Yes, Azure App Service has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans. The free plan includes Shared compute with 60 CPU minutes per day, 1 GB RAM included, and 1 GB storage included. FreeTier.co estimates the free tier at about $2.00/mo.
About
Azure App Service is Microsoft’s fully managed platform as a service for building, deploying, and scaling web apps and APIs in the cloud. It is designed to help teams modernize applications without managing underlying servers, storage, networking, or routine platform maintenance.
The service supports a broad range of application scenarios, including web applications, API backends, and containerized workloads. It also integrates with Azure security, identity, and deployment tooling to support enterprise application development and operations.
- Build and run web apps and APIs on a managed PaaS platform
- Support for popular languages and frameworks including .NET, Java, Node.js, Python, and PHP
- Automatic scaling, high availability, and deployment automation
- Built-in authentication, authorization, and security features
- Options for shared, dedicated, and isolated hosting models
Free Tier Value
This free tier has real monthly utility, but it is tightly capped: shared compute, 60 CPU minutes per day, 1 GB RAM, and 1 GB storage, with production use not supported and no SLA. Compared with the cheapest paid App Service option, it feels like a small but usable starter slice of the service, so about $2/month is a fair buyer-facing value estimate.
What's included in the free tier
Verified
- Free plan for trials, experimentation, and learning the service.
- No SLA included for free and shared plans.
- Metered on a per-app basis.
- Shared compute with 60 CPU minutes per day.
- 1 GB RAM included.
- 1 GB storage included.
See Azure App Service pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Basic
- cores
- 1-4
- ram
- 1.75-7 GB
- storage
- 10 GB
- Low-traffic workloads
- No advanced auto-scale
- No advanced traffic management
- Per-instance pricing
Premium v4
- vcpu
- 1-32
- ram
- 4-256 GB
- storage
- 250 GB
- High-performance managed PaaS
- Built-in network isolation
- Enhanced compliance
- Virtual network integration
- Memory-optimized tiers available
Premium v3
- vcpu
- 1-32
- ram
- 4-256 GB
- storage
- 250 GB
- High performance and scalability
- Automatic scaling for production
- Memory-optimized options
- Managed multi-tenant platform
App Service Environment
- Fully isolated dedicated environment
- Single-customer hosting
- Virtual network integration
- Fine-grained network traffic control
- Secure on-premises connectivity
Pricing extracted from Azure App Service's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
Common questions
Is Azure App Service free forever?
Yes. Azure App Service has a permanent free tier alongside its paid plans, though the allowance typically resets each month.
What is Azure App Service's free tier worth?
Azure App Service's free tier is worth about $2.00 per month. That maps to an FTV score of 37/100. The FTV score is explained at freetier.co/ftv.
