Microsoft Azure vs Hugging Face
As of , Hugging Face lists the lower on-demand rate on 4 of the 4 GPUs both offer on-demand. On the priciest shared card both list on-demand, NVIDIA H200: Microsoft Azure $10.60 (westus2) vs Hugging Face $5.00 (aws) per GPU-hour on-demand — Hugging Face is $5.60 (53%) cheaper.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU |  Microsoft Azure |  Hugging Face | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA H200 median $4.56 · 56 providers · lowest Dataoorts $2.29 | $10.60 westus2 captured Deploy ↗ | $5.00 aws captured Deploy ↗ | $5.60 (53%) | Hugging Face |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell median $2.20 · 42 providers · lowest Hostinger $0.65 from | $5.50 eastus2 captured Deploy ↗ | $2.75 aws captured Deploy ↗ | $2.75 (50%) | Hugging Face |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB median $1.99 · 63 providers · lowest Yotta Labs $0.92 | $3.67 eastus2 captured Deploy ↗ | $2.50 aws captured Deploy ↗ | $1.17 (32%) | Hugging Face |
| NVIDIA T4 median $0.55 · 19 providers · lowest immers.cloud $0.24 | $0.53 northcentralus captured Deploy ↗ | $0.50 aws captured Deploy ↗ | $0.03 (5%) | Hugging Face |
Spot / interruptible, per GPU-hour
| GPU | Microsoft Azure | Hugging Face |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell | $1.02 captured | — |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB | $0.68 captured | — |
| NVIDIA T4 | $0.07 captured | — |
How this is compared
Cloud GPU rental prices of Microsoft Azure and Hugging Face, compared per GPU-hour on the GPUs both list. Where a provider has several tiers or regions, its cheapest on-demand rate is used and labelled. Community capacity (RunPod Community Cloud) and marketplace floors are shown only where a provider has nothing else, and never decide which is cheaper.
GPU by GPU
- NVIDIA H200: Microsoft Azure $10.60 (westus2) vs Hugging Face $5.00 (aws) per GPU-hour on-demand — Hugging Face is $5.60 (53%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell: Microsoft Azure $5.50 (eastus2) vs Hugging Face $2.75 (aws) per GPU-hour on-demand — Hugging Face is $2.75 (50%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA A100 80GB: Microsoft Azure $3.67 (eastus2) vs Hugging Face $2.50 (aws) per GPU-hour on-demand — Hugging Face is $1.17 (32%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA T4: Microsoft Azure $0.53 (northcentralus) vs Hugging Face $0.50 (aws) per GPU-hour on-demand — Hugging Face is $0.03 (5%) cheaper.
Not compared: GPUs only one of the two lists, reserved/committed tiers, and anything either provider prices only on request. See each provider's page for its full list.
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