Which is cheaper, Azure or Linode?

Azure is cheaper in 4 of 6 comparable categories, with an average price difference of 45.4%.

How do Azure and Linode compare for general purpose workloads?

Both providers offer competitive pricing for general purpose workloads.

Updated Apr 4, 2026AzureLinode

Overall Winner

Azure

Azure Wins

Linode Wins

Ties

Azure wins 4 of 6 price comparisons, averaging 45.4% lower prices in categories where it leads.

Prices range from $0.0150/hr to $5.23/hr across comparable tiers.

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Best for Virtual Machines workloads

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Best for Blob Storage workloads

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Best for AKS workloads

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Best for Load Balancer workloads

Comparing Azure and Linode across 6 equivalent tiers. On-demand hourly rates are shown in USD for the default region.

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Category	Azure Azure	Linode Linode	Diff	Cheapest
Virtual Machines - Burstable - 12 vCPU, 24 GB RAM	$0.4990/hr Standard_B12ms ($364.27/mo)	$0.5300/hr g1-accelerated-netint-vpu-t1u1-m ($386.90/mo)	+5.8%	Azure
Virtual Machines - Compute Optimized - 48 vCPU, 96 GB RAM	$5.2330/hr Standard_F48amds_v7 ($3,820.09/mo)	$1.5555/hr g7-dedicated-96-48 ($1,135.52/mo)	+70.3%	Linode
Virtual Machines - Memory Optimized - 8 vCPU, 128 GB RAM	$0.3073/hr Standard_M8ms ($224.33/mo)	$0.7200/hr g7-highmem-8 ($525.60/mo)	+57.3%	Azure
Blob Storage - 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)	$0.0200/hr objectstorage-overage ($14.60/mo)	+25.0%	Azure
AKS - Compute - Standard - Standard Long Term Support	$0.6000/hr Standard - Standard Long Term Support ($438.00/mo)	$0.4500/hr lke-e ($328.50/mo)	+25.0%	Linode
Load Balancer - Networking - Global - Global Included LB Rules and Outbound Rules	$0.0250/hr Global ($18.25/mo)	$0.2250/hr nodebalancer-pr100 ($164.25/mo)	+88.9%	Azure

✓Virtual Machines - Burstable - 12 vCPU, 24 GB RAM - saves $22.63/mo (5.8% cheaper)
✓Virtual Machines - Memory Optimized - 8 vCPU, 128 GB RAM - saves $301.27/mo (57.3% cheaper)
✓Blob Storage - Storage - Priority Object Replication - Priority Object Replication GRS Data Replicated - saves $3.65/mo (25% cheaper)
✓Load Balancer - Networking - Global - Global Included LB Rules and Outbound Rules - saves $146.00/mo (88.9% cheaper)

✓Virtual Machines - Compute Optimized - 48 vCPU, 96 GB RAM - saves $2,684.58/mo (70.3% cheaper)
✓AKS - Compute - Standard - Standard Long Term Support - saves $109.50/mo (25% cheaper)