Security Center pricing
Strengthen security posture and protect hybrid cloud workloads with Azure Security Center.
- No upfront cost
- No termination fees
- Pay only for what you use
Start your Azure free account and get a $200 credit for 30 days, plus get 12 months of free access to Security Center.
US government entities are eligible to purchase Azure Government services from a licensing solution provider with no upfront financial commitment or directly through a pay-as-you-go online subscription.
Important: The price in R$ is merely a reference; this is an international transaction and the final price is subject to exchange rates and the inclusion of IOF taxes. An eNF will not be issued.
Azure Germany is available to customers and partners who have already purchased this, doing business in the European Union (EU), the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and in the United Kingdom (UK). It provides data residency in Germany with additional levels of control and data protection. You can also sign up for a free Azure trial.
US government entities are eligible to purchase Azure Government services from a licensing solution provider with no upfront financial commitment or directly through a pay-as-you-go online subscription.
Important: The price in R$ is merely a reference; this is an international transaction and the final price is subject to exchange rates and the inclusion of IOF taxes. An eNF will not be issued.
Azure Germany is available to customers and partners who have already purchased this, doing business in the European Union (EU), the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and in the United Kingdom (UK). It provides data residency in Germany with additional levels of control and data protection. You can also sign up for a free Azure trial.
Azure Security Center is a built-in tool that helps strengthen cloud security posture and, integrated with Azure Defender, provides threat protection for workloads running in Azure, on-premises and in other clouds. It enables continuous assessment of security posture, protects against cyberattacks using Microsoft’s vast threat intelligence and streamlines security management with integrated controls
Pricing details
Azure Security Center protects Azure, on-premises and hybrid resources through its Free tier and its integration with Azure Defender.
When you enable Azure Defender, we automatically enrol and start protecting all your resources unless you explicitly decide to opt out. For any resource that is protected by Azure Defender, you will be charged according to the pricing model below.
Azure Defender is free for the first 30 days. Any usage beyond 30 days will be automatically charged as per the pricing scheme below.
| Features | Azure Security Center Free Tier | Azure Defender |
|---|---|---|
| Continuous assessment and security recommendations | ||
| Azure secure score | ||
| Just-in-time VM Access | ‐ ‐ | |
| Adaptive application controls and network hardening | ‐ ‐ | |
| Regulatory compliance dashboard and reports | ‐ ‐ | |
| Threat protection for Azure VMs and non-Azure servers (including Server EDR) | ‐ ‐ | |
| Threat protection for PaaS services | ‐ ‐ | |
| Microsoft Defender for Endpoint (servers) | ‐ ‐ |
For threat pricing on threat protection capabilities Azure Defender provides, please visit: Azure Defender pricing page.
FAQ
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A transaction is an API call with a request payload size of up to 1,000 data points included in the time series. Each increment of 1,000 data points will be counted as an additional transaction. For example, an API call with request payload size of 2,050 data points is three transactions. The maximum request payload size is 8,640 data points. Each data point in the time series is a time stamp/numerical value pair.