Microsoft Azure vs Crusoe
- GPUs
- 9 6
- Cheapest GPU
- $0.34/hr $1.50/hr
- Price wins
- 0/5 5/5
Crusoe is cheaper on all 5 GPUs both rent. Microsoft Azure carries 3 more GPUs.
Hyperscaler that rents GPU virtual machines on demand, reserved or spot, integrated with Azure's managed AI and enterprise cloud services.
Best for: Microsoft-centric enterprise AI workloads
GPU cloud with on-demand and reserved clusters plus managed inference, run from datacenters powered by low-cost energy.
Best for: Reserved training and inference clusters
Price by GPU
The 5 GPUs both rent. Cheapest live rate per GPU-hour, most powerful first. The cheaper side is in purple.
| GPU | Microsoft Azure | Crusoe | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMD Instinct MI300X 192GB | $6.00/hr | $3.45/hr | 74% |
| NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB | $11.06/hr | $3.90/hr | 184% |
| NVIDIA H200 SXM 141GB | $10.60/hr | $4.29/hr | 147% |
| NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB | $4.10/hr | $2.30/hr | 78% |
| NVIDIA A100 PCIe 80GB | $3.67/hr | $2.00/hr | 84% |
Prices last checked: Microsoft Azure 1 Oct 2026, Crusoe 1 Oct 2026.
Only on one side
Only on Microsoft Azure 4
Only on Crusoe 1
Company facts
| Fact | Microsoft Azure | Crusoe |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters |  Redmond, WA | Denver, CO |
| Type | GPU cloud | GPU cloud |
| GPUs priced | 9 | 6 |
| Fastest GPU | AMD Instinct MI300X 192GB | AMD Instinct MI300X 192GB |
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Questions
- What is the difference between Microsoft Azure and Crusoe?
- Microsoft Azure: Hyperscaler that rents GPU virtual machines on demand, reserved or spot, integrated with Azure's managed AI and enterprise cloud services. Crusoe: GPU cloud with on-demand and reserved clusters plus managed inference, run from datacenters powered by low-cost energy.
- Is Microsoft Azure cheaper than Crusoe?
- Crusoe is cheaper on all 5 GPUs both rent. Microsoft Azure carries 3 more GPUs.
- How much does a AMD Instinct MI300X 192GB cost on Microsoft Azure and Crusoe?
- Microsoft Azure charges $6.00 per GPU-hour and Crusoe charges $3.45 per GPU-hour, the cheapest live rate on each.
- Which GPUs can I rent on both Microsoft Azure and Crusoe?
- 5 GPUs, including AMD Instinct MI300X 192GB, NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB, NVIDIA H200 SXM 141GB, NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB, NVIDIA A100 PCIe 80GB.
- How are these prices compared?
- Each figure is the cheapest live rate per GPU-hour for that GPU. We use on-demand pricing where a provider sells it and fall back to community or reserved terms, labelled, where that is all they sell. Spot capacity is left out because it can be reclaimed. Rates are refreshed by our daily ingest.
How we define a live price: methodology.
