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Microsoft Azure API Management pricing
Microsoft Azure API Management publishes 4 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 30 August 2026, Microsoft Azure API Management pricing is free across 4 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 4
- Free tier
- Yes
Microsoft Azure API Management plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consumption | Free | 1 | Entry tier |
| Basic v2 | On request | 1 | Priced on request |
| Standard v2 | On request | 1 | Priced on request |
| Premium v2 | On request | 1 | Priced on request |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Consumption
FreeThe entry tier. It covers 0-1 million api operations free monthly per subscription.
Basic v2
On requestOver Consumption, this tier adds:
- 10 million API requests included monthly
Standard v2
On requestOver Basic v2, this tier adds:
- 50 million API requests included monthly
Premium v2
On requestOver Standard v2, this tier adds:
- Unlimited included API requests
Where Microsoft Azure API Management stops being free
Consumption, Free
- 0-1 million API operations free monthly per subscription
No paid tier on record
Microsoft Azure API Management lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full Microsoft Azure API Management feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- API Gateway
- Developer Portal
- API Policies
Integrations
- Azure services
- AWS
- Google Cloud
- On-premises
Platform
- Cloud support
- Hybrid support
- Multi-cloud support
People bring Microsoft Azure API Management in for api gateway and lifecycle management on azure, throttling, keys and policies in front of backend services, developer portal for internal and partner apis, hybrid deployments using self-hosted gateways. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Microsoft Azure API Management are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in APIs
Too few apis tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Azure API Management (this page) | Free | subscription | - | |
| Mambu | On request | quote | - | vs Microsoft Azure API Management |
| Fintech Farm | On request | quote | - | vs Microsoft Azure API Management |
| Flybits | On request | quote | - | vs Microsoft Azure API Management |
| Neonomics | On request | quote | - | vs Microsoft Azure API Management |
| Brite Payments | On request | quote | - | vs Microsoft Azure API Management |
| Meniga | On request | quote | - | vs Microsoft Azure API Management |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Microsoft Azure API Management badges page.
Before you pay for Microsoft Azure API Management
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 4 tiers between Free and On request, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Microsoft Azure API Management runs on cloud, hybrid, multi-cloud, and is published by Microsoft of Redmond, Washington, USA. The full record is on the Microsoft Azure API Management review, and the rest of the category is under best apis tools.
Microsoft Azure API Management pricing on the vendor's own site
Microsoft Azure API Management pricing questions
- How much does Microsoft Azure API Management cost?
- Microsoft Azure API Management publishes 4 tiers, from Free for Consumption up to On request for Premium v2. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Microsoft Azure API Management have a free plan?
- Yes. The Consumption tier costs nothing and covers 0-1 million api operations free monthly per subscription.
- What is the difference between Consumption and Basic v2 on Microsoft Azure API Management?
- Basic v2 costs On request against Free, and adds 10 million api requests included monthly.
- What am I actually paying for with Microsoft Azure API Management?
- The record lists 10 features across 3 areas: other, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for api gateway and lifecycle management on azure, throttling, keys and policies in front of backend services, developer portal for internal and partner apis.
- Does Microsoft Azure API Management charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 4 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Microsoft Azure API Management prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Microsoft Azure API Management against before paying?
- The closest apis tools in this directory are Mambu, Fintech Farm, Flybits, Neonomics. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Microsoft Azure API Management covering price, platforms and features.