Microsoft Azure vs DataCrunch
- GPUs
- 9 12
- Cheapest GPU
- $0.34/hr $0.23/hr
- Price wins
- 0/4 4/4
DataCrunch is cheaper on all 4 GPUs both rent. DataCrunch 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 renting on-demand instances and dedicated clusters by the hour from datacenters in Europe.
Best for: On-demand instances and dedicated clusters
Price by GPU
The 4 GPUs both rent. Cheapest live rate per GPU-hour, most powerful first. The cheaper side is in purple.
| GPU | Microsoft Azure | DataCrunch | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB | $11.06/hr | $4.38/hr | 152% |
| NVIDIA H200 SXM 141GB | $10.60/hr | $5.71/hr | 85% |
| NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB | $4.10/hr | $2.08/hr | 97% |
| NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40GB | $3.40/hr | $1.53/hr | 122% |
Prices last checked: Microsoft Azure 20 Oct 2026, DataCrunch 20 Oct 2026.
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Company facts
| Fact | Microsoft Azure | DataCrunch |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters |  Redmond, WA |  Helsinki, Finland |
| Type | GPU cloud | GPU cloud |
| GPUs priced | 9 | 12 |
| Fastest GPU | AMD Instinct MI300X 192GB | NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 GPU 288GB |
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Questions
- What is the difference between Microsoft Azure and DataCrunch?
- Microsoft Azure: Hyperscaler that rents GPU virtual machines on demand, reserved or spot, integrated with Azure's managed AI and enterprise cloud services. DataCrunch: GPU cloud renting on-demand instances and dedicated clusters by the hour from datacenters in Europe.
- Is Microsoft Azure cheaper than DataCrunch?
- DataCrunch is cheaper on all 4 GPUs both rent. DataCrunch carries 3 more GPUs.
- How much does a NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB cost on Microsoft Azure and DataCrunch?
- Microsoft Azure charges $11.06 per GPU-hour and DataCrunch charges $4.38 per GPU-hour, the cheapest live rate on each.
- Which GPUs can I rent on both Microsoft Azure and DataCrunch?
- 4 GPUs, including NVIDIA H100 SXM5 80GB, NVIDIA H200 SXM 141GB, NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB, NVIDIA A100 SXM4 40GB.
- 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.
