Alternative to Microsoft Azure
Looking for a Microsoft Azure alternative?
Azure is Microsoft's enterprise cloud, built around organisational accounts, subscriptions and verified billing.
What MercureHosting offers
✓ Windows RDP without enterprise onboarding
✓ Crypto payments
✓ Offshore jurisdictions
MercureHosting vs a typical hyperscale cloud
Category comparison (hyperscale clouds) based on common practice, not a statement about Microsoft Azure specifically. Check any provider's current terms yourself.
| MercureHosting | Typical hyperscale cloud | |
|---|---|---|
| Identity at sign-up | Not required | Verified card and account checks |
| Payment | Crypto (BTC, XMR, USDT, ETH, LTC, SOL, TRX) | Card or invoiced billing |
| Pricing model | Flat monthly, unmetered VPS bandwidth | Usage-metered, including egress |
| Legal home of the provider | Your choice of seven jurisdictions | Usually the US |
| Foreign notices | Reviewed under the hosting country's law | Handled under the provider's own process |
| Managed services | Focused: servers, GPU, domains | Hundreds of managed services |
Microsoft Azure is a trademark of its owner. MercureHosting is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Microsoft Azure. If you need things we don't offer, Microsoft Azure may suit you better, and plenty of people use both.
Popular Windows RDP
RDP Desk
Moldova
$18/mo
- CPU: 2 vCPU
- RAM: 4 GB RAM
- Storage: 60 GB NVMe
- OS: Windows 11 Pro or Server 2022
RDP Studio
Moldova
$30.50/mo
- CPU: 4 vCPU
- RAM: 8 GB RAM
- Storage: 120 GB NVMe
- OS: Windows 11 Pro or Server 2022
RDP Office
Moldova
$50.50/mo
- CPU: 8 vCPU
- RAM: 16 GB RAM
- Storage: 250 GB NVMe
- OS: Windows Server 2022 / 2025
Prices in USD, billed in crypto. Save up to 50% on longer terms.
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