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Explore free Azure services

See which services offer free monthly amounts.

There are two groups of free services

Certain types of these services are free up to a monthly amount.

Popular services are free for your first 12 months

Get monthly free amounts of these services for 12 months from the date you create your Azure account.*

55+ other services are free always

Keep getting monthly free amounts of these services for as long as you have an Azure account.

Azure services that are free for 12 months

COMPUTE

Azure Virtual Machines—Linux

750 hours B1s burstable virtual machines

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

COMPUTE

Azure Virtual Machines—Windows

750 hours B1s burstable virtual machines

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

STORAGE

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.

STORAGE

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.

DATABASES

Azure SQL Database

250 GB S0 instance with 10 database transaction units

Create a SQL Database that delivers intelligence built-in.

DATABASES

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.

DATABASES

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.

NETWORKING

Azure VPN Gateway

750 hours VpnGw1 Gateway Type

Establish secure, cross-premises connectivity.

NETWORKING

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.

DATABASES

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.

INTEGRATION

Azure Service Bus

750 hours and 13 million operations Standard tier base unit

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

STORAGE

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

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.

CONTAINERS

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.

STORAGE

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).

NETWORKING

Bandwidth (Data transfer)

15 GB outbound

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

AI + MACHINE LEARNING

Computer Vision

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

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

AI + MACHINE LEARNING

Translator

2 million characters S0 tier

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

AI + MACHINE LEARNING

Anomaly Detector

20,000 transactions S0 tier

Detect anomalies in data to quickly identify and troubleshoot issues.

AI + MACHINE LEARNING

Form Recogniser

500 pages S0 tier

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

Azure services that are free always

DATABASES

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.

COMPUTE

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.

COMPUTE

Azure Functions

1 million requests

Process events with a serverless code architecture.

INTEGRATION

Azure Event Grid

100,000 operations

Get reliable event delivery at massive scale.

COMPUTE

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Free

Deploy and manage containers using the tools you choose.

AI + MACHINE LEARNING

Azure Bot Service

10,000 premium channel messages and unlimited standard channel messages

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

INTEGRATION

Azure Logic Apps

4,000 built-in actions with the Consumption plan

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

DEVELOPER TOOLS

Azure DevTest Labs

Free

Enable fast, easy and lean dev-test environments.

CONTAINERS

Azure Service Fabric

Free

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

DEVELOPER TOOLS

Azure DevOps

5 users with unlimited private Git repos

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

SECURITY

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.

MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE

Azure Advisor

Unlimited

Get personalised recommendations and best practices for Azure.

INTEGRATION

Azure API Management

1 million monthly calls free with Consumption tier

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

MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE

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.

MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE

Azure Managed Applications, Service catalogue

Free publishing

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

INTERNET OF THINGS

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.

DATABASES

Azure Data Factory

5 low-frequency activities

Compose and manage data services at scale.

AI + MACHINE LEARNING

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.

CONTAINERS

Azure Notification Hubs

1 million push notifications with free namespace

Send push notifications to any platform from any back end.

COMPUTE

Azure Batch

Free

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

Try free Azure services today

Create your Azure free account and get popular services free for 12 months and 55+ other services free always. Plus, get $200 credit to use in your first 30 days.

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*12 months free services is available only to new customers who have not previously had an Azure account or received 12 months of free services. It is not currently available to customers who sign up directly for pay as you go in China and India. Customers who try Azure free must move to pay as you go within 30 days to continue receiving 12 months free services.

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