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Azure Container Apps pricing and limits

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azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/container-apps · Application platforms
SEPT 2026 audit

Serverless container platform on Azure that runs containerized applications and jobs without managing servers, scaling on HTTP, TCP or event rules.

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RegionsA regional service, but Microsoft publishes the region list only in its interactive Product availability by region table, which serves no text to a fetch. The reliability guide names that table as the authority and prints no count itself. Zone redundancy is offered in every region that supports both Container Apps and availability zones.
Free tierYes
CategoryApplication platforms

Reviewed by Palash BagchiUpdated 11 criteria comparedSources last checked

Azure Container Apps pricing at a glance

Pricing model
Two plan types source ↗
What the free plan includes
Per subscription, per calendar month: 180,000 vCPU-seconds, 360,000 GiB-seconds and 2 million HTTP requests source ↗

First line of each sourced value. The full text is in Azure Container Apps pricing below. How this free offer stacks up: cloud free tiers compared.

01.Evaluation guide

Who it suits

Containerised services and jobs already inside an Azure subscription, where the monthly free grant of 180,000 vCPU-seconds and 2 million requests covers low traffic and scaling to zero stops usage charges between bursts.

Consider something else if…

Requests can run longer than the 240-second ingress timeout, or you want to read an uptime figure on a web page: Microsoft publishes its SLA only inside a consolidated downloadable document covering Azure, Dynamics, Office and Intune.

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Azure Container Apps pricing

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Free tierYes
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What the free plan includesPer subscription, per calendar month: 180,000 vCPU-seconds, 360,000 GiB-seconds and 2 million HTTP requests. Free usage does not appear on the bill.
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  • Billing in Azure Container Apps ↗

    “the following resources are free during each calendar month, per subscription: the first 180,000 vcpu-seconds the first 360,000 gib-seconds the first 2 million http requests free usage doesn't appear on your bill. you're only charged when your resource usage exceeds the monthly free grants amounts.”

    Read 2026-09-14 · official docs · Report a correction

Pricing modelTwo plan types. Consumption bills only for the resources apps use while running, in vCPU-seconds, GiB-seconds and HTTP requests. Dedicated bills for instances allocated to a workload profile.
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  • Billing in Azure Container Apps ↗

    “consumption plan serverless compute option where you're only billed for the resources your apps use as they're running. dedicated plan customized compute options where you're billed for instances allocated to each workload profile.”

    Read 2026-09-14 · official docs · Report a correction

Limits

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Max request duration240 seconds for an HTTP request through the fully qualified domain name.
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Deployment

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ContainersSupported
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Infrastructure

4 criteria
Persistent processesSupported
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Scales to zeroSupported
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RegionsA regional service, but Microsoft publishes the region list only in its interactive Product availability by region table, which serves no text to a fetch. The reliability guide names that table as the authority and prints no count itself. Zone redundancy is offered in every region that supports both Container Apps and availability zones.
Sources (1) →
  • Reliability in Azure Container Apps — Microsoft Learn ↗

    “Zone redundancy is available in all regions that support Container Apps and availability zones. To see which regions support availability zones, see Azure regions with availability zone support. To see which regions support Container Apps, see Product availability by region.”

    Read 2026-09-14 · official docs · Report a correction

Uptime SLANot published as a web page. Microsoft consolidated its per-service SLAs into one downloadable document covering Azure, Dynamics 365, Office 365 and Intune; the former azure.microsoft.com SLA URLs now redirect to its licensing viewer.
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Support

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Support on entry paid planBasic is included for every Azure customer and covers billing, self-help and unlimited billing or Microsoft Q&A tickets; technical support by email, phone and chat is marked not included on it. That starts at Developer, $29/month, then Standard $100/month and Professional Direct $1,000/month.
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  • Compare Azure Support Plans — Microsoft Azure ↗

    “PRICE Included for all Azure customers $29 per month $100 per month $1,000 per month [...] BILLING AND SUBSCRIPTION MANAGEMENT SUPPORT 24/7 SELF-HELP RESOURCES, INCLUDING MICROSOFT LEARN, AZURE PORTAL HOW-TO VIDEOS, DOCUMENTATION, AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT [...] ABILITY TO SUBMIT AS MANY SUPPORT TICKETS AS YOU NEED (BILLING + MICROSOFT Q&A ) [...] ACCESS TO TECHNICAL SUPPORT BY EMAIL, PHONE, AND CHAT 1 AFTER A SUPPORT REQUEST IS SUBMITTED not included”

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Response time commitmentNone on Basic, the plan included for all Azure customers: case severity and response time reads not included. Developer ($29/month) commits to eight business hours for a minimal-impact Sev C and to nothing else; Standard ($100/month) adds four hours for Sev B and one hour for Sev A. Business hours, so no comparable number is recorded.
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  • Compare Azure Support Plans — Microsoft Azure ↗

    “CASE SEVERITY AND RESPONSE TIME not included Minimal business impact (Sev C): Within eight business hours 2 Minimal business impact (Sev C): Within eight business hours 2 Moderate business impact (Sev B): Within four hours Critical business impact (Sev A): Within one hour”

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Azure Container Apps pricing questions

How does Azure Container Apps charge?

Two plan types. Consumption bills only for the resources apps use while running, in vCPU-seconds, GiB-seconds and HTTP requests. Dedicated bills for instances allocated to a workload profile.

Billing in Azure Container Apps · read

Does Azure Container Apps have a free tier?

Yes. Per subscription, per calendar month: 180,000 vCPU-seconds, 360,000 GiB-seconds and 2 million HTTP requests. Free usage does not appear on the bill.

Billing in Azure Container Apps · read

What uptime does Azure Container Apps guarantee?

Not published as a web page. Microsoft consolidated its per-service SLAs into one downloadable document covering Azure, Dynamics 365, Office 365 and Intune; the former azure.microsoft.com SLA URLs now redirect to its licensing viewer.

Service Level Agreements (SLA) for Online Services — Microsoft · read

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