Provider pricing
Microsoft Azure pricing
16 plans across 5 products, read from Microsoft Azure's own pages and dated.
Cheapest confirmed monthly VPS
$7.59a month
B1s · 1 vCPU · 1 GB memory
A worked bill, not just a price list
What a stateless Docker or API service costs here
$34.02 a month on B2s. One always-on instance at 2 vCPU and 4 GB, 100 GB egress. No disk, no database.
Bill breakdown
- Compute $30.37 B2s x 1
- Egress $0.00 Inside the 100 GB included allowance
- Public IPv4 $3.65 Not included in this plan
Microsoft Azure's extra charges: what the price list does not add up for you
A sticker price is compute. These are the charges that decide what the invoice says, and they are the reason two plans with identical vCPU and RAM can bill very differently.
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
| Plan | vCPU | Memory | Storage | Price | Price type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AKS Free tier control plane Not in the ranking: we could not find this price on Microsoft Azure's page; last confirmed too long ago 0 vCPU · 0 GB · no disk | 0 | 0 GB | none | $0.00 free tier, not a monthly price List price last confirmed 25 Jul 2026 | List price |
| AKS Standard tier control plane Not in the ranking: we could not find this price on Microsoft Azure's page 0 vCPU · 0 GB · no disk | 0 | 0 GB | none | $73.00 List price last confirmed 9 Oct 2026 | List price |
B-series virtual machines
Price by memory
| Plan | vCPU | Memory | Storage | Price | Price type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B1s Checked 16 Oct 2026 1 vCPU · 1 GB · no disk | 1 | 1 GB | none | $7.59 Our calculation | Our calculation |
| B1ms Checked 16 Oct 2026 1 vCPU · 2 GB · no disk | 1 | 2 GB | none | $15.11 Our calculation | Our calculation |
| B2s Checked 16 Oct 2026 2 vCPU · 4 GB · no disk | 2 | 4 GB | none | $30.37 Our calculation | Our calculation |
| B2ms Checked 16 Oct 2026 2 vCPU · 8 GB · no disk | 2 | 8 GB | none | $60.74 Our calculation | Our calculation |
| B4ms Checked 16 Oct 2026 4 vCPU · 16 GB · no disk | 4 | 16 GB | none | $121.18 Our calculation | Our calculation |
| B8ms Checked 16 Oct 2026 8 vCPU · 32 GB · no disk | 8 | 32 GB | none | $243.09 Our calculation | Our calculation |
Container Apps (Consumption)
| Plan | vCPU | Memory | Storage | Price | Price type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| business-hours Checked 16 Oct 2026 1 vCPU · 2 GB · no disk | 1 | 2 GB | none | $21.60 free tier, not a monthly price Our calculation | Our calculation |
| always-on Checked 16 Oct 2026 1 vCPU · 2 GB · no disk | 1 | 2 GB | none | $73.44 free tier, not a monthly price Our calculation | Our calculation |
| bursty Not in the ranking: we could not find this price on Microsoft Azure's page; last confirmed too long ago 1 vCPU · 2 GB · no disk | 1 | 2 GB | none | Not published free tier, not a monthly price Depends on usage last confirmed 25 Jul 2026 | Depends on usage |
| scale-to-zero Not in the ranking: we could not find this price on Microsoft Azure's page; last confirmed too long ago 1 vCPU · 2 GB · no disk | 1 | 2 GB | none | Not published free tier, not a monthly price Depends on usage last confirmed 25 Jul 2026 | Depends on usage |
Dasv5-series virtual machines
Price by memory
| Plan | vCPU | Memory | Storage | Price | Price type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D2as v5 Checked 16 Oct 2026 2 vCPU · 8 GB · no disk | 2 | 8 GB | none | $62.78 Our calculation | Our calculation |
| D4as v5 Checked 16 Oct 2026 4 vCPU · 16 GB · no disk | 4 | 16 GB | none | $125.56 Our calculation | Our calculation |
| D8as v5 Checked 16 Oct 2026 8 vCPU · 32 GB · no disk | 8 | 32 GB | none | $251.12 Our calculation | Our calculation |
Free account
| Plan | vCPU | Memory | Storage | Price | Price type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure free account Not in the ranking: we could not find this price on Microsoft Azure's page; last confirmed too long ago n/a vCPU · n/a · no disk | n/a | n/a | none | Not published credit or trial, not a monthly price Depends on usage last confirmed 25 Jul 2026 | Depends on usage |
3 plans with no public monthly price
These are not free and not missing. Each one depends on something Microsoft Azure's price page does not fix, so we say what it depends on and link the page instead of guessing a price.
- bursty: needs effective active replica-seconds after concurrency; number and active billed duration of cold starts; traffic timing needed to apply the 300-second scale-down cooldown. Check it on Microsoft Azure →
- scale-to-zero: needs effective active replica-seconds after concurrency; number and active billed duration of cold starts; traffic timing needed to apply the 300-second scale-down cooldown. Check it on Microsoft Azure →
- Azure free account: needs selected Azure service; region; usage after 30 days. Check it on Microsoft Azure →
2 free offers to start with
Microsoft Azure publishes 2 offers that cost nothing to start. That is a real answer and it stays on this page, but a rationed quota or a signup credit is not a monthly price, so none of it fills a money column here or anywhere else on the site. What every free tier actually limits →
- business-hours (Serverless container): a free tier with usage limits, not a monthly price. Check the current terms on Microsoft Azure →
- always-on (Serverless container): a free tier with usage limits, not a monthly price. Check the current terms on Microsoft Azure →
Where Microsoft Azure runs
We have confirmed 1 region across these plans: us-east.
How to check every number above
Each price was read from Microsoft Azure's own pages, most recently on 16 Oct 2026. Open the source, read the figure, and tell us if it has moved. Prices change and a comparison that does not say when it last looked is not worth trusting.
- Microsoft Azure's price page: AKS Free tier control plane and AKS Standard tier control plane (azure.microsoft.com)
- Microsoft Azure's price list: B1s (prices.azure.com)
- Microsoft Azure's price list: B1ms (prices.azure.com)
- Microsoft Azure's price list: Container Apps (Consumption) (prices.azure.com)
- Microsoft Azure's price list: B2s (prices.azure.com)
- Microsoft Azure's price list: B2ms (prices.azure.com)
- Microsoft Azure's price list: D2as v5 (prices.azure.com)
- Microsoft Azure's price list: B4ms (prices.azure.com)
- Microsoft Azure's price list: D4as v5 (prices.azure.com)
- Microsoft Azure's price list: B8ms (prices.azure.com)
- Microsoft Azure's price list: D8as v5 (prices.azure.com)
- Microsoft Azure's page: Azure free account (learn.microsoft.com)
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