Model provider cost

Host DeepSeek-R1 on Azure

DeepSeek-R1 needs 8x 80GB+ GPUs, and Azure's current cheapest qualifying row is A100 PCIE at $29.38/hr.

8x 80GB+ GPUs 671B params Frontier, cluster-only MIT
All LLM costs All Azure GPUs
Cheapest on this provider
$29.38/hr
A100 PCIE
Monthly estimate
$21,450/mo
730 hours at the current median
VRAM baseline
80GB
8x 80GB+ GPUs
Qualifying rows
5
Updated Jul 9, 2026
Live hosting options

Azure rows that can host DeepSeek-R1

The cheapest tracked way to host DeepSeek-R1 on Azure is A100 PCIE at $29.38/hr. The overall tracked market floor is $8.37/hr on Vast.ai, so Azure is $21.02/hr above the current floor.

Price source Azure Retail Prices API Published list pricing; private discounts and capacity terms are not reflected.
Methodology Freshness
GPU VRAM Per GPU Estimated hourly Estimated monthly Offers Updated
A100 PCIE 80GB $3.67/hr $29.38/hr $21,450/mo 9 Jul 9, 2026
Azure Retail Prices API 9 offers · Jul 9, 2026 global aggregate
A100 SXM4 80GB $4.10/hr $32.77/hr $23,922/mo 8 Jul 9, 2026
Azure Retail Prices API 8 offers · Jul 9, 2026 global aggregate
H100 NVL 94GB $6.98/hr $55.84/hr $40,763/mo 6 Jul 9, 2026
Azure Retail Prices API 6 offers · Jul 9, 2026 global aggregate
H200 141GB $10.60/hr $84.80/hr $61,904/mo 1 Jul 9, 2026
Azure Retail Prices API 1 offer · Jul 9, 2026 global aggregate
H100 SXM 80GB $12.29/hr $98.32/hr $71,774/mo 13 Jul 9, 2026
Azure Retail Prices API 13 offers · Jul 9, 2026 global aggregate
Model fit

Why this setup does or does not fit

VRAM floor

8x 80GB+ GPUs

8x 80GB GPUs or larger, plus fast interconnects. Long prompts, batching, and KV cache can require extra headroom.

Model quality

Frontier, cluster-only

Potentially exceptional reasoning quality, but this is an engineering program more than a plug-in model choice.

Operational note

DeepSeek 671B

This is no longer a single-box deployment problem; networking, scheduling, and batching dominate.

FAQ

DeepSeek-R1 on Azure FAQ

Can I host DeepSeek-R1 on Azure?

The cheapest tracked way to host DeepSeek-R1 on Azure is A100 PCIE at $29.38/hr.

What GPU memory does DeepSeek-R1 need?

Our baseline for DeepSeek-R1 is 8x 80GB+ GPUs. The practical recommendation is 8x 80GB GPUs or larger, plus fast interconnects.

Is Azure the cheapest provider for DeepSeek-R1?

The overall tracked market floor is $8.37/hr on Vast.ai, so Azure is $21.02/hr above the current floor.

How fresh is this Azure DeepSeek-R1 cost page?

This page recalculates from the latest tracked on-demand rows. The freshest qualifying Azure row shown here is from Jul 9, 2026.

Next research paths

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All self-hostable LLM costs Compare the full model catalog against live GPU prices. All Azure GPU prices Open the provider catalog behind these model hosting options. Azure vLLM hosting prices Compare this model-specific estimate with the broader vLLM workload slice. Cheapest market setup: Vast.ai A100 SXM4 Compare against the current $8.37/hr tracked floor.