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Azure App Service vs OVHcloud VPS
Pre-calculated from hand-checked data — Azure App Service checked 2026-08-06, OVHcloud checked 2026-08-06.
The short version
Azure App Service wins more of our comparison points, but OVHcloud VPS still fits if traffic-heavy European projects that want unmetered bandwidth and an included IPv4 at rock-bottom prices describes you.
Price OVHcloud VPS
OVHcloud VPS is cheaper at every stage we model — about €19.96/mo even for a growing project.
Ease Azure App Service
Azure App Service is easier to get running: connect GitHub Actions from the portal, push to a local git remote, or run `az webapp up` — runtime stacks for Node, Python, .NET, PHP, and Java are built in.
Control OVHcloud VPS
OVHcloud VPS gives you more control over the stack — the flip side of the convenience trade.
Free tier Azure App Service
Azure App Service has a free tier; OVHcloud VPS doesn't.
Features Azure App Service
Azure App Service comes out ahead on 7 of the 15 features we track, versus 1.
What developers say about this matchup
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At a glance
| Azure App Service | OVHcloud VPS | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Teams in the Microsoft ecosystem — .NET shops, enterprise-adjacent projects, or anyone whose employer already pays for Azure. | Traffic-heavy European projects that want unmetered bandwidth and an included IPv4 at rock-bottom prices. |
| How deploys work | Connect GitHub Actions from the portal, push to a local git remote, or run `az webapp up` — runtime stacks for Node, Python, .NET, PHP, and Java are built in. | You get root on a bare server: pick a distro or an app image (Docker, WordPress, cPanel) and set everything up yourself. |
| The tradeoff | Capable and git-friendly, but you pay PaaS prices per plan and navigate the most complicated tier system here. | Entirely self-managed, headline prices need a commitment, and support below premium tiers is slow. |
| Free tier | F1 Free tier: 1 GB RAM, 60 CPU-minutes/day, no custom domain or SLA. Plus a $200/30-day new-account credit. | None |
What you'd realistically pay
Azure App Service OVHcloud VPS
| Project stage | Azure App Service | OVHcloud VPS | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Just starting | ≈$13.14/mo B1 Basic (Linux) — 1 core, 1.75 GB RAM, 10 GB storage, custom domains and SSL, 99.95% SLA. West Europe pricing. | ≈€3.81/mo VPS-1 — From-price with commitment. 2 shared vCores, 4 GB RAM, 40 GB NVMe, unlimited traffic at 500 Mbps. | OVHcloud VPS |
| Steady traffic | ≈$32/mo B1 + managed PostgreSQL — ~$13 B1 Linux plus ~$19 for the cheapest PostgreSQL Flexible Server (B1ms + 32 GiB storage). | ≈€10.40/mo VPS-3 — From-price with commitment. 6 shared vCores, 12 GB RAM, 100 GB NVMe, unlimited traffic at 2 Gbps. | OVHcloud VPS |
| Growing | ≈$84/mo P0v3 + managed PostgreSQL — ~$65 Premium P0v3 (1 vCPU, 4 GB, autoscale and slots) plus ~$19 for managed PostgreSQL. | ≈€19.96/mo VPS-4 — From-price with commitment. 8 shared vCores, 24 GB RAM, 200 GB NVMe, unlimited traffic at 3 Gbps. | OVHcloud VPS |
Azure App Service pricing notes
- Prices are West Europe, per App Service Plan (~730 h/month); they vary by region.
- Windows plans cost roughly 4× Linux at the Basic tier because the license is baked in.
- Bandwidth: first 100 GB/month free, then about $0.087/GB.
- Savings plans and reservations cut Premium prices by up to ~55%.
OVHcloud VPS pricing notes
- Prices are ex-VAT "from" prices requiring the longest commitment — month-to-month is noticeably higher.
- Monthly prepaid subscription only; there is no hourly billing on the VPS line.
- Daily backups are included free; snapshots cost from €0.30/month extra.
