Azure Container Instances
Azure Container Instances handles the heavy lifting of running application containers directly in the cloud. You spin up isolated containers with a single command, avoiding the need to manage underlying infrastructure or orchestration layers. It’s built for quick deployments where you want to launch workloads in seconds rather than provisioning virtual machines or clusters.
This setup suits teams needing burst capacity or simple, short-lived container tasks without Kubernetes overhead. The main catch is the lack of a free tier; you pay from the start. Billing is per-second, starting at $0.000879 per 100 units, so costs accumulate immediately even for brief runs.
- Free tier No
- Starting price from $0.000879 per 100 units
- Regions 12 · 6 continents
- SLA uptime 99.99%
- Compliance 13 certifications
- Provider health A
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- CSA STAR
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- PCI DSS
- SOC 1 Type II
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- compute99.99%
- database99.99%
- networking99.99%
- storage99.99%
12 regions across 6 continents
- Africa
- Asia
- Europe
- North America
- Oceania
- South