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Cloud · head to head · checked 5 August 2026

AWS vs Azure

5 cloud instances from the two, side by side: what each plan includes, what it costs (on-demand hourly rate × 730 hours, no commitment discount), and where the price comes from.

AWS

from $30.37/mo

t3.medium · 3 plans listed

Best price per vCPU: $15.19/vCPU (t3.medium)

Azure

from $70.08/mo

D2s v5 · 2 plans listed

Best price per vCPU: $35.04/vCPU (D2s v5)

Which is cheaper, AWS or Azure?

AWS's cheapest listed plan is t3.medium at $30.37/mo; Azure's is D2s v5 at $70.08/mo. The price shown is on-demand hourly rate × 730 hours, no commitment discount.

Which gives more for the money, AWS or Azure?

On price per vCPU, AWS does best with t3.medium at $15.19/vCPU; Azure's best is D2s v5 at $35.04/vCPU.

How many cloud instances does each offer here?

We list 3 for AWS and 2 for Azure, each checked against the provider's own pricing page.

AWS

Everything from AWS

  • t3.mediumapprox

    vCPU
    2
    RAM
    4 GB
    Hourly
    $0.0416
    Note
    Burstable — sustained full-vCPU load consumes CPU credits. Since Feb 2024, AWS charges ~$0.005/hr (~$3.65/mo) per public IPv4 address, in-use or not — not included in the price shown, unlike Oracle/Alibaba/Tencent which bundle a public IP free
    Region
    us-east-1
    $30.37/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-05

  • t3.largeapprox

    vCPU
    2
    RAM
    8 GB
    Hourly
    $0.0832
    Note
    Burstable — sustained full-vCPU load consumes CPU credits. Since Feb 2024, AWS charges ~$0.005/hr (~$3.65/mo) per public IPv4 address, in-use or not — not included in the price shown, unlike Oracle/Alibaba/Tencent which bundle a public IP free
    Region
    us-east-1
    $60.74/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-05

  • t3.xlargeapprox

    vCPU
    4
    RAM
    16 GB
    Hourly
    $0.1664
    Note
    Burstable — sustained full-vCPU load consumes CPU credits. Since Feb 2024, AWS charges ~$0.005/hr (~$3.65/mo) per public IPv4 address, in-use or not — not included in the price shown, unlike Oracle/Alibaba/Tencent which bundle a public IP free
    Region
    us-east-1
    $121.47/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-05

Azure

Everything from Azure

  • D2s v5approx

    vCPU
    2
    RAM
    8 GB
    Hourly
    $0.096
    Note
    Linux pay-as-you-go rate — Windows costs more. Azure VMs get no public IP by default; a Standard SKU Public IP resource is billed separately at ~$0.005/hr (~$3.65/mo) — not included in the price shown, unlike Oracle/Alibaba/Tencent which bundle a public IP free
    Region
    East US
    $70.08/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-05

  • D4s v5approx

    vCPU
    4
    RAM
    16 GB
    Hourly
    $0.192
    Note
    Linux pay-as-you-go rate — Windows costs more. Azure VMs get no public IP by default; a Standard SKU Public IP resource is billed separately at ~$0.005/hr (~$3.65/mo) — not included in the price shown, unlike Oracle/Alibaba/Tencent which bundle a public IP free
    Region
    East US
    $140.16/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-05

AWS against the rest

Azure against the rest

How this page is made: every figure above is computed from the plans listed, which were checked against each provider's own pricing page (linked per plan, with the date). Nothing here is ranked by who pays us. The highlighted plan is each provider's best on price per vCPU. Non-USD prices are converted at an approximate fixed rate for comparison only. See our methodology and how we make money.