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Azure free services

All the Azure app, data, and AI services below offer free amounts. There are two groups of free Azure services. Some are always free, and others are free for 12 months for new customers only*. Get started and learn more about Azure free services, including specific free amounts by service. You can estimate the cost for your project using the Azure pricing calculator. You can also take advantage of specialized programs for startups and students.

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Azure application services

API Management

A hybrid, multi-cloud management platform for APIs across all environments.

Azure App Service

Quickly build, deploy, and scale web apps and APIs globally with a fully managed platform as a service (PaaS).

Azure Container Apps

Run modern apps and microservices using serverless containers.

Azure Functions

Execute event-driven serverless code with an end-to-end development experience.

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Simplify Kubernetes operations, build cloud-native apps, and innovate with AI and open-source technology.

Azure databases

Azure Cosmos DB

Fuel apps with high-performance, distributed computing over massive volumes of NoSQL and vector data.

Azure Database for MySQL

Innovate faster with a fully managed MySQL database.

Azure Database for PostgreSQL

Innovate faster with a fully managed PostgreSQL database.

Azure SQL Database

Build limitless, trusted, AI-ready apps on a fully managed SQL database.

Azure AI services

Azure AI Search

Deliver high-quality responses with a vector database built for advanced retrieval augmented generation (RAG) and modern search.

Azure AI Content Safety

Monitor text and images to detect offensive or inappropriate content.

Azure AI Document Intelligence

Apply advanced machine learning to extract text, key-value pairs, tables, and structures from documents.

Azure AI Language

Build conversational interfaces, summarize documents, and analyze text using prebuilt AI-powered features.

Azure AI Speech

Use industry-leading AI services such as speech-to-text, text-to-speech, speech translation, and speaker recognition.

Azure AI Translator

Translate documents and text in real time across more than 100 languages.

Azure AI Vision

Read text, analyze images, and detect faces with optical character recognition (OCR) and machine learning.

*Some services are always free for Azure customers, and some are free for 12 months for new customers only. To see the free amount for each service, visit the pricing page for that specific service. 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. Read the full offer terms here.