead |
| Network and regions | ||
| RegionsGPU availability varies by series and region. | 4 | 57Ahead |
| Countries | France, Germany, US, Singapore | 32 countries or territoriesAhead |
| EU regions | Paris, Frankfurt | Many, including Paris and FrankfurtAhead |
| Trust and support | ||
| Availability target | 99.9 % monthly | 99.95 % for 2+ VMs in an availability setAhead |
| Compliance reports | None published | SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, FedRAMPAhead |
| Public status page | Yes | azure.status.microsoft |
| SupportBasic support covers billing only. Paid plans add email, phone and chat. | Tickets from a $25 balance | Technical support from $29 per month |
09The right fit
Different needs. A clear choice.
What Microsoft Azure does better
- 57 public regions in 32 countries or territories
- GB200, H100 NVL, fractional GPUs and graphics GPUs
- 400 Gb/s InfiniBand per GPU on ND H100 v5 scale sets
- Managed Kubernetes (AKS), 3- and 5-year reservations
- SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, FedRAMP and more
Choose GPUBank if
- H100 SXM at $1.85 per GPU-hour, against $12.29
- Single H100 SXM and H200 GPUs, not only 8-GPU VMs
- IPv4 and all traffic included, no egress fees
- Support tickets included, no paid support plan
- Email and password sign-up, crypto top-ups, no phone check
Moving from Microsoft Azure takes an afternoon.
Managed disks can be snapshotted and exported, but moving data out of Azure costs $0.087 per GB after the first 100 GB per month. Deallocate VMs and delete disks and public IPs to stop all charges.
- 1Launch the same GPU on GPUBank with a persistent disk in Ashburn, Paris or Frankfurt.
- 2Copy your data with rsync over SSH, keeping egress volume in mind.
- 3Run the same Docker image or pick a template, then deallocate the VM and delete its disks and IPs.
# 1. a GPU and a disk on GPUBank gpubank launch --gpu h100-sxm --region eu-paris --disk data # 2. copy your data from the old machine rsync -azP old-host:/workspace/ root@<new-ip>:/workspace/ # 3. run the same image or template ssh root@<new-ip> 'cd /workspace && ./start.sh'
A few things you might be wondering.
Yes. Azure sells the H100 SXM only in the 8-GPU ND96isr H100 v5 VM, at $98.32 per hour in East US, or $12.29 per GPU-hour. GPUBank charges $1.85 per GPU-hour for a single H100 SXM, with IPv4 and traffic included.
No. The 5-year reservation on ND H100 v5 works out to $4.916 per GPU-hour, above GPUBank's $1.85 on demand. GPUBank reserved instances are 20 % off for 1 week or 1 month.
Egress after the first 100 GB per month, from $0.087 per GB; a Standard static IPv4 at $0.005 per hour; managed disks, such as Premium SSD v2 at $0.081 per GiB-month; and technical support from $29 per month. GPUBank includes IPv4, all traffic and support tickets.
No crypto option is listed. Azure takes credit and debit cards, SEPA Direct Debit in Europe, and wire transfer after six months and approval. GPUBank is paid from a USD balance topped up in Bitcoin, USDT, Ethereum and more than a dozen other coins.
Azure. ND H100 v5 VMs have 400 Gb/s InfiniBand per GPU and join scale sets that Microsoft says reach thousands of GPUs, with reservations of up to 5 years. GPUBank rents up to 8 GPUs per instance and does not sell InfiniBand clusters.
Without. Every price on this page excludes VAT and sales tax, for Microsoft Azure and for GPUBank, so the two columns compare like for like. Tax is added at checkout according to where the buyer is based.
Sources
Every figure about Microsoft Azure was read on its own pages or official documentation. Prices last checked on 29 September 2026.
