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Cloud · head to head · checked 5 August 2026

Azure vs Google Cloud

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.

Azure

from $70.08/mo

D2s v5 · 2 plans listed

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

Google Cloud

from $51.10/mo

e2-standard-2 · 3 plans listed

Best price per vCPU: $23.73/vCPU (e2-standard-4)

Which is cheaper, Azure or Google Cloud?

Google Cloud's cheapest listed plan is e2-standard-2 at $51.10/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, Azure or Google Cloud?

On price per vCPU, Google Cloud does best with e2-standard-4 at $23.73/vCPU; Azure's best is D2s v5 at $35.04/vCPU.

How many cloud instances does each offer here?

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

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

Google Cloud

Everything from Google Cloud

  • e2-standard-2approx

    vCPU
    2
    RAM
    8 GB
    Hourly
    $0.07
    Note
    Sustained-use discounts apply automatically, not reflected here. Since Feb 2024, GCP charges ~$0.005/hr (~$3.65/mo) for any in-use external IPv4 — not included in the price shown, unlike Oracle/Alibaba/Tencent which bundle a public IP free
    Region
    us-central1
    $51.10/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-05

  • e2-standard-4approx

    vCPU
    4
    RAM
    16 GB
    Hourly
    $0.13
    Note
    Sustained-use discounts apply automatically, not reflected here. Since Feb 2024, GCP charges ~$0.005/hr (~$3.65/mo) for any in-use external IPv4 — not included in the price shown, unlike Oracle/Alibaba/Tencent which bundle a public IP free
    Region
    us-central1
    $94.90/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-05

  • n2-standard-4approx

    vCPU
    4
    RAM
    16 GB
    Hourly
    $0.228
    Note
    Sustained-use discounts apply automatically, not reflected here. Since Feb 2024, GCP charges ~$0.005/hr (~$3.65/mo) for any in-use external IPv4 — not included in the price shown, unlike Oracle/Alibaba/Tencent which bundle a public IP free
    Region
    us-central1
    $166.44/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-05

Azure against the rest

Google Cloud 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.