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
Microsoft Azure vs Nebius AI Cloud H100 pricing
Compare Microsoft Azure vs Nebius AI Cloud H100 GPU prices: 185 official-source rates across 32 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
2 of 185 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
Nebius AI Cloud's lowest observed on demand H100 rate is 44.8% below Microsoft Azure's floor ($3.8500 vs $6.9800/GPU-hour). At 160 GPU-hours, that floor-to-floor difference is $500.80. Same GPU model and purchase model; variant, region, node configuration, contract terms and evidenced availability can still differ.
Variant evidence: Nebius AI Cloud: NVLink 80GB · Microsoft Azure: NVL 94GB, SXM 80GB.
Variant mismatch: both providers expose explicit H100 variants in this matched market slice, but none overlap. Treat this floor gap as model-level rather than variant-equivalent until an exact shared variant is selected.
Deployability evidence coverage: Nebius AI Cloud 1/1 rows (100%) vs Microsoft Azure 0/94 (0%). This compares deployment eligibility, not live stock or actual rentable capacity.
spot floor gap
Microsoft Azure's lowest observed spot H100 rate is 40.0% below Nebius AI Cloud's floor ($1.2899 vs $2.1500/GPU-hour). At 160 GPU-hours, that floor-to-floor difference is $137.62. Same GPU model and purchase model; variant, region, node configuration, contract terms and evidenced availability can still differ.
Variant evidence: Microsoft Azure: NVL 94GB, SXM 80GB · Nebius AI Cloud: NVLink 80GB.
Variant mismatch: both providers expose explicit H100 variants in this matched market slice, but none overlap. Treat this floor gap as model-level rather than variant-equivalent until an exact shared variant is selected.
Deployability evidence coverage: Microsoft Azure 0/89 rows (0%) vs Nebius AI Cloud 1/1 (100%). This compares deployment eligibility, not live stock or actual rentable capacity.
Evidence-risk flag: the lower compute floor has 100 percentage points less availability-evidence coverage in this matched slice. Verify exact-region capacity before treating the price lead as deployable.
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
Nebius AI Cloud
Nebius AI Cloud contributes 2 qualifying configurations and 2 distinct source records. Nebius AI Cloud's observed price band runs from $2.1500 to $3.8500 per GPU-hour, equivalent to $344.00–$616.00 for 160 GPU-hours.
Nebius AI Cloud covers 1 named region: eu-north1. The included node configurations range from 1 to 1 GPUs, with 1 on-demand and 1 spot record.
Nebius AI Cloud has independent deployment-eligibility evidence for 2 of 2 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
- 2
- Distinct source keys
- 2
- Named regions
- 1
- Deployability evidenced
- 2/2
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 |
| Nebius AI Cloudnebius:h100-nvlink:eu-north1:spot | H100NVLink 80GB · 1 GPU/node | eu-north1 | spot | $2.1500 | $2.1500 | $344.00 | availableexact configuration · 2026-08-13 | Official source ↗Checked 2026-08-13 |
| Nebius AI Cloudnebius:h100-nvlink:eu-north1:on_demand | H100NVLink 80GB · 1 GPU/node | eu-north1 | on demand | $3.8500 | $3.8500 | $616.00 | availableexact configuration · 2026-08-13 | Official source ↗Checked 2026-08-13 |
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