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AWS vs Azure vs GCP — Region Cost Comparison

On-demand general-purpose compute pricing across equivalent regions. General purpose, Linux, 2 vCPU / 8 GB RAM (m5.large / D2s v3 / n2-standard-2 equivalent).

Compare the named shapes: CPU and RAM capacity do not establish equal performance. The table uses current observed list prices for each reference SKU; eligibility for services and discounts needs a separate check. GCP N2 and C2 sustained use discounts can reach 20% for eligible full-month usage and are not applied here.
LocationAWS $/hrAzure $/hrGCP $/hrCheapest
US East (Virginia)
$0.0960cheapest in this row
us-east-1
$0.0960
eastus
$0.1094
us-east4
AWS
US East (Ohio / Carolinas)
$0.0960cheapest in this row
us-east-2
$0.0960
eastus2
$0.0971
us-east1
AWS
US West (Oregon)
$0.0960cheapest in this row
us-west-2
$0.0960
westus2
$0.0971
us-west1
AWS
US Central (Iowa)
$0.0960cheapest in this row
us-east-2
$0.0960
westus3
$0.0971
us-central1
AWS
EU West (Ireland / Belgium)
$0.1070
eu-west-1
$0.1070
northeurope
$0.1068cheapest in this row
europe-west1
GCP
EU West (London / Netherlands)
$0.1110
eu-west-2
$0.1160
uksouth
$0.1069cheapest in this row
europe-west4
GCP
EU Central (Frankfurt)
$0.1150cheapest in this row
eu-central-1
$0.1200
westeurope
$0.1251
europe-west3
AWS
EU North (Stockholm / Finland)
$0.1020cheapest in this row
eu-north-1
$0.1020
swedencentral
$0.1069
europe-north1
AWS
AP Southeast (Singapore)
$0.1200
ap-southeast-1
$0.1250
southeastasia
$0.1198cheapest in this row
asia-southeast1
GCP
AP Southeast (Sydney)
$0.1200cheapest in this row
ap-southeast-2
$0.1250
australiaeast
$0.1378
australia-southeast1
AWS
AP Northeast (Tokyo)
$0.1240cheapest in this row
ap-northeast-1
$0.1290
japaneast
$0.1246
asia-northeast1
AWS
AP South (Mumbai)
$0.1010cheapest in this row
ap-south-1
$0.1050
centralindia
$0.1166
asia-south1
AWS
SA East (São Paulo)
$0.1530cheapest in this row
sa-east-1
$0.1590
brazilsouth
$0.1542
southamerica-east1
AWS

General purpose, Linux, on-demand pricing. 2 vCPU / 8 GB RAM equivalent. GCP prices are before Sustained Use Discounts. AWS live 10 Oct 2026 · Azure live 10 Oct 2026 · GCP verified 10 Oct 2026. The star marks the cheapest in each row; unknown means the region does not price this instance.

Provider pricing summary

AWS

$0.0960–$0.1530/hr
Cheapest region
US East (N. Virginia) (us-east-1), US East (Ohio) (us-east-2) and 1 more
$0.0960/hr

m5.large, across 19 covered regions. Observed 2026-10-10. On-demand Linux list prices; discounts are not included.

Azure

$0.0960–$0.1590/hr
Cheapest region
East US (eastus), East US 2 (eastus2) and 2 more
$0.0960/hr

D2s_v3, across 19 covered regions. Observed 2026-10-10. On-demand Linux list prices; discounts are not included.

GCP

$0.0971–$0.1542/hr
Cheapest region
US Central (Iowa) (us-central1), US East (South Carolina) (us-east1) and 1 more
$0.0971/hr

n2-standard-2, across 22 covered regions. Observed 2026-10-10. On-demand Linux list prices; discounts are not included.