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Virtual Machines · $243.09/mo (32 GB RAM, 8 vCPU)
Azure B8ms at $243.09/mo is significantly overpriced for equivalent compute. Multiple VPS providers offer 8 vCPU + 16-24GB RAM for $15-35/mo with no license surcharges or complex hidden billing. Even accounting for renewal traps and intro pricing, the total cost of ownership over 24-36 months remains a fraction of Azure's monthly rate.
8 vCPU, 24GB RAM, 300GB SSD, unlimited traffic at 1/16th the Azure price with no per-GB overage fees or license surcharges.
Caveat: Price is locked to 24-month prepay; 1 or 12-month terms cost 20-30% more per month, and fair-usage policy can throttle sustained high bandwidth.
4 vCPU, 16GB RAM, 200GB NVMe, 16TB transfer at $12.99 intro (or $28.99 renewal) is still 8-18x cheaper than Azure with no license fees.
Caveat: Intro price requires 12/24/48-month prepay; renewal jumps to $28.99/mo; weekly (not daily) backups on base plan; free domain only year 1.
8 vCPU, 16GB RAM, 160GB SSD, 20TB transfer for $18.49/mo with no OS license surcharges and transparent per-GB overage pricing.
Caveat: Price excludes VAT; recent large price increases (June 2026) on CCX/CPX lines; traffic overage billed beyond 20TB EU pool; setup fees apply to dedicated servers.
8 vCPU, 16GB RAM, 480GB NVMe, unlimited traffic (1 Gbit/s) at $22/mo with 99.99% SLA and no per-vCPU license fees.
Caveat: Intro pricing is a 3-month or 1-year promo on 1-year contract; renewal can be 2-6x higher; additional IPv4 addresses cost $6/mo each; overage data tiered at $0.036/GB.
8 vCPU, 24GB RAM, 200GB NVMe, unlimited traffic, daily backups, 99.99% SLA at $23.37/mo with no compute license surcharges.
Caveat: IPv4 addresses billed separately; Windows license adds $0.039/vCore/hour; APAC outbound traffic loses free-egress status after mid-2026; Object Storage has retrieval fees and minimums.
Before you switch
| Hetzner | Cloud Servers · CX43 | $18.49/mo | 16 GB RAM, 8 vCPU, 160 GB SSD | Visit |
| InMotion Hosting | VPS Hosting · VPS 8 vCPU | $19.99/mo | 16 GB RAM, 8 vCPU, 260 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| IONOS | Cloud VPS (Linux) · Cloud VPS XL | $22/mo | 16 GB RAM, 8 vCPU, 480 GB NVMe | Visit |
| OVHcloud | VPS · VPS-4 | $23.37/mo | 24 GB RAM, 8 vCPU, 200 GB NVMe | Visit |
| IONOS | IONOS CLOUD Cubes (Memory) · Memory Cube M | $25.2/mo | 16 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 240 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Contabo | Performance VPS · Cloud VPS Plus 8 | $32.13/mo | 24 GB RAM, 8 vCPU, 450 GB NVMe | Visit |
| IONOS | IONOS CLOUD Cubes (Basic) · Basic Cube L | $34.56/mo | 16 GB RAM, 8 vCPU, 480 GB NVMe | Visit |
| DreamHost | Self-Managed VPS · Stack 16 | $34.99/mo | 16 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 250 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| InMotion Hosting | Dedicated Servers · Aspire | $35/mo | 16 GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 1000 GB SSD | Visit |
| Oracle Cloud Infrastructure | Compute VM Instances · VM.Standard.A1.Flex - 4 OCPU / 24GB | $35.04/mo | 24 GB RAM, 4 vCPU | Visit |
| Hosting.com (formerly A2 Hosting) | VPS Hosting (Self-Managed) · VPS M | $39.99/mo | 16 GB RAM, 8 vCPU, 320 GB NVMe SSD | Visit |
| IONOS | VPS Hosting (VPS+) · VPS XL+ | $44/mo | 16 GB RAM, 8 vCPU, 480 GB NVMe | Visit |
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