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Microsoft Azure offers ND H100 v5 (8× H100, NVLink) and NC A100 v4 (4× A100) GPU VM series across 60+ regions, with enterprise compliance certifications including HIPAA, FedRAMP, and SOC 2 built in. Azure AI Foundry hosts Grok models from xAI alongside OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, and Mistral models. Azure Machine Learning provides managed training and inference pipelines. Deep Active Directory, hybrid cloud, and Microsoft 365 integration makes Azure the natural GPU cloud for Microsoft-centric organizations. Savings plans (1yr/3yr) and reserved instances offer up to 53% off on-demand rates.
- 60+ regions — widest geographic coverage of any GPU cloud
- Enterprise compliance: HIPAA, FedRAMP, SOC 2, ISO 27001
- Azure AI Foundry: Grok, OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Mistral models
- Active Directory and hybrid cloud integration
- Savings plans up to 53% off on-demand rates
- Azure Machine Learning managed ML pipelines
- Most complex billing and quota system of any hyperscaler
- GPU quota increases require support tickets and can take days
- Higher on-demand rates vs specialist GPU clouds
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Hexabyte is a cloud provider offering VPS and object storage with no egress fees, making it a cost-effective option for teams that need compute and storage without the bandwidth costs that inflate bills on major cloud providers. While primarily a VPS and storage provider, Hexabyte's no-egress-fee model makes it attractive for data-intensive AI workloads that require frequent data transfer between compute and storage.
- No egress fees on VPS and object storage
- Cost-effective for data-intensive workloads
- Simple pricing model
- European infrastructure
- Limited GPU catalog — primarily VPS and storage
- Smaller provider with limited scale
- Less mature ecosystem vs major providers
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ND H100 v5, NC A100 v4, Grok on Azure AI Foundry — 60+ regions with enterprise compliance
Hexabyte
VPS and object storage with no egress fees