Azure Free Tier

Question

Does Azure have a free tier like AWS? Where you can have a free Linux box or windows box running, and not be charged at all?

Answer 1

Hi,

Yes, you can have B1s VM instance free for first 12 months. Note that Azure Free works differently than AWS. First 30 days you have $200 credit that you can use as you wish, then after that you have to convert to Pay-As-You-Go account and stick to free services to avoid charges.

Explore free Azure services

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/free-services/

Here is list of free services in table form from FAQ which is better reference than above link:

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/free-account-faq/#free-services

Azure free account FAQ

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/free-account-faq/

Please click Accept Answer if above was helpful.

Thanks.

-TP

Answer 2

Azure free subscription comes with 100$ credits. You can deploy 2 B1S VMs (one Windows, one Linux) and run it for 750 hours for free of cost. This might be 24 hours a day up to 750 hours or the total 750 free hours spread across 12 months period time (by turning it on only when used) is up to your choice. Below is the eligible VM size for student credit subscription.

When creating the free VMs you have to ensure you choose the image size and OS disc size that meets the free criteria as mentioned below.

You will start seeing charges when any one of the below scenario occurs:

• Exhausted 750 free hours of free usage.
• Instance image size and OS disc size does not meet the above free criteria.

Please find the below useful Azure free services link for your reference: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/free-services/

Regards,
Divya.