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Get help selecting the right transactable offer type

There are three transactable offer types in the Azure Marketplace.

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Publishing guide by offer type

Transact overview helps you understand some of the differences between transactable offer types.

Virtual Machine offers

Virtual Machine offers allow publishers to install their software on a virtual machine.

  • Runs in the customer’s tenant and subscription
  • Pricing is based on usage of the product
  • Does not support metered billing

Learn more about Virtual Machine offers here

SaaS offers

SaaS offers allow for software that is delivered as SaaS to be transacted on the Azure Marketplace.

  • Ideally, a SaaS offer integrates with a multi-tenant application, but this is not required.
  • A SaaS offer runs in the publisher’s tenant.

Learn more about SaaS offers here

Azure Managed Application offers

  • Runs in the customer’s tenant
  • Enables the publisher to manage the resources in the customer’s tenant
  • Deploys via an ARM template

Learn more about Managed Application offers here


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