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Enterprise-grade cloud platform with the deepest Windows/.NET and hybrid-cloud integration.

Last updated 2026-07-18

Starting price
$3.8/mo
Uptime SLA
99.99%
Storage
SSD
Regions
60
Managed K8s
Yes
Compliance
SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, FedRAMP, GDPR, PCI DSS
Best forEnterprisesWindows/.NET workloadsHybrid cloudRegulated industries

Products and pricing

43 tiers

Pay-as-you-go IaaS VMs across burstable, general-purpose, memory-optimized, and compute-optimized series

Linux

TierPriceRAMvCPUDiskTransferActions
B1ls$3.8/mo ($0.0052/hr)512 MB1 vCPU--
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B1s$7.59/mo ($0.0104/hr)1 GB1 vCPU--
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B1ms$15.11/mo ($0.0207/hr)2 GB1 vCPU--
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B2s$30.37/mo ($0.0416/hr)4 GB2 vCPU--
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B2ms$60.74/mo ($0.0832/hr)8 GB2 vCPU--
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B4ms$121.18/mo ($0.166/hr)16 GB4 vCPU--
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B8ms$243.09/mo ($0.333/hr)32 GB8 vCPU--
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B12ms$364.27/mo ($0.499/hr)48 GB12 vCPU--
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B16ms$486.18/mo ($0.666/hr)64 GB16 vCPU--
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B20ms$607.36/mo ($0.832/hr)80 GB20 vCPU--
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TierPriceRAMvCPUDiskTransferActions
F64s_v2$1975.38/mo ($2.706/hr)F64s_v2, Linux pay-as-you-go, eastus — live from Azure Retail Prices APIn/an/a
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F2s_v2$61.76/mo ($0.0846/hr)4 GB2 vCPU--
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F4s_v2$123.37/mo ($0.169/hr)8 GB4 vCPU--
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F8s_v2$246.74/mo ($0.338/hr)16 GB8 vCPU--
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F16s_v2$494.21/mo ($0.677/hr)32 GB16 vCPU--
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F32s_v2$987.69/mo ($1.353/hr)64 GB32 vCPU--
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F72s_v2$2222.85/mo ($3.045/hr)144 GB72 vCPU--
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D2s_v5$70.08/mo ($0.096/hr)8 GB2 vCPU--
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D4s_v5$140.16/mo ($0.192/hr)16 GB4 vCPU--
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D8s_v5$280.32/mo ($0.384/hr)32 GB8 vCPU--
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D16s_v5$560.64/mo ($0.768/hr)64 GB16 vCPU--
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D32s_v5$1121.28/mo ($1.536/hr)128 GB32 vCPU--
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D64s_v5$2242.56/mo ($3.072/hr)256 GB64 vCPU--
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D96s_v5$3363.84/mo ($4.608/hr)384 GB96 vCPU--
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E2s_v5$91.98/mo ($0.126/hr)16 GB2 vCPU--
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E4s_v5$183.96/mo ($0.252/hr)32 GB4 vCPU--
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E8s_v5$367.92/mo ($0.504/hr)64 GB8 vCPU--
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E16s_v5$735.84/mo ($1.008/hr)128 GB16 vCPU--
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E32s_v5$1471.68/mo ($2.016/hr)256 GB32 vCPU--
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E64s_v5$2943.36/mo ($4.032/hr)512 GB64 vCPU--
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Managed Kubernetes control plane with Free, Standard, and Premium tiers

TierPriceRAMvCPUDiskTransferActions
Free tier$0/mo ($0/hr)No SLA (best-effort ~99.5% API server uptime goal); pay only for node VMs, storage, networking. Recommended for dev/test and clusters under 10 nodes.n/an/a
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Standard tier$73/mo ($0.1/hr)SLA-backed control plane: 99.95% with availability zones, 99.9% without. Up to 5,000 nodes/cluster, API server autoscaling. Recommended for all production workloads.n/an/a
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Premium tier$73/mo ($0.1/hr)Adds Kubernetes Long Term Support (LTS) on top of Standard-tier SLA guarantees. Exact incremental premium rate not confirmed from available sources this session -- priced same as Standard as a placeholder, consult Azure pricing calculator for the LTS surcharge.n/an/a
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Fully managed platform for web apps, REST APIs, and mobile backends

TierPriceRAMvCPUDiskTransferActions
Free (F1)$0/moShared compute, 60 CPU-minutes/day, 1 GiB storage -- dev/test only. Commonly cited industry figure, not independently re-confirmed this session.n/an/a
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Basic B1$13.14/mo ($0.018/hr)1.75 GB1 vCPU--
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Standard S1$73/mo ($0.1/hr)1.75 GB1 vCPU--
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Premium v3 P1V3$146/mo ($0.2/hr)8 GB2 vCPU--
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Object storage with Hot, Cool, Cold, and Archive access tiers