- 01azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-machines/linux/GPU series catalogue, GPU count per size, monthly cross-check, per-second billing, savings-plan display
- 02prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices?api-version=2023-01-01-preview&$filter=serviceName eq 'Virtual Machines' and armRegionName eq 'eastus' and contains(armSkuName,'ND')ND-series pay-as-you-go, Spot, savings plan and reservation prices
- 03prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices?api-version=2023-01-01-preview&$filter=serviceName eq 'Virtual Machines' and armRegionName eq 'eastus' and contains(armSkuName,'NC')NC-series prices
- 04prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices?api-version=2023-01-01-preview&$filter=serviceName eq 'Virtual Machines' and armRegionName eq 'eastus' and contains(armSkuName,'NV')NV-series prices
- 05prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices?api-version=2023-01-01-preview&$filter=serviceName eq 'Virtual Machines' and contains(armSkuName,'H200')ND H200 v5 prices (eastus2)
- 06prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices?api-version=2023-01-01-preview&$filter=serviceName eq 'Virtual Machines' and contains(armSkuName,'MI300X')ND MI300X v5 prices (eastus2)
- 07prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices?api-version=2023-01-01-preview&$filter=serviceName eq 'Virtual Machines' and contains(armSkuName,'NCC')NCCads H100 v5 prices (eastus2)
- 08prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices?api-version=2023-01-01-preview&$filter=serviceName eq 'Virtual Machines' and contains(armSkuName,'A10_v4')NCads A10 v4 prices (westus3)
- 09prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices?api-version=2023-01-01-preview&$filter=serviceName eq 'Virtual Machines' and contains(armSkuName,'V620')NGads V620 prices (eastus2)
- 10prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices?api-version=2023-01-01-preview&$filter=serviceName eq 'Virtual Machines' and contains(armSkuName,'GB300')Confirms no GB300 price published
- 11learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/overviewCurrent GPU series list
- 12learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/nd-gb200-v6-series4 GPUs per VM, 192 GiB, specs
- 13learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/nd-gb300-v6-seriesGB300 catalogue entry, 288GB
- 14learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/nd-h200-v5-series8 GPUs per VM, 141GB
- 15learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/ndh100v5-series8 GPUs per VM, 80GB
- 16learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/ndmi300xv5-series8 GPUs per VM, 192GB
- 17learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/ncadsh100v5-seriesH100 NVL 94GB, 1-2 GPUs
- 18learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/nccadsh100v5-seriesConfidential H100, 1 GPU
What we could not verify (7)
- GB300 (ND GB300 v6) has no price in the Retail Prices API (query returned zero items); listed in the catalogue without price
- RTX PRO 6000 v6 sizes present in the API but not on the pricing page or Learn page (NC8/16/32/64/128/132/256/264/320/324 ds/lds_xl) were not recorded because their GPU fraction is not published
- Per-size GPU fraction for NCads A10 v4, NVv4 (MI25) and NGads V620 not read on a size page, so those prices are not normalised per GPU
- Single-instance VM SLA percentages were not captured (the SLA page timed out; only the 99.95% availability-set figure was read on Learn)
- Company legal name, headquarters and founding year not captured from a primary page
- Whether GPU sizes in general require a quota request for new pay-as-you-go subscriptions is only stated for NCv3 in the captured docs
- Reserved-instance hourly equivalents assume 8,760 / 26,280 / 43,800 hours per 1 / 3 / 5-year term; Microsoft publishes the term total
In short
GPUBank vs Microsoft Azure, in facts.
The essentials of this comparison in one table, for quick readers and AI assistants. Prices last checked on 29 September 2026.
Read as Markdown- H100 SXM, per GPU-hour
- Microsoft Azure: $12.29, 8-GPU VM only
GPUBank: $1.85, all-in - Cheapest GPU-hour
- Microsoft Azure: $0.526, T4
GPUBank: $0.23, RTX 4090 - Billing granularity
- Microsoft Azure: Per second
GPUBank: Per second - Stopped instance
- Microsoft Azure: Deallocated: disks and IPs still billed
GPUBank: Disk only - Persistent storage
- Microsoft Azure: $0.081 per GiB-month (Premium SSD v2)
GPUBank: $0.03 per GB-month - Egress traffic
- Microsoft Azure: 100 GB/month free, then $0.087 per GB
GPUBank: Included - Crypto payments
- Microsoft Azure: Not listed
GPUBank: Bitcoin, USDT, Ethereum and 12+ more - Card payments
- Microsoft Azure: Credit and debit cards; SEPA Direct Debit
GPUBank: No - Minimum deposit
- Microsoft Azure: None, postpaid
GPUBank: $25 - GPU models listed
- Microsoft Azure: 17
GPUBank: 10 - Regions
- Microsoft Azure: 57
GPUBank: 4 - Serverless GPUs
- Microsoft Azure: Not in the GPU VM offer
GPUBank: No - Availability target
- Microsoft Azure: 99.95 % for 2+ VMs in an availability set
GPUBank: 99.9 % monthly - Compliance reports
- Microsoft Azure: SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, FedRAMP
GPUBank: None published - Support
- Microsoft Azure: Technical support from $29 per month
GPUBank: Tickets from a $25 balance - Headquarters
- Microsoft Azure: Redmond, United States
GPUBank: Tallinn, Estonia
How this page was made
Every price and policy of Microsoft Azure was read on its own website, documentation or public API on 29 September 2026, with the address of each page listed above. A value we could not read on a primary source is marked "Not published" rather than estimated. GPUBank figures come from this site and its terms. Prices change: check both providers before you buy. Microsoft Azure, its logo and its website belong to their owner and are shown only to identify the service compared. GPUBank is not affiliated with Microsoft Azure.
