Azure Virtual Machines vs OVHcloud Public Cloud

Azure Virtual Machines9.3Visit OVHcloud Public Cloud8.7Visit

Higher score Azure Virtual Machines #2 in Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Software 9.3/10 Paid ✓ 0 of 5 features Visit Azure VMs

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OVHcloud Public Cloud #8 in Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Software 8.7/10 Paid ✓ 0 of 5 features Visit OVHcloud

• Azure Virtual Machines fits best

  Organizations invested in the Azure ecosystem

• OVHcloud Public Cloud fits best

  Teams wanting IaaS plus managed cloud services

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Side by side

Feature	Azure Virtual Machines 9.3/10 Visit ↗	OVHcloud Public Cloud 8.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.3	8.7
Ranking	#2 in Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Software	#8 in Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Software
Best for	Organizations invested in the Azure ecosystem	Teams wanting IaaS plus managed cloud services
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Not checked yet	$6.74/unit/mo
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web, Windows, Linux	Web, Linux, Windows
Support	Tickets, Community, Docs · 24/7	Docs, Community
Compliance	SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS, SSO/SAML, 2FA	GDPR
Integrations	7 integrations	2 integrations
Built for	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Azure Virtual Machines 0/5 · OVHcloud Public Cloud 0/5
Virtual machine instances	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Bare-metal instances	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Block storage	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Infrastructure as code	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Managed Kubernetes	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Regions	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Supports Linux and Windows VMs with configurable series and sizes. Virtual Machine Scale Sets can autoscale instances by demand or schedule. Connects with Azure monitoring, backup, storage, databases, and load balancing.	Combines VMs with object, block, and file storage. Includes managed Kubernetes, databases, and load balancing. Most services use per-second usage billing.
Cons	VM costs vary by configuration, operating system, region, and usage. There is no ongoing free plan; limited free usage is for eligible new customers. Deployment is cloud-based on Azure rather than a multi-cloud VM service.	The $6.74 monthly instance figure is estimated and excludes VAT. A fixed monthly bandwidth allowance is not stated for the cheapest instance. Support channels listed are documentation and community.
Our verdict	Azure Virtual Machines provides configurable Linux and Windows virtual machines on Microsoft Azure infrastructure. It suits teams hosting applications, databases, and high-performance computing workloads that need to select VM sizes and… Read the review →	OVHcloud Public Cloud brings together on-demand virtual machines, storage, networking, containers, and managed databases for teams running development environments, web applications, and other workloads. It suits organizations that want… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Azure Virtual Machines — where it wins

  • Supports Linux and Windows VMs with configurable series and sizes.
  • Virtual Machine Scale Sets can autoscale instances by demand or schedule.
  • Connects with Azure monitoring, backup, storage, databases, and load balancing.

  Where it doesn't

  • VM costs vary by configuration, operating system, region, and usage.
  • There is no ongoing free plan; limited free usage is for eligible new customers.
  • Deployment is cloud-based on Azure rather than a multi-cloud VM service.

• OVHcloud Public Cloud — where it wins

  • Combines VMs with object, block, and file storage.
  • Includes managed Kubernetes, databases, and load balancing.
  • Most services use per-second usage billing.

  Where it doesn't

  • The $6.74 monthly instance figure is estimated and excludes VAT.
  • A fixed monthly bandwidth allowance is not stated for the cheapest instance.
  • Support channels listed are documentation and community.

• Azure Virtual Machines9.3/10 · Paid

  Configurable Linux and Windows VMs with scaling, monitoring, backup, and load balancing on Azure.

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• OVHcloud Public Cloud8.7/10 · Paid

  A usage-billed cloud stack spanning compute, storage, networking, Kubernetes, and databases.

  Visit OVHcloudFull verdict →