Create your Azure free account today
Get started with 12 months of free services
What do I get?
With your Azure free account, you get all of this—and you won’t be charged until you choose to upgrade.
of popular free services
+
to explore any Azure service for 30 days
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25+ services
What can I do with my free account?
Here are just a few ideas of all you can do with Azure
Test and deploy enterprise apps
Create custom mobile experiences
Gain insights from your data
Which products are free for 12 months?
These popular products are free each month for 12 months
Linux Virtual Machines
COMPUTE
750 Hours
B1S VM
Windows Virtual Machines
COMPUTE
750 Hours
B1S VM
Managed Disks
STORAGE
64 GB X 2
2 P6 SDDs
Blob Storage
STORAGE
5 GB
LRS hot block
File Storage
STORAGE
5 GB
LRS File Storage
SQL Database
DATABASES
250 GB
Azure Cosmos DB
DATABASES
5 GB
400 requests units
Bandwidth (Data Transfer)
NETWORKING
15 GB
outbound
Which products are always free?
These products—including serverless, containers, and artificial intelligence—are always free
App Service
COMPUTE
10
web, mobile, or API apps
Functions
COMPUTE
1,000,000
requests per month
Event Grid
INTEGRATION
100,000
operations per month
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
CONTAINERS
Free
Face API
AI + MACHINE LEARNING
30,000
transactions per month
DevTest Labs
DEVELOPER TOOLS
Free
What else do I need to know?
Do I pay anything for the Azure free account?
No. Starting is free, plus you get a $200 credit to spend in the first 30 days. You won’t be charged—even if you start using services—until you choose to upgrade.
What happens after I use my $200 credit or 30 days is over?
You can upgrade to a pay-as-you-go subscription to get continued access to free products—some for the first 12 months, and others that are always free.
What happens at the end of 12 months of free products?
For 12 months after you upgrade to a pay-as-you-go subscription, certain amounts of popular products are free. After 12 months, you’ll be billed for these products at the pay-as-you-go rates.
What do I need to sign up?
A phone number, a credit or debit card, and a Microsoft Account username. We use the phone number and credit card for identity verification. We don’t charge your credit card anything, but you may see a one-dollar verification hold on your credit card account, which is removed within three to five days.