TierPriceRAMvCPUDiskTransferActions
Hot tier$0.02/moPer GB/month, LRS, first 50 TB. Sources disagreed: $0.018-$0.023/GB depending on aggregator; free reads/writes are metered separately per 10K operations.n/an/a
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Cool tier$0.01/moPer GB/month, LRS. Lower storage cost, retrieval and early-deletion fees apply for objects deleted before 30 days.n/an/a
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Cold tier$0/moPer GB/month, LRS. 90-day minimum retention; retrieval fee $0.0369/GB; every object billed as min 128 KiB.n/an/a
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Archive tier$0/moPer GB/month, LRS. 180-day minimum retention; retrieval fee $0.02/GB (high-priority) plus $6.50/10,000 read ops; every object billed as min 128 KiB.n/an/a
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Managed PostgreSQL with Burstable, General Purpose, and Memory Optimized compute tiers

TierPriceRAMvCPUDiskTransferActions
Burstable B1ms$12.41/mo ($0.017/hr)2 GB1 vCPU--
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General Purpose D2s$95/mo ($0.13/hr)8 GB2 vCPU--
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Price history

We keep every price we've ever captured for Microsoft Azure, so you can see whether a plan's price is holding, creeping up, or recently dropped before you commit.

$3.80Jul 18, 2026: $3.80/moAug 10, 2026: re-checked, still $3.80/moAug 17, 2026: re-checked, still $3.80/moAug 24, 2026: re-checked, still $3.80/moJul 18, 2026Today$3.80/mo
Current
$3.80/mo
Lowest tracked
$3.80/mo
Highest tracked
$3.80/mo
Price changes
0
Last checked
Aug 24, 2026

Tracked since Jul 18, 2026. Microsoft Azure hasn't changed this price in that time — we re-check it weekly, and each hollow point above is a check that found the same price.

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Hidden costs

  • Windows Server VMs carry a license surcharge on top of the Linux compute rate
  • Outbound bandwidth billed above 100 GB/month pooled free tier, tiered by volume
  • Premium SSD/Ultra Disk IOPS and throughput billed separately from disk capacity
  • Blob Storage Cool/Cold/Archive tiers bill a minimum 128 KiB per object and impose early-deletion penalties (90/180 day minimums)
  • Archive tier retrieval fees are notably high ($6.50/10,000 read ops)
  • AKS Standard tier control plane fee ($0.10/hr per cluster) on top of node VM costs

Runs these stacks well

  • Angular

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  • Spring Boot

    Azure Spring Apps is a managed runtime built specifically for Spring Boot.

  • ASP.NET Core

    Azure App Service is Microsoft's own managed runtime for ASP.NET Core.

  • Java

    Azure App Service and Azure Spring Apps both offer managed Java runtimes.

  • C# / .NET

    Azure App Service is Microsoft's own managed runtime for .NET.

  • SQL Server

    Azure SQL Database is Microsoft's own managed SQL Server platform.

  • Umbraco

    Azure App Service has first-party ASP.NET Core support and Azure SQL for Umbraco's database.

  • DNN (DotNetNuke)

    Azure App Service and Azure SQL are Microsoft's own managed runtime for DNN's .NET/SQL Server stack.

  • Flask

    Deploys Flask as a managed app on Microsoft Azure's App Service — git push, no server admin.

  • FastAPI

    Deploys FastAPI as a managed app on Microsoft Azure's App Service — git push, no server admin.

  • Ruby on Rails

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  • Sinatra

    Deploys Sinatra as a managed app on Microsoft Azure's App Service — git push, no server admin.

  • NestJS

    Deploys NestJS as a managed app on Microsoft Azure's App Service — git push, no server admin.

  • Fastify

    Deploys Fastify as a managed app on Microsoft Azure's App Service — git push, no server admin.

  • Gin

    Deploys Gin as a managed app on Microsoft Azure's App Service — git push, no server admin.

  • Echo

    Deploys Echo as a managed app on Microsoft Azure's App Service — git push, no server admin.

  • Actix Web

    Deploys Actix Web as a managed app on Microsoft Azure's App Service — git push, no server admin.

  • Axum

    Deploys Axum as a managed app on Microsoft Azure's App Service — git push, no server admin.

  • Phoenix

    Deploys Phoenix as a managed app on Microsoft Azure's App Service — git push, no server admin.

  • Ghost

    Deploys Ghost as a managed app on Microsoft Azure's App Service — git push, no server admin.

  • Medusa

    Deploys Medusa as a managed app on Microsoft Azure's App Service — git push, no server admin.

  • Saleor

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