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Azure Functions pricing
Azure Functions publishes 3 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 29 August 2026, Azure Functions pricing is free across 3 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
- Usage-based
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Yes
Azure Functions 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 Plan | On request | 3 | Entry tier |
| Flex Consumption Plan | On request | 3 | Priced on request |
| Premium Plan | On request | 3 | 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 Plan
On requestThe entry tier. It covers 1 million requests free monthly, 400,000 gb-seconds free monthly, billed per second and executions.
Flex Consumption Plan
On requestOver Consumption Plan, this tier adds:
- 250,000 executions free monthly
- 100,000 GB-seconds free monthly
- Event-driven scaling
Premium Plan
On requestOver Flex Consumption Plan, this tier adds:
- No execution charges
- At least one instance required
- Includes automatic scaling and VNET access
How that compares in Cloud
Too few cloud 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure Functions (this page) | Free | usage-based | - | |
| Rook | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Azure Functions |
| OpenEBS | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Azure Functions |
| Portworx | $0.33/node hour | Per node hour | - | vs Azure Functions |
| Longhorn | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Azure Functions |
| Qovery | On request | quote | - | vs Azure Functions |
| Dokku | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Azure Functions |
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 Azure Functions badges page.
Before you pay for Azure Functions
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: 3 tiers between On request 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.
Azure Functions runs on not recorded. The full record is on the Azure Functions review, and the rest of the category is under best cloud tools.
Azure Functions pricing questions
- How much does Azure Functions cost?
- Azure Functions publishes 3 tiers, from On request for Consumption Plan up to On request for Premium Plan. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Azure Functions have a free plan?
- Yes, Azure Functions is recorded as usage-based, so it can be used without paying.
- What is the difference between Consumption Plan and Flex Consumption Plan on Azure Functions?
- Flex Consumption Plan costs On request against On request, and adds 250,000 executions free monthly, 100,000 gb-seconds free monthly, event-driven scaling.
- Which cloud tools can I use without paying?
- 6 of the 8 cloud tools listed alongside Azure Functions have a free tier: Rook, OpenEBS, Longhorn, Dokku, Coolify.
- What am I actually paying for with Azure Functions?
- The record we hold does not itemise what each tier includes beyond the plan names and prices. The Azure Functions review carries whatever feature detail is available.
- Does Azure Functions charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 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 Azure Functions 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 Azure Functions against before paying?
- The closest cloud tools in this directory are Rook, OpenEBS, Portworx, Longhorn. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Azure Functions covering price, platforms and features.