Microsoft Azure vs Hot Aisle
- GPUs
- 9 1
- Cheapest GPU
- $0.34/hr $2.99/hr
- Price wins
- 0/1 1/1
Hot Aisle is cheaper on the one GPU both rent. Microsoft Azure carries 8 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
Rents AMD GPU virtual machines and bare metal nodes and clusters, billed by the minute with no commitments.
Best for: AMD GPU inference and bare metal
Price by GPU
The 1 GPU both rent. Cheapest live rate per GPU-hour, most powerful first. The cheaper side is in purple.
| GPU | Microsoft Azure | Hot Aisle | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMD Instinct MI300X 192GB | $6.00/hr | $2.99/hr | 101% |
Prices last checked: Microsoft Azure 3 Oct 2026, Hot Aisle 4 Oct 2026.
Only on one side
Only on Microsoft Azure 8
Only on Hot Aisle 0
Every GPU Hot Aisle rents is also on the other side.
Company facts
| Fact | Microsoft Azure | Hot Aisle |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters |  Redmond, WA | Grand Rapids, MI |
| Type | GPU cloud | GPU cloud |
| Founded | n/a | 2023 |
| GPUs priced | 9 | 1 |
| Fastest GPU | AMD Instinct MI300X 192GB | AMD Instinct MI300X 192GB |
| Services | n/a | On-demand AMD GPU virtual machines, dedicated bare-metal nodes, bare-metal clusters |
| Pricing models | n/a | Usage-based per minute via Stripe, no commitments |
Compliance
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Questions
- What is the difference between Microsoft Azure and Hot Aisle?
- Microsoft Azure: Hyperscaler that rents GPU virtual machines on demand, reserved or spot, integrated with Azure's managed AI and enterprise cloud services. Hot Aisle: Rents AMD GPU virtual machines and bare metal nodes and clusters, billed by the minute with no commitments.
- Is Microsoft Azure cheaper than Hot Aisle?
- Hot Aisle is cheaper on the one GPU both rent. Microsoft Azure carries 8 more GPUs.
- How much does a AMD Instinct MI300X 192GB cost on Microsoft Azure and Hot Aisle?
- Microsoft Azure charges $6.00 per GPU-hour and Hot Aisle charges $2.99 per GPU-hour, the cheapest live rate on each.
- Which GPUs can I rent on both Microsoft Azure and Hot Aisle?
- 1 GPU, including AMD Instinct MI300X 192GB.
- 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.
