Develop your next app with your Azure free account
Get started with 12 months of free services
What do I get?
With your Azure free account, you get all of this—and you won’t be charged until you choose to upgrade.
of popular free services
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to explore Azure for 30 days
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25+ services
What can I do with my free account?
Here are just a few ideas of all you can do with Azure
Build and host your first web or mobile app using the languages, tools, and platform of your choice.
Use a relational database-as-a-service to host your high-performance, data-driven apps.
Manage and monitor apps to help diagnose issues, improve performance, and assess usage.
Four more Azure services, now free for 12 months
Plus, now get Azure Logic Apps free, always.
Which products are free for 12 months?
These products are free for 12 months, up to the monthly limits. Availability is based on resource and region.
Linux Virtual Machines
COMPUTE750 hours
B1S Standard tier
Windows Virtual Machines
COMPUTE750 hours
B1S Standard tier
Managed Disks
STORAGE64 GB x 2
P6 solid state drives (SSD)
Blob Storage
STORAGE5 GB
locally redundant storage (LRS) hot block
File Storage
STORAGE5 GB
LRS file storage
SQL Database
DATABASES250 GB
Azure Database for PostgreSQL NEW
DATABASES750 hours
of Flexible Server Preview—Burstable B1MS Instance, 32 GB storage, and 32 GB backup storage
Azure Database for MySQL NEW
DATABASES750 hours
of Flexible Server Preview—Burstable B1MS Instance, 32 GB storage, and 32 GB backup storage
Key Vault NEW
SECURITY10,000 transactions
RSA 2048-bit keys or secret operations, Standard tier
Media Services—Encoding NEW
MEDIA20 output minutes
Standard encoder video or audio source file encoding
VPN Gateway
NETWORKING750 hours
VpnGw1 Gateway Type
Load Balancer
NETWORKING750 hours, 15 GB data processing, 5 rules
Standard Load Balancer
Which products are always free?
These products are always free, up to the specified amounts. Availability is based on resource and region.
Azure Cosmos DB
DATABASES1000 RU/s
provisioned throughput with 25 GB of storage
Azure App Service
COMPUTE10
web, mobile, or API apps with 1 GB storage
Azure Functions
COMPUTE1 Million
requests per month
Azure Event Grid
INTEGRATION100,000
operations per month
Azure Bot Service
AI + MACHINE LEARNING4,000
10,000 premium channel messages and unlimited standard channel messages
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
COMPUTEFree
What else do I need to know?
Do I pay anything to start with the Azure free account?
No. Starting is free, plus you get a $200 credit you can spend during the first 30 days.
What happens once I use my $200 free credit or I’m at the end of 30 days?
We'll notify you so you can decide if you want to upgrade to pay-as-you-go pricing and remove the spending limit. If you do, you’ll have access to free products. If you don’t, your account and products will be disabled, and you'll need to upgrade to resume usage.
What happens at the end of the 12 months of free products?
For 12 months after you upgrade your account, certain amounts of a number of products are free. After 12 months, you’ll be billed at the standard pay-as-you-go rates.
What do I need to sign up for a free account?
All you need is a phone number, a credit card or debit card (non-prepaid), and a GitHub account or Microsoft account username (formerly Windows Live ID). Only credit cards are accepted in Hong Kong and Brazil.
*Depending on the country in which you sign up for your Azure free account, you may receive this credit in a specified local currency.
Who can I talk to if I have questions?
Get personalized guidance and answers to questions you might have whether you’re evaluating the cloud, starting your first project, or migrating to Azure.