Our ratings
Ease of use Azure App Service
Pricing clarity OVHcloud VPS
Free tier Azure App Service
Scaling Azure App Service
Control OVHcloud VPS
Feature by feature
Azure App Service wins 7, OVHcloud VPS wins 1, with 7 even.
Deploy workflow
| Azure App Service | OVHcloud VPS | |
|---|---|---|
| Deploy from Git push | Yes GitHub Actions wired from the portal, local git push, or ZIP deploy. | No No deploy pipeline — bring your own CI or scripts. |
| Preview deploys | Partial Deployment slots (Standard tier and up) give staging environments, but no automatic PR previews. | No Nothing built in. |
| Official CLI | Yes `az webapp up` deploys an app in one command. | Partial Full REST API and Terraform provider; no first-class official CLI like hcloud or doctl. |
| Instant rollbacks | Partial Slot swaps revert instantly on Standard+; Basic and Free redeploy the old build instead. | Partial Included daily backups and paid snapshots restore machines; no deploy-level rollback. |
Platform
| Azure App Service | OVHcloud VPS | |
|---|---|---|
| Custom domains + HTTPS | Yes Custom domains with managed certificates from the B1 tier up. | Yes Point DNS at the server; TLS is yours via certbot or a proxy. |
| Built-in CDN / edge network | Partial Azure Front Door / CDN integrate but are separate billed services. | Partial OVHcloud sells a separate CDN product; nothing is integrated with the VPS. |
| Serverless functions | Partial Azure Functions is a sibling product and can even run on the same plan, but it is not part of App Service itself. | No Not a VPS feature. |
| Docker containers | Yes Custom containers are first-class on Linux plans. | Yes Docker app image at install time, or install it yourself. |
| SSH / shell access | Partial Browser and CLI SSH into the app container — not a VM you own. | Yes Full root SSH. |
| EU hosting region | Yes West Europe, North Europe, Germany, France, Sweden, Poland, Italy, Spain, and more. | Yes France, Germany, Poland, and the UK — OVHcloud is EU-headquartered. |
Runtime & operations
| Azure App Service | OVHcloud VPS | |
|---|---|---|
| Automatic scaling | Partial Rule-based autoscale from the Standard tier; smarter automatic scaling needs Premium. | No Manual plan upgrades only. |
| Scale to zero | No Paid plans bill continuously; only the free F1 tier unloads idle apps (with cold starts). | No A monthly subscription bills until cancelled, powered off or not. |
| Scheduled jobs | Yes WebJobs run scheduled and background tasks inside the plan. | Yes Classic cron on the box. |
| Managed database | Yes Azure Database for PostgreSQL/MySQL from ~$19/month, plus SQL Database and Cosmos DB. | Partial Managed databases exist on OVH Public Cloud (from ~$64/month) — a separate product, not part of the VPS. |
| Logs & metrics built in | Yes Application Insights is deeply integrated — but ingestion bills per GB. | Partial Basic usage graphs in the control panel; app-level monitoring is yours. |
Watch out for
Azure App Service
- A Windows B1 plan costs ~$55/month versus ~$13 for the same tier on Linux — and default tooling sometimes nudges you toward Windows.
- You pay per App Service Plan, not per app: a second plan doubles the bill even if both are nearly idle.
- The free F1 tier has a hard 60 CPU-minutes/day quota that silently stops your app when exhausted.
- Ride-along services (Application Insights ingestion, Defender for Cloud) show up as surprise line items.
- The spending cap only exists on credit subscriptions (free trial, MSDN) — pay-as-you-go has alerts only.
OVHcloud
- The advertised prices are "from" prices tied to the longest commitment — rolling month-to-month costs more.
- Traffic is unlimited in Europe and North America only; Asia-Pacific locations have 500 GB – 3 TB quotas, then throttle to 10 Mbps.
- Standard-tier support is slow and famously unhelpful for anything OS-level — you are expected to manage the server yourself.
- OVHcloud US is a separate legal entity with its own accounts — easy to sign up in the wrong portal.
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