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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.

Take advantage of free products

These products are free up to the specified monthly amounts. Some are always free to all Azure customers, and some are free for 12 months to new customers only.

12 Months

12 Months

Always

  • Azure SQL Database

    100,000 vCore seconds of SQL database serverless usage per month with 32 GB of storage

12 Months

  • Azure Blob Storage

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

Always

  • Azure Cosmos DB

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

Always

Always

Always

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.

Other ways to start with Azure

  • Pay as you go

    Get started with pay-as-you-go pricing and only pay for what you use beyond monthly free amounts of services. No up-front commitment. Cancel anytime.

  • Azure for Students

    Get access to free developer tools and $100 credit. No credit card required—all you need is an academic email address.

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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.