Microsoft Azure vs BinaryLane

Verdict With 4 GB RAM, BinaryLane costs €85.46 a month less than Microsoft Azure over 12 months: €12.06 against €97.52. BinaryLane is cheaper at 5 of the 5 sizes both sell.

Bills over 12 months with an IPv4 address and 1 TB of traffic a month, excluding VAT, under the same assumptions for both. Both run servers in Australia and Singapore.

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Both in the list Compare cheapest plans
Microsoft Azurecheaper at 0 of 5 sizes
BinaryLanecheaper at 5 of 5 sizes
  • €81.04 Cheapest billper month 96% less€3.02
  • €16.51 Bill per GB of memorymedian 77% less€3.80
  • €100.00 Extras on top of the price tagmedian per month None
  • €107.48 Extra trafficper extra TB, median 94% less€6.15

Size by size

VPS with shared cores, per month
MemoryMicrosoft AzureBinaryLaneCompare
1 GB€81.04Azure B2pts v2 · 2 vCPU · 1 GB · 32 GB SSDTraffic: 0.1 TB, then €77.92/TB€3.02Standard 1 vCPU · 1 GB · 20 GBTraffic: 1 TB, then €6.15/TB
4 GB€97.52Azure B2pls v2 · 2 vCPU · 4 GB · 32 GB SSDTraffic: 0.1 TB, then €77.92/TB€12.06Standard 2 vCPU · 4 GB · 60 GBTraffic: 3 TB, then €6.15/TB
8 GB€119.49Azure B2ps v2 · 2 vCPU · 8 GB · 32 GB SSDTraffic: 0.1 TB, then €77.92/TB€24.12Standard 4 vCPU · 8 GB · 100 GBTraffic: 4 TB, then €6.15/TB
16 GB€160.95Azure B4ps v2 · 4 vCPU · 16 GB · 32 GB SSD · PuneTraffic: 0.1 TB, then €107.48/TB€48.25Standard 6 vCPU · 16 GB · 180 GBTraffic: 5 TB, then €6.15/TB
32 GB€219.40Azure B8ps v2 · 8 vCPU · 32 GB · 32 GB SSD · PuneTraffic: 0.1 TB, then €107.48/TB€96.49Standard 8 vCPU · 32 GB · 340 GBTraffic: 6 TB, then €6.15/TB

Only sizes both sell, same type on both sides. The score counts this table only; ties count for neither.

Side by side

Green is the better side of a row
Microsoft AzureSide by sideBinaryLane
azure.microsoft.comWebsitebinarylane.com.au
United StatesBased inAustralia
Card, Bank transferWays to payCard, PayPal
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267Servers tracked21
10Countries2
11Cities6
NoneSetup feeNone
ChargedIPv4 addressIncluded
Not publishedBackupsCharged
0.1 TB a monthTraffic included1–15 TB a month
€77.92–€162.11 per TBExtra traffic€6.15 per TB
100%Bills with extras0%
MonthlyShortest termMonthly
NoIntroductory pricesNo
USDBilled inAUD
4 hours agoPrices checked23 minutes ago

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