INGATE Cloud vs. Microsoft Azure
The direct comparison: No egress costs, dedicated cores, and personal support from Munich — instead of shared resources, hidden fees, and the US Cloud Act.
Interactive Compute Price Comparison
Configure your desired resources and see in real time what you would pay at Azure — and what at INGATE.
CPU Generation
Azure: Fasv6: EPYC Gen 4 (Genoa)
INGATE: EPYC Gen 4/5 (Genoa & Turin)
Cores
Azure: Full cores (no SMT)
INGATE: Dedicated, no overcommit
PassMark/Core
Azure: No guarantee
INGATE: Guaranteed >2,100
Traffic
Azure: Egress: 0.07 €/GB
INGATE: Fully included
Comparison: Azure Fasv6 series (AMD EPYC Genoa, dedicated cores without SMT), Region Germany West Central (Frankfurt), Pay-As-You-Go without contract commitment. Source: Microsoft Azure Retail Prices API, as of March 2026. All prices net plus VAT.
Hidden Costs at Azure
The VM price is just the tip of the iceberg. These additional costs may apply at Azure.
Egress Traffic
The Cost Trap
Up to 0.0737 EUR per GB of outgoing traffic. At 10 TB per month, that is over 700 EUR — just for data leaving your data center. At INGATE: Traffic fully included.
Log Analytics & Monitoring
Per GB of Log Data
Azure Monitor and Log Analytics charge per ingested GB. With intensive use, this quickly reaches 200-500 EUR per month. At INGATE, monitoring is included in the managed service.
Private Endpoints & Networking
Per Endpoint and Hour
Each Private Endpoint costs approximately 7.30 EUR per month plus 0.008 EUR per GB of processed data. VPN Gateway from 137 EUR per month. At INGATE: Networking included.
Backup Storage
0.019 EUR per GB/mo
Azure Backup charges LRS storage at 0.019 EUR/GB plus a protected instance fee of 8.47 EUR per VM per month. For 1 TB of backup: approximately 28 EUR extra.
Support (ProDirect)
approx. 930 EUR/mo
For personal support with architecture consulting, Azure charges approximately 930 EUR per month (ProDirect plan). The Basic plan only offers billing support. At INGATE: Personal engineer included.
Reserved Instance Lock-in
1–3 Year Commitment
To get discounts at Azure, you must commit to 1 or 3 years. If you miscalculate, you pay for unused capacity. Early termination comes with penalty fees. At INGATE: Cancel monthly.
Interactive GPU Price Comparison
NVIDIA vGPUs for AI, machine learning, and rendering — in a direct price comparison with Azure GPU VMs.
Azure prices: GPU VMs, Region Germany West Central (Frankfurt), Pay-As-You-Go without contract commitment. INGATE prices: GPU + vCores + RAM + Storage. Source: Azure Retail Prices API, as of March 2026.
Cloud Act & Data Sovereignty
Why server location alone is not enough — and what this means for your data at Azure.
The US CLOUD Act obligates US companies like Microsoft to hand over data to US authorities upon request — regardless of server location. Even if your Azure VMs run in Frankfurt or Amsterdam, US authorities can demand access.
An expert opinion from the University of Cologne confirms: US surveillance laws (CLOUD Act, FISA Section 702) take precedence over all contractual data protection assurances from providers. Contractual promises such as "we will contest requests" have no legal binding force against US laws.
Particularly critical: The Trump administration dismissed three of five members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) in early 2025. The body that monitors compliance with data protection commitments under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework is no longer quorate — the foundation of the adequacy decision is on shaky ground.
INGATE is a German GmbH. No Cloud Act, no FISA, no US jurisdiction. Your data remains under German law.
Sources: Security Insider, Wire.com, IAPP, Kiteworks
Why Companies Are Leaving the Hyperscalers
The numbers speak for themselves: Cloud costs out of control, data protection under pressure, and a growing repatriation wave.
of companies cannot predict their monthly cloud bill
Source: Impossible Cloud, 2025
estimated global cloud waste in 2025 — 21–35% of spending goes unused
Source: Harness FinOps Report / IDC / Gartner
of CIOs have concrete plans to repatriate workloads from the public cloud (highest ever measured)
Source: Barclays / Citrix, 2024–2025
markup: How much AWS and Azure charge for egress traffic above actual bandwidth costs
Source: Cloudflare / Fluence Analysis
of the monthly bill comes from hidden items like egress, storage transactions, and network fees
Source: OpenMetal / FDC Servers
The Trump administration effectively abolished the Privacy oversight board in 2025 — basis of the EU-US Data Privacy Framework at risk
Source: IAPP / Security Insider, 2025
Azure vs. INGATE — Direct Comparison
Feature by feature — where are the differences?
Frequently Asked Questions
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Certified Data Centers
Our primary data center EMC Home of Data in Munich holds the following certifications. All additional data centers are at least ISO 27001 certified and powered by 100% renewable energy. Select locations additionally hold SOC 1, SOC 2, and PCI-DSS certifications.
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