Which is cheaper, Azure Managed Disks or Hetzner Volumes?

Azure is cheaper in 3 of 4 comparable categories, with an average price difference of 43.8%.

How do Azure Managed Disks and Hetzner Volumes compare for general purpose workloads?

Both providers offer competitive pricing for general purpose workloads.

Updated Apr 4, 2026AzureHetzner

Overall Winner

Azure

Azure Wins

Hetzner Wins

Ties

Azure wins 3 of 4 price comparisons, averaging 43.8% 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 Hetzner Volumes 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	Hetzner Volumes	Diff	Cheapest
Storage - HDD - HDD LRS Overflow Snapshot Usage	$0.0000/hr HDD - HDD LRS Overflow Snapshot Usage ($0.01/mo)	$0.0006/hr vol-10gb ($0.47/mo)	+98.5%	Azure
Storage - Cool RA-GZRS - Cool RA-GZRS Blob Inventory	$0.0025/hr Cool RA-GZRS - Cool RA-GZRS Blob Inventory ($1.82/mo)	$0.0032/hr vol-50gb ($2.37/mo)	+23.1%	Azure
Storage - Priority Object Replication - Priority Object Replication GRS Data Replicated	$0.0150/hr Priority Object Replication - Priority Object Replication GRS Data Replicated ($10.95/mo)	$0.0163/hr vol-250gb ($11.88/mo)	+7.8%	Azure
Storage - Premium - Premium ZRS Provisioned Base Unit	$0.1200/hr Premium - Premium ZRS Provisioned Base Unit ($87.60/mo)	$0.0651/hr vol-1000gb ($47.52/mo)	+45.7%	Hetzner

✓Storage - HDD - HDD LRS Overflow Snapshot Usage - saves $0.44/mo (98.5% cheaper)
✓Storage - Cool RA-GZRS - Cool RA-GZRS Blob Inventory - saves $0.51/mo (23.1% cheaper)
✓Storage - Priority Object Replication - Priority Object Replication GRS Data Replicated - saves $0.95/mo (7.8% cheaper)