Cloud · head to head · checked 8 August 2026

Azure vs Huawei 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)

Huawei Cloud

from $11.02/mo

s6.medium.2 · 3 plans listed

Best price per vCPU: $10.75/vCPU (s6.xlarge.2)

Which is cheaper, Azure or Huawei Cloud?

Huawei Cloud's cheapest listed plan is s6.medium.2 at $11.02/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 Huawei Cloud?

On price per vCPU, Huawei Cloud does best with s6.xlarge.2 at $10.75/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 Huawei 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

Huawei Cloud

Everything from Huawei Cloud

s6.medium.2approx
vCPU
1
RAM
2 GB
Hourly
$0.0151
Note
Hourly derived from Huawei's Monthly package rate ($11/mo ÷ 730) — no pay-per-use hourly rate published for this region; EVS disk and bandwidth billed separately. Huawei's EIP (public IP) also carries its own reservation charge (~$0.009/hr, ~$6.57/mo) on top of bandwidth — not included in the price shown
Region
AP-Singapore
$11.02/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-08
s6.large.2approx
vCPU
2
RAM
4 GB
Hourly
$0.0301
Note
Hourly derived from Huawei's Monthly package rate ($22/mo ÷ 730) — no pay-per-use hourly rate published for this region; EVS disk and bandwidth billed separately. Huawei's EIP (public IP) also carries its own reservation charge (~$0.009/hr, ~$6.57/mo) on top of bandwidth — not included in the price shown
Region
AP-Singapore
$21.97/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-08
s6.xlarge.2approx
vCPU
4
RAM
8 GB
Hourly
$0.0589
Note
Hourly derived from Huawei's Monthly package rate ($43/mo ÷ 730) — no pay-per-use hourly rate published for this region; EVS disk and bandwidth billed separately. Huawei's EIP (public IP) also carries its own reservation charge (~$0.009/hr, ~$6.57/mo) on top of bandwidth — not included in the price shown
Region
AP-Singapore
$43/moVisit price source · checked 2026-08-08

Azure against the rest

Huawei 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.