Explore free Azure services

Azure Virtual Machines—Linux

750 hours B1s burstable virtual machines

Create Linux virtual machines with on-demand capacity in seconds.

Azure Virtual Machines—Windows

750 hours B1s burstable virtual machines

Create Windows virtual machines with on-demand capacity in seconds.

Azure Managed Disks

2 64 GB (P6) solid state drives SSD storage, plus 1 GB snapshot and 2 million I/O operations

Get high performance, durable block storage for Azure Virtual Machines with simplified management.

Azure Blob Storage

5 GB locally redundant storage (LRS) hot block with 20,000 read and 10,000 write operations

Use massively scalable object storage for any type of unstructured data.

Azure SQL Database

250 GB S0 instance with 10 database transaction units

Create a SQL Database that delivers intelligence built-in.

Azure Database for PostgreSQL

750 hours of Flexible Server – Burstable B1MS Instance, 32 GB storage, and 32 GB backup storage

Build intelligent, scalable apps with fully managed database for PostgreSQL.

Azure Database for MySQL

750 hours of Flexible Server Preview—Burstable B1MS Instance, 32 GB storage and 32 GB backup storage

Host a fully managed, scalable MySQL database in Azure.

Azure VPN Gateway

750 hours VpnGw1 Gateway Type

Establish secure, cross-premises connectivity.

Azure Load Balancer

750 hours, 15 GB of data processing, and up to 5 rules with Standard Azure Load Balancer

Instantly add scale, availability, and network performance to your applications.

Azure Cosmos DB

400 request units per-second provisioned throughput with 25 GB storage

Build modern apps at any scale using a fast NoSQL database with open APIs.

Azure Service Bus

750 hours and 13 million operations Standard tier base unit

Get reliable cloud messaging as a service with simple hybrid integration.

Azure Files ^New

100 GB of LRS transaction optimised, hot and cool files. 2 million read, list and other file operations

Migrate to simple, distributed, cross-platform file storage without changing code.

Media Services, Live and on-demand streaming ^New

5 hours each of Standard Passthrough, Live Transcription, and Standard Streaming endpoint

Deliver content to virtually any device at scale.

Azure Container Registry

1 Standard tier registry with 100 GB storage and 10 webhooks

Store and manage container images across all types of Azure deployments.

Azure Archive Storage

10 GB LRS storage, 10 GB LRS or GRS write and retrieval and 100 reads

Store and manage rarely accessed data with locally redundant storage (LRS) or geo-redundant storage (GRS).

Bandwidth (Data transfer)

15 GB outbound

Transfer data inbound and outbound through our robust network of global data centers.

Computer Vision

5,000 transactions for each S1, S2 and S3 tier

Extract rich information from images to categorise and process visual data.

Translator

2 million characters S0 tier

Add real-time, multi-language text translation to your apps, websites and tools.

Anomaly Detector

20,000 transactions S0 tier

Detect anomalies in data to quickly identify and troubleshoot issues.

Form Recogniser

500 pages S0 tier

Automate the extraction of text, key/value pairs and tables from your documents.

Personaliser

50,000 transactions S0 tier

Deliver rich, personalised experiences for every user.

Content Moderator

10,000 transactions S0 tier to moderate or review

Moderate text and images to provide a safer, more positive user experience.

Custom Vision

10,000 predictions S0 tier, one training hour, two projects with 5,000 training images each

Easily customise computer vision models for your unique use case.

Face

30,000 transactions S0 tier

Detect and identify people and emotions in images.

Language Understanding (LUIS)

10,000 text request transactions S0 tier

Build natural language understanding into apps, bots and IoT devices.

QnA Maker

3 managed documents S0 tier

Create a conversational question-and-answer bot from your existing content.

Cognitive Service for Language

5,000 text records

Extract information such as sentiment, key phrases, named entities and language from your text.

Azure Key Vault

10,000 transactions RSA 2048-bit keys or secret operations, Standard tier

Safeguard and maintain control of keys and other secrets.

Azure Media Services, Encoding feature

20 output minutes Standard encoder video or audio source file encoding

Index, package, protect and stream video and audio at scale.

Azure Cosmos DB

1,000 request units per-second provisioned throughput with 25 GB storage

Build modern apps at any scale using a fast NoSQL database with open APIs.

Azure App Service

10 web, mobile, or API apps with 1 GB storage 1 hour per day

Quickly create powerful apps for any platform or device using your choice of tools including Node.js and PHP.

Azure Functions

1 million requests

Process events with a serverless code architecture.

Azure Event Grid

100,000 operations

Get reliable event delivery at massive scale.

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Free

Deploy and manage containers using the tools you choose.

Azure Bot Service

10,000 premium channel messages and unlimited standard channel messages

Develop intelligent, enterprise-grade bots that scale on demand.

Azure Logic Apps

4,000 built-in actions with the Consumption plan

Build automated integration solutions across clouds and on-premises systems.

Azure DevTest Labs

Free

Enable fast, easy and lean dev-test environments.

Azure Service Fabric

Free

Build and operate always-on, scalable, distributed apps.

Azure DevOps

5 users with unlimited private Git repos

Build apps in any language using Git repos, CI/CD and build and release automation.

Azure Security Centre

Free policy assessment and recommendations

Prevent, detect and respond to threats with increased visibility and control over the security of your Azure resources.

Azure Advisor

Unlimited

Get personalised recommendations and best practices for Azure.

Azure API Management

1 million monthly calls free with Consumption tier

Manage APIs across all platforms with a hybrid, multicloud platform.

Azure Cloud Shell

5 GB free storage in Azure Files for 12 months

Manage Azure resources in a browser-based shell using popular command-line tools and programming languages.

Azure Managed Applications, Service catalogue

Free publishing

Make it easier to acquire services with a catalogue of approved cloud offerings.

Azure Maps

1,000 to 5,000 transactions for specific mapping and location insights features

Create location-aware web and mobile applications using geospatial services, APIs, and SDKs.

Azure Data Factory

5 low-frequency activities

Compose and manage data services at scale.

Azure Cognitive Search

50 MB storage for 10,000 hosted documents and 3 indexes per service

Include a cloud search service in your web and mobile application.

Azure Notification Hubs

1 million push notifications with free namespace

Send push notifications to any platform from any back end.

Azure Batch

Free

Scale your application in the cloud with job orchestration and scheduling for HPC applications.

Azure Automation

500 minutes of job runtime

Simplify cloud management with process automation.

Azure App Configuration

1,000 requests per day with 10 MB storage

Store and manage configurations for all your Azure apps.

Azure Spatial Anchors

10,000 anchors queried

Build mixed reality apps that map, share and persist 3D content.

Azure Network Watcher

5 GB storage with 1,000 checks, 10 tests and 10 connection metrics

Monitor, diagnose and gain insights into your network performance and health.

Face API

30,000 transactions of Free instance

Detect, identify, analyse, organise, and tag faces in images.

Speech to Text

5 audio hours each of Standard, Customised, and Conversation Transcription Multichannel Audio, 1 Customised endpoint hosting model

Transcribe spoken audio to text.

Text to Speech

5 million characters Standard, 500,000 characters Neural, and 5 million characters Customised, 1 Customised endpoint hosting model

Build apps that convert text to lifelike speech.

Speech Translation

5 audio hours Standard

Integrate real-time speech translation into your app.

Immersive Reader

3 million characters

Embed text reading and comprehension capabilities into applications.

Azure Arc

Free Azure control plane functionality for resources outside Azure, search and indexing for Azure Arc-enabled resources

Extend Azure management and services.

Azure Migrate

Free

Discover, assess, right-size, and migrate your on-premises virtual machines to Azure.

Azure Open Datasets

Free (egress charges may apply)

Accelerate machine learning with curated datasets.

Azure Private Link

Free

Privately access services on Azure, keeping your data on the Microsoft network.

Azure Database Migration Service

Free Standard Compute

Simplify on-premises database migration to the cloud.

Azure Monitor

See Azure Monitor pricing details for free amounts per feature

Gain full observability into your applications, infrastructure, and network.

Azure Lighthouse

Free

Manage service providers with Zero Trust access controls.

Static Web Apps

100 GB bandwidth per subscription, 2 customised domains and .5 GB storage per app

Streamline full-stack development from source code to global high availability.

Azure IoT Edge

Free, open-source edge runtime

Extend cloud intelligence and analytics to IoT edge devices.

Azure IoT Hub

8,000 messages per day and .5 KB message metre size of Free edition

Connect, monitor, and manage IoT assets with a scalable platform.

Azure Active Directory (Azure AD)

50,000 stored objects with single sign-on (SSO) to all cloud apps

Enable identity and access management in the cloud.

Azure Policy

Free access to configuration and change tracking features

Achieve real-time cloud compliance at scale with consistent resource governance.

Azure SignalR Service

20 concurrent connections per unit and 20,000 messages

Add real-time communications into your web applications.

Azure Data Catalog

Unlimited users

Get more value from your enterprise data assets.

Azure Virtual Network

50 virtual networks

Provision private networks and connect to on-premises datacenters.

Bandwidth (Data transfer)

100 GB outbound

Transfer data inbound and outbound through our robust.

Visual Studio Code

Free

Boost your productivity with a powerful, lightweight code editor for cloud development.

Machine Learning

Free

Develop and run R and Python models on your platform of choice.

SQL Server 2019 Developer Edition

Free

Build, test and demonstrate applications in a non-production environment.

Azure Attestation

Free

Verify the identity and security posture of trusted platform modules and trusted execution environments.

Azure Resource Mover

Free (ingress and egress charges may apply)

Simplify how you move multiple resources between Azure regions.

Container Apps

180,000 vCPU seconds, 360,000 GiB seconds, and 2 million requests

Build and deploy modern apps and microservices using serverless containers.

Cost Management

Free

Monitor, allocate, and optimise cloud costs with transparency, accuracy, and efficiency.

Health Bot

3,000 messages (up to 10 messages per second)

Build and deploy AI-powered, compliant, conversational healthcare experiences at scale.

Health Data Services

1 GB structured and blob storage, 50,000 API requests, .5 GB transformation operations, 100,000 events

Unify and manage health data and protected health information (PHI) in the cloud.

Metrics Advisor

25 time series

Embed AI-powered monitoring features to proactively diagnose issues.

Resource Manager

Free

Simplify how you manage your app resources.

Speaker Recognition

10,000 transactions each of speaker verification, speaker identification, and voice storage

Accurately verify and identify speakers by their unique voice characteristics.

Web PubSub

20,000 messages per unit per day and 20 concurrent connections per unit (1 unit max)

Build real-time, two-way communication into your web and mobile apps.