Microsoft Azure
Intelligent cloud platform for building and managing applications across on-premises, cloud, and edge environments
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Also known as
- microsoft-azure
Available worldwide
What is Microsoft Azure?
A comprehensive cloud computing platform offering virtual machines, containerized applications, API management, serverless functions, and hybrid cloud capabilities with enterprise-grade security.
Microsoft Azure pricing
We don't have Microsoft Azure's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
Consumption-based pricing model with free services and free trials.
What Microsoft Azure does
The capabilities that matter for cloud infrastructure, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Provider tier
- Hyperscaler
- Regions / global footprint
- -
- Bare-metal servers
- -
- GPU / accelerated compute
- ✓
- Spot / preemptible pricing
- ✓
- Object storage
- ✓
- Block storage
- ✓
- Managed Kubernetes
- ✓
- Managed databases
- ✓
- Serverless / FaaS
- ✓
- VPC / private networking
- ✓
- Free / low egress
- ✗
- Data-residency / sovereign options
- -
- Partner marketplace
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
- Hybrid
Integrations (4)
Independently observed- GitHub
- Visual Studio Code
- Visual Studio
- Power Apps
Microsoft Azure FAQ
Common questions about Microsoft Azure, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Microsoft Azure?
A comprehensive cloud computing platform offering virtual machines, containerized applications, API management, serverless functions, and hybrid cloud capabilities with enterprise-grade security. It is indexed under Cloud Infrastructure.
Source: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-machines/linux/
Is Microsoft Azure free?
Microsoft Azure offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://azure.microsoft.com
What platforms does Microsoft Azure support?
We have confirmed browser-based access to Microsoft Azure. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.
Source: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-machines/linux/
Can Microsoft Azure be self-hosted?
Not fully, on what we have confirmed. Microsoft Azure is offered as cloud / SaaS and hybrid, and a hybrid deployment usually means some components can run on your own infrastructure while the rest stays vendor-hosted. We have not confirmed a completely self-hosted option, so check with the vendor if that is a requirement.
Source: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-machines/linux/
What does Microsoft Azure integrate with?
We have confirmed 3 integrations for Microsoft Azure, including GitHub, Visual Studio Code and Power Apps. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
What security certifications does Microsoft Azure have?
We have independently confirmed GDPR for Microsoft Azure. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Microsoft Azure not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Microsoft Azure alternatives
Other cloud infrastructure we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- OVHcloudGlobal cloud infrastructure platform offering compute, storage, and managed servicesmedium · 73%
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- CloudflareA global edge network platform providing security, performance optimization, and serverless compute services at scale.medium · 72%
- IBM CloudCloud platform for hybrid and multicloud enterprise applicationsmedium · 74%
- Google CloudA cloud platform combining AI capabilities with comprehensive infrastructure and analytics serviceslow · 41%
- UpCloudEuropean-based cloud infrastructure providermedium · 63%
Compare Microsoft Azure
Side by side against other cloud infrastructure, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Microsoft Azure, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 50 | 0.16 | 7.9 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 80 | 0.06 | 5.0 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 96 | 0.05 | 4.9 | ✓ |
| Price level | 80 | 0.04 | 3.4 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 20 | 0.05 | 1.0 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 10 | 0.12 | 0.0 | - |
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All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 62% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Tier: hyperscaler · Free egress: No · Marketplace: Yes · Block storage: Yes · Gpu instances: Yes · Object storage: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-04 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 4 | mediumsource · 2026-08-14 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-09-04 · 75% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-14 · 60% |
Security
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