Microsoft Azure pricing: GPU rental rates
Updated October 2026 · updated 2026-10-06
The lowest published Microsoft Azure rate is $0.679/GPU-hour for the A100 PCIe 80GB (spot / interruptible; No reservation; Not reported, updated 2026-10-06). Big-cloud GPU VMs (NC/ND series). Prices from the public Retail Prices API, eastus, Linux. We track 22 live GPU offers across 5 models.
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GPU prices compared with the market
The market median gives each provider equal weight. GPU variants, node size, included CPU and memory can differ. A lower rate does not establish equivalent performance.
Live Microsoft Azure prices (2026-10-06)
Provider, memory & availability
| GPU / provider | Billing | $/GPU-hour | GPUs / total per hour | Availability / details |
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| A100 PCIe 80GBMicrosoft Azure80 GB VRAMStandard_NC24ads_A100_v4 | spot / interruptible | $0.679per GPU-hour30-day comparison unavailable | 1× $0.679per node-hour | Not reportedView provider2026-10-06Details
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| A100 PCIe 80GBMicrosoft Azure80 GB VRAMStandard_NC96ads_A100_v4 | spot / interruptible | $0.679per GPU-hour30-day comparison unavailable | 4× $2.72per node-hour | Not reportedView provider2026-10-06Details
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| A100 PCIe 80GBMicrosoft Azure80 GB VRAMStandard_NC48ads_A100_v4 | spot / interruptible | $0.679per GPU-hour30-day comparison unavailable | 2× $1.36per node-hour | Not reportedView provider2026-10-06Details
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| A100 SXM 40GBMicrosoft Azure40 GB VRAMStandard_ND96asr_v4 | spot / interruptible | $0.738per GPU-hour30-day comparison unavailable | 8× $5.90per node-hour | Not reportedView provider2026-10-06Details
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| A100 SXM 40GBMicrosoft Azure40 GB VRAMStandard_ND96asr_A100_v4 | spot / interruptible | $0.748per GPU-hour30-day comparison unavailable | 8× $5.98per node-hour | Not reportedView provider2026-10-06Details
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| A100 SXM 80GBMicrosoft Azure80 GB VRAMStandard_ND96amsr_A100_v4 | spot / interruptible | $1.06per GPU-hour30-day comparison unavailable | 8× $8.44per node-hour | Not reportedView provider2026-10-06Details
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| A100 SXM 80GBMicrosoft Azure80 GB VRAMStandard_ND96ams_A100_v4 | spot / interruptible | $1.06per GPU-hour30-day comparison unavailable | 8× $8.44per node-hour | Not reportedView provider2026-10-06Details
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| H100 NVLMicrosoft Azure94 GB VRAMStandard_NC40ads_H100_v5 | spot / interruptible | $1.29per GPU-hour30-day comparison unavailable | 1× $1.29per node-hour | Not reportedView provider2026-10-06Details
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| H100 NVLMicrosoft Azure94 GB VRAMStandard_NC80adis_H100_v5 | spot / interruptible | $1.29per GPU-hour30-day comparison unavailable | 2× $2.58per node-hour | Not reportedView provider2026-10-06Details
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| H100 SXMMicrosoft Azure80 GB VRAMStandard_ND96is_H100_v5 | spot / interruptible | $2.04per GPU-hour30-day comparison unavailable | 8× $16.35per node-hour | Not reportedView provider2026-10-06Details
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| H100 SXMMicrosoft Azure80 GB VRAMStandard_ND96isr_H100_v5 | spot / interruptible | $2.27per GPU-hour30-day comparison unavailable | 8× $18.17per node-hour | Not reportedView provider2026-10-06Details
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| A100 SXM 40GBMicrosoft Azure40 GB VRAMStandard_ND96asr_A100_v4 | on-demand | $3.40per GPU-hour30-day comparison unavailable | 8× $27.20per node-hour | Not reportedView provider2026-10-06Details
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| A100 SXM 40GBMicrosoft Azure40 GB VRAMStandard_ND96asr_v4 | on-demand | $3.40per GPU-hour30-day comparison unavailable | 8× $27.20per node-hour | Not reportedView provider2026-10-06Details
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| A100 PCIe 80GBMicrosoft Azure80 GB VRAMStandard_NC48ads_A100_v4 | on-demand | $3.67per GPU-hour30-day comparison unavailable | 2× $7.35per node-hour | Not reportedView provider2026-10-06Details
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| A100 PCIe 80GBMicrosoft Azure80 GB VRAMStandard_NC24ads_A100_v4 | on-demand | $3.67per GPU-hour30-day comparison unavailable | 1× $3.67per node-hour | Not reportedView provider2026-10-06Details
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| A100 PCIe 80GBMicrosoft Azure80 GB VRAMStandard_NC96ads_A100_v4 | on-demand | $3.67per GPU-hour30-day comparison unavailable | 4× $14.69per node-hour | Not reportedView provider2026-10-06Details
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| A100 SXM 80GBMicrosoft Azure80 GB VRAMStandard_ND96ams_A100_v4 | on-demand | $4.10per GPU-hour30-day comparison unavailable | 8× $32.77per node-hour | Not reportedView provider2026-10-06Details
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| A100 SXM 80GBMicrosoft Azure80 GB VRAMStandard_ND96amsr_A100_v4 | on-demand | $4.10per GPU-hour30-day comparison unavailable | 8× $32.77per node-hour | Not reportedView provider2026-10-06Details
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| H100 NVLMicrosoft Azure94 GB VRAMStandard_NC40ads_H100_v5 | on-demand | $6.98per GPU-hour30-day comparison unavailable | 1× $6.98per node-hour | Not reportedView provider2026-10-06Details
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| H100 NVLMicrosoft Azure94 GB VRAMStandard_NC80adis_H100_v5 | on-demand | $6.98per GPU-hour30-day comparison unavailable | 2× $13.96per node-hour | Not reportedView provider2026-10-06Details
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| H100 SXMMicrosoft Azure80 GB VRAMStandard_ND96is_H100_v5 | on-demand | $11.06per GPU-hour30-day comparison unavailable | 8× $88.49per node-hour | Not reportedView provider2026-10-06Details
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| H100 SXMMicrosoft Azure80 GB VRAMStandard_ND96isr_H100_v5 | on-demand | $12.29per GPU-hour30-day comparison unavailable | 8× $98.32per node-hour | Not reportedView provider2026-10-06Details
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Try another provider or reduce the minimum memory.
Tables rank by price, lowest first. Commercial relationships never affect ordering. How we collect and rank prices.
Monthly view assumes 730 hours of continuous use. Daily view assumes 24 hours.
Cheapest listed per-GPU-hour rates verified at the source. Before storage, egress and networking.
Microsoft Azure access and company facts
| Check | Published information | Updated |
|---|---|---|
| Smallest recorded configuration | 1 GPU | 2026-10-06 |
| Published regions in this comparison | eastus | 2026-10-06 |
| Minimum account funding | not published | 2026-07-07 |
| SOC 2 | Type II | 2026-07-07 |
| ISO 27001 | claimed | 2026-07-07 |
| Data location terms | multi-region | 2026-07-07 |
A company fact or certification is not a guarantee for every product or region. Unrecorded fields are left unknown. The smallest recorded node does not establish immediate stock or account approval.
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
Computed from the verified fees and platform matrix (cells updated 2026-07-07 at Microsoft Azure's own documentation; verified items link to their source). Full matrices: fees · enterprise.
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FAQ
The lowest published Microsoft Azure rate is $0.679/GPU-hour for the A100 PCIe 80GB (spot / interruptible; No reservation; availability: Not reported; updated 2026-10-06). Configuration and billing conditions appear in each row.
Microsoft Azure prices 5 GPU models, including H100, A100. The live table above lists every current rate.
Microsoft Azure prices are tracked as spot / interruptible, on-demand. Every row is labeled with its tier and updated at the source on 2026-10-06.
Some Microsoft Azure rates are the per-GPU price within a node of up to 8 GPUs. Those rows note the node size, but the $/hr shown is always per single GPU.
Prices collected from prices.azure.com, updated 2026-10-06. See the methodology for how each number is collected.