What is the difference between Microsoft Azure and Koyeb?

Microsoft Azure and Koyeb are both cloud GPU providers offering different pricing models, features, and GPU availability. Use our comparison tool to see real-time pricing and feature differences.

Which is cheaper: Microsoft Azure or Koyeb?

Pricing varies by GPU model and usage requirements. Check our real-time comparison table to find the best deals for your specific needs.

Can I switch between Microsoft Azure and Koyeb?

Yes, both providers offer flexible cloud GPU services. However, consider factors like data transfer costs, setup time, and specific features when switching between providers.

How many GPU models are available for comparison?

We track pricing for 9 different GPU models across both Microsoft Azure and Koyeb, with 0 models available from both providers.

Microsoft Azure vs Koyeb

Compare GPU and LLM inference API pricing between Microsoft Azure and Koyeb. Find the best rates for AI training, inference, and ML workloads.

Microsoft Azure

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Koyeb

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Comparison Overview

Total GPU Models

Microsoft Azure GPUs

Koyeb GPUs

Direct Comparisons

Average Price Difference: $5.04/hour between comparable GPUs

GPU Pricing Comparison

Total GPUs: 9Both available: 2Microsoft Azure: 6Koyeb: 5

Showing 9 of 9 GPUs

Last updated: 9/25/2026, 5:29:25 AM

GPU Model ↑	Microsoft Azure Price	Koyeb Price	Price Diff ↕	Sources
A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • Koyeb	Not Available	$1.60/hr★ Best	—	Koyeb
A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • Not Available Koyeb $1.60/hour Updated: 9/24/2026 ★Best Price Koyeb
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Microsoft AzureKoyeb	$3.67/hr	$2.15/hr★ Best	↑+$1.52(+70.8%)	Azure Retail Prices API Koyeb
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Microsoft Azure $3.67/hour Updated: 9/24/2026 Koyeb $2.15/hour Updated: 9/24/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$1.52(+70.8%) Azure Retail Prices API Koyeb
H100 NVL 94GB VRAM • Microsoft Azure	$6.98/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Azure Retail Prices API
H100 NVL 94GB VRAM • Microsoft Azure $6.98/hour Updated: 9/24/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Azure Retail Prices API
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Microsoft AzureKoyeb	$11.06/hr 8x GPU	$2.50/hr★ Best	↑+$8.56(+342.4%)	Azure Retail Prices API Koyeb
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Microsoft Azure $11.06/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/24/2026 Koyeb $2.50/hour Updated: 9/24/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$8.56(+342.4%) Azure Retail Prices API Koyeb
H200 141GB VRAM • Microsoft Azure	$10.60/hr★ Best 8x GPU	Not Available	—	Azure Retail Prices API
H200 141GB VRAM • Microsoft Azure $10.60/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/24/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Azure Retail Prices API
L40S 48GB VRAM • Koyeb	Not Available	$1.20/hr★ Best	—	Koyeb
L40S 48GB VRAM • Not Available Koyeb $1.20/hour Updated: 9/24/2026 ★Best Price Koyeb
MI300X 192GB VRAM • Microsoft Azure	$6.00/hr★ Best 8x GPU	Not Available	—	Azure Retail Prices API
MI300X 192GB VRAM • Microsoft Azure $6.00/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/24/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Azure Retail Prices API
RTX A6000 48GB VRAM • Koyeb	Not Available	$0.75/hr★ Best	—	Koyeb
RTX A6000 48GB VRAM • Not Available Koyeb $0.75/hour Updated: 9/24/2026 ★Best Price Koyeb
Tesla T4 16GB VRAM • Microsoft Azure	$0.34/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Azure Retail Prices API
Tesla T4 16GB VRAM • Microsoft Azure $0.34/hour Updated: 9/24/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Azure Retail Prices API

A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • Koyeb	Not Available	$1.60/hr★ Best	—	Koyeb
A100 PCIE 40GB VRAM • Not Available Koyeb $1.60/hour Updated: 9/24/2026 ★Best Price Koyeb
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Microsoft AzureKoyeb	$3.67/hr	$2.15/hr★ Best	↑+$1.52(+70.8%)	Azure Retail Prices API Koyeb
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Microsoft Azure $3.67/hour Updated: 9/24/2026 Koyeb $2.15/hour Updated: 9/24/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$1.52(+70.8%) Azure Retail Prices API Koyeb
H100 NVL 94GB VRAM • Microsoft Azure	$6.98/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Azure Retail Prices API
H100 NVL 94GB VRAM • Microsoft Azure $6.98/hour Updated: 9/24/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Azure Retail Prices API
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Microsoft AzureKoyeb	$11.06/hr 8x GPU	$2.50/hr★ Best	↑+$8.56(+342.4%)	Azure Retail Prices API Koyeb
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Microsoft Azure $11.06/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/24/2026 Koyeb $2.50/hour Updated: 9/24/2026 ★Best Price Price Difference:↑+$8.56(+342.4%) Azure Retail Prices API Koyeb
H200 141GB VRAM • Microsoft Azure	$10.60/hr★ Best 8x GPU	Not Available	—	Azure Retail Prices API
H200 141GB VRAM • Microsoft Azure $10.60/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/24/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Azure Retail Prices API
L40S 48GB VRAM • Koyeb	Not Available	$1.20/hr★ Best	—	Koyeb
L40S 48GB VRAM • Not Available Koyeb $1.20/hour Updated: 9/24/2026 ★Best Price Koyeb
MI300X 192GB VRAM • Microsoft Azure	$6.00/hr★ Best 8x GPU	Not Available	—	Azure Retail Prices API
MI300X 192GB VRAM • Microsoft Azure $6.00/hour 8x GPU configuration Updated: 9/24/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Azure Retail Prices API
RTX A6000 48GB VRAM • Koyeb	Not Available	$0.75/hr★ Best	—	Koyeb
RTX A6000 48GB VRAM • Not Available Koyeb $0.75/hour Updated: 9/24/2026 ★Best Price Koyeb
Tesla T4 16GB VRAM • Microsoft Azure	$0.34/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Azure Retail Prices API
Tesla T4 16GB VRAM • Microsoft Azure $0.34/hour Updated: 9/24/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Azure Retail Prices API

LLM API Pricing Comparison

Total models: 8Both available: 0Microsoft Azure: 8Koyeb: 0

Showing 8 of 8 models

Prices per 1M tokens · Last updated: 9/25/2026, 5:29:25 AM

Model ↑	Microsoft Azure	Koyeb	Input Diff ↕
GPT-4.1 OpenAI	$2.00 in $8.00 out	Not available	—
GPT-4o OpenAI	$2.50 in $10.00 out	Not available	—
GPT-4o mini OpenAI	$0.150 in $0.600 out	Not available	—
GPT-5.6 Sol OpenAI	$4.00 in $20.00 out	Not available	—
GPT-6 Astra OpenAI	$10.00 in $50.00 out	Not available	—
GPT-6 Sol OpenAI	$2.00 in $10.00 out	Not available	—
o3 OpenAI	$2.00 in $8.00 out	Not available	—
o4-mini OpenAI	$1.10 in $4.40 out	Not available	—

Features Comparison

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Foundry
Unified AI platform with a catalog of models, agents, and tools for building and governing AI applications
Enterprise Integration
Seamless integration with Microsoft ecosystem and enterprise tools
Hybrid Capabilities
Strong hybrid and multi-cloud support with Azure Arc
Advanced Security
Industry-leading security features and compliance certifications
Global Scale
Extensive worldwide network of data centers and edge locations

Koyeb

Serverless GPU Instances
Per-second billing with scale-to-zero across the GPU catalog
Wide GPU Range
From RTX-4000-SFF-ADA and L4 through L40S, A100, H100, H200 and B200
Global Edge Deployment
Deploy applications close to users across multiple regions from a single push

Pros & Cons

Microsoft Azure

Advantages

Strong enterprise integration and support
Comprehensive AI and machine learning services
Advanced security and compliance features
Extensive hybrid cloud capabilities

Considerations

Complex pricing and billing structure
Can be expensive for certain workloads
Steeper learning curve for new users

Koyeb

Advantages

Per-second billing across the full GPU range
Multi-GPU configurations (2x, 4x, 8x) available on-demand
Serverless model removes idle-instance costs

Considerations

Smaller per-cluster scale than dedicated training neoclouds
Some GPU SKUs require requesting access
Long-running fixed-instance training is not the primary use case

Compute Services

Microsoft Azure

Azure Virtual Machines

GPU-enabled VMs for various workloads

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Managed Kubernetes service with GPU support

Integrated GPU node pools
Automated scaling and updates

Azure Machine Learning

End-to-end ML platform with GPU acceleration

Automated ML capabilities
Integrated MLOps

Koyeb

Pricing Options

Microsoft Azure

Pay as you go

Pay for compute capacity by the second, with no long-term commitments or upfront payments

Reserved VM Instances

Significant cost reduction versus pay-as-you-go rates in exchange for a one-year or three-year term; suited to stable, predictable workloads

Spot VMs

Unused Azure compute capacity at deep discounts for interruptible workloads

Azure Hybrid Benefit

Cost savings for existing Windows Server and SQL Server licenses

Azure savings plan for compute

Save money across select compute services globally by committing to spend a fixed hourly amount for 1 or 3 years

Koyeb

Per-Second GPU Billing

Charged per second of GPU runtime, with scale-to-zero when idle

Multi-GPU Configurations

Pre-configured 2x, 4x and 8x GPU instances for larger workloads

Getting Started

Microsoft Azure

Get Started

1
Create an Azure account
Sign up for Azure and get started with free credits
2
Set up your environment
Configure your subscription, resource groups, and access controls
3
Choose compute services
Select from VMs, containers, or serverless based on your needs
4
Deploy resources
Launch your first GPU-enabled instance or AI service

Koyeb

Get Started

1
Create an account
Sign up via the Koyeb console using email or GitHub
2
Pick a GPU instance
Select an instance type from the GPU catalog and configure your service
3
Deploy from Git or container
Push from a GitHub repo or Docker image and Koyeb handles the rest

Support & Global Availability

Microsoft Azure

Global Regions

60+ regions worldwide with multiple availability zones

Support

Basic, Developer, Standard, and Professional Direct support plans with 24/7 options. Extensive documentation and community resources.

Koyeb

Global Regions

Global edge presence across North America, Europe and Asia

Support

Documentation, community forum and paid support tiers