8 GPUs priced today across 52 configurations in 1 region. On average 135.1% above the market median.
Prices collected 2026-09-18 · seen since 2026-09-11
Visit Microsoft Azure →Microsoft Azure's on-demand median per GPU-hour, per snapshot. Gaps are runs where the GPU was not listed.
Per GPU-hour, on-demand, 2026-09-18. vs market compares Microsoft Azure's own median for that GPU with the index median across every provider. Click a GPU for every provider's price.
| GPU | Microsoft Azure | Market | vs market | Per month | Sizes | Billing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $11.06 | $3.50 | +216% | $7,964 | 8x · 10 configs | on-demandspot | |
| $6.98 | $3.03 | +130% | $5,026 | 1x–2x · 4 configs | spoton-demand | |
| $3.67 | $1.79 | +105% | $2,645 | 1x–8x · 10 configs | spoton-demand | |
| $3.40 | $1.48 | +130% | $2,448 | 8x · 4 configs | on-demandspot | |
| $3.26 | $1.29 | +153% | $2,347 | 1x–2x · 6 configs | spoton-demand | |
| $3.06 | $0.79 | +287% | $2,203 | 1x–4x · 8 configs | spoton-demand | |
| $2.75 | $2.66 | +3% | $1,983 | 8x · 2 configs | on-demandspot | |
| $0.92 | $0.59 | +56% | $662 | 1x–4x · 8 configs | on-demandspot |
Regions seen: eastus.
Microsoft Azure has been in the index since 2026-09-11. The chart at the top draws its on-demand median per GPU on every snapshot; a gap is a run where the GPU was not listed, never a guess. No price moved by more than 1% between consecutive snapshots so far.
As of 2026-09-18, Microsoft Azure's on-demand H100 SXM works out to $11.06 per GPU-hour, 216% above the market median of $3.50. That is about $7,964 a month per GPU at 720 hours.
Across the 8 GPUs it prices, Microsoft Azure averages 135.1% above the market median, and is cheaper than the median on 0 of them. As a hyperscaler its instance price bundles CPU, RAM and network, which is most of the premium.
Azure Retail Prices API, Linux, eastus. Pay-as-you-go and Spot recorded separately. VM price divided by GPU count. Prices are collected every six hours and every snapshot is kept, so the history above is what Microsoft Azure actually published on those dates. Nothing is estimated or interpolated.
Yes — spot/interruptible rates were listed for 8 GPUs in the latest snapshot. Reserved pricing, where it exists, is by quote and not published. Only on-demand prices enter the index median.