Lowest observed rate
Microsoft Azure provides the lowest row in this exact evidence set at $1.2899 per GPU-hour. That is a list-price observation, not proof that capacity is rentable now.
Exact GPU provider comparison
DigitalOcean vs Microsoft Azure H100 pricing
Compare DigitalOcean vs Microsoft Azure H100 GPU prices: 184 official-source rates across 31 regions, $1.290–$23.326/GPU-hour. Estimate monthly cost.
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Decision readout
What the current evidence says
Price dispersion
The highest row is 1708.4% above the lowest. At 160 GPU-hours, selecting opposite ends of the observed range changes the compute line item by $3525.78.
Capacity boundary
0 of 184 rates carry separate deployment-eligibility evidence. That signal is not live stock; unknown stays unknown and never inherits confidence from a fresh price.
on demand floor gap
DigitalOcean's lowest observed on demand H100 rate is 36.8% below Microsoft Azure's floor ($4.4100 vs $6.9800/GPU-hour). At 160 GPU-hours, that floor-to-floor difference is $411.20. Same GPU model and purchase model; variant, region, node configuration, contract terms and evidenced availability can still differ.
Variant evidence: DigitalOcean: not specified · Microsoft Azure: NVL 94GB, SXM 80GB.
Deployability evidence coverage: DigitalOcean 0/1 rows (0%) vs Microsoft Azure 0/94 (0%). This compares deployment eligibility, not live stock or actual rentable capacity.
This comparison holds the accelerator model constant at H100 and changes the provider. Microsoft Azure has the lowest observed row; Microsoft Azure contains the highest observed row. Before choosing, compare accelerator variant, region, GPU count per node, market type and separately evidenced capacity—not only the headline rate.
Side-specific evidence profile
What each provider contributes to this comparison
The profile below prevents a large catalog from silently overwhelming a smaller one. Counts, regions, access models and observed price bands are stated independently for every provider.
Official configuration set
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure contributes 183 qualifying configurations and 183 distinct source records. Microsoft Azure's observed price band runs from $1.2899 to $23.3260 per GPU-hour, equivalent to $206.38–$3732.16 for 160 GPU-hours.
Microsoft Azure covers 31 named regions: australiaeast, canadacentral, centralindia, centralus, eastus, eastus2, germanywestcentral, indonesiacentral and 23 more. The included node configurations range from 1 to 8 GPUs, with 94 on-demand and 89 spot records.
Microsoft Azure has independent deployment-eligibility evidence for 0 of 183 rows. This does not assert live stock. Its latest included price observation is 2026-08-13. GPU models in this exact comparison are H100.
- Configurations
- 183
- Distinct source keys
- 183
- Named regions
- 31
- Deployability evidenced
- 0/183
Official configuration set
DigitalOcean
DigitalOcean contributes 1 qualifying configuration and 1 distinct source record. DigitalOcean's observed price band runs from $4.4100 to $4.4100 per GPU-hour, equivalent to $705.60–$705.60 for 160 GPU-hours.
DigitalOcean covers 0 named regions: . The included node configurations range from 1 to 1 GPUs, with 1 on-demand and 0 spot records.
DigitalOcean has independent deployment-eligibility evidence for 0 of 1 rows. This does not assert live stock. Its latest included price observation is 2026-08-13. GPU models in this exact comparison are H100.
- Configurations
- 1
- Distinct source keys
- 1
- Named regions
- 0
- Deployability evidenced
- 0/1
Transparent scenario calculator
Convert hourly rates into your budget
The calculation multiplies GPU count by hours per GPU and the selected normalized rate. It excludes storage, egress, support, taxes, reservations and idle orchestration overhead.
Configuration-level evidence
Rates included in this decision
Every row preserves the source configuration and observation date. Node rates are divided by GPU count to produce the normalized comparison. Equal normalized prices can still represent different regions, node sizes or access conditions.
| Provider / configuration | GPU | Region | Market | Node price | GPU-hour | 160h cost | Availability | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Azureazure:DZH318Z0F8W2/000J:eastus:spot | H100NVL 94GB · 2 GPU/node | eastus | spot | $2.5798 | $1.2899 | $206.38 | Not evidencedunknown | Official source ↗Checked 2026-08-13 |
| Microsoft Azureazure:DZH318Z0F8W2/000R:eastus:spot | H100NVL 94GB · 1 GPU/node | eastus | spot | $1.2899 | $1.2899 | $206.38 | Not evidencedunknown | Official source ↗Checked 2026-08-13 |
| Microsoft Azureazure:DZH318Z0F8W2/008Q:indonesiacentral:spot | H100NVL 94GB · 2 GPU/node | indonesiacentral | spot | $3.0183 | $1.5092 | $241.47 | Not evidencedunknown | Official source ↗Checked 2026-08-13 |
| Microsoft Azureazure:DZH318Z0F8W2/008V:indonesiacentral:spot | H100NVL 94GB · 1 GPU/node | indonesiacentral | spot | $1.5093 | $1.5093 | $241.48 | Not evidencedunknown | Official source ↗Checked 2026-08-13 |
| Microsoft Azureazure:DZH318Z0F8W2/0079:koreasouth:spot | H100NVL 94GB · 2 GPU/node | koreasouth | spot | $3.2248 | $1.6124 | $257.98 | Not evidencedunknown | Official source ↗Checked 2026-08-13 |
| Microsoft Azureazure:DZH318Z0F8W2/007B:koreasouth:spot | H100NVL 94GB · 1 GPU/node | koreasouth | spot | $1.6124 | $1.6124 | $257.98 | Not evidencedunknown | Official source ↗Checked 2026-08-13 |
| Microsoft Azureazure:DZH318Z0F8W2/0074:malaysiawest:spot | H100NVL 94GB · 2 GPU/node | malaysiawest | spot | $3.3189 | $1.6594 | $265.51 | Not evidencedunknown | Official source ↗Checked 2026-08-13 |
| Microsoft Azureazure:DZH318Z0F8W2/0072:malaysiawest:spot | H100NVL 94GB · 1 GPU/node | malaysiawest | spot | $1.6595 | $1.6595 | $265.53 | Not evidencedunknown | Official source ↗Checked 2026-08-13 |
| DigitalOceandigitalocean:h100 | H100Variant not specified · 1 GPU/node | Global / unspecified | on demand | $4.4100 | $4.4100 | $705.60 | Not evidencedunknown | Official source ↗Checked 2026-08-13 |
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Comparison discipline
What this page can and cannot decide
It can compare list-price evidence
All included rows use fresh or verified official sources, USD pricing and a common per-GPU-hour unit. The page is regenerated when source evidence changes.
It cannot promise capacity
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It exposes the omitted costs
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It retires weak URLs
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