Which is cheaper, Azure Managed Disks or Google Persistent Disk?

Azure is cheaper in 3 of 4 comparable categories, with an average price difference of 31%.

How do Azure Managed Disks and Google Persistent Disk compare for general purpose workloads?

Both providers offer competitive pricing for general purpose workloads.

Updated May 19, 2026AzureGCP

Overall Winner

Azure

Azure Wins

GCP Wins

Ties

Azure wins 3 of 4 price comparisons, averaging 31% lower prices in categories where it leads.

Prices range from $0.000010/hr to $0.1200/hr across comparable tiers.

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Best for Storage workloads

Comparing Azure Managed Disks and Google Persistent Disk across 4 equivalent tiers. On-demand hourly rates are shown in USD for the default region.

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Category	Azure Azure Managed Disks	GCP Google Persistent Disk	Diff	Cheapest
Storage - HDD - HDD LRS Overflow Snapshot Usage	$0.0000/hr HDD - HDD LRS Overflow Snapshot Usage ($0.01/mo)	$0.0002/hr 0292-2DAA-87AE ($0.17/mo)	+95.7%	Azure
Storage - Cool RA-GZRS - Cool RA-GZRS Blob Inventory	$0.0025/hr Cool RA-GZRS - Cool RA-GZRS Blob Inventory ($1.82/mo)	$0.0031/hr 0060-41CB-30B5 ($2.24/mo)	+18.7%	Azure
Storage - Cool GZRS - Cool Read Operations	$0.0130/hr Cool GZRS - Cool Read Operations ($9.49/mo)	$0.0144/hr 00FD-1480-5509 ($10.51/mo)	+9.7%	Azure
Storage - Premium - Premium ZRS Provisioned Base Unit	$0.1200/hr Premium - Premium ZRS Provisioned Base Unit ($87.60/mo)	$0.1200/hr 02EE-77CE-ACCD ($87.60/mo)	0.0%	Tie

✓Storage - HDD - HDD LRS Overflow Snapshot Usage - saves $0.15/mo (95.7% cheaper)
✓Storage - Cool RA-GZRS - Cool RA-GZRS Blob Inventory - saves $0.44/mo (18.7% cheaper)
✓Storage - Cool GZRS - Cool Read Operations - saves $1.02/mo (9.7% cheaper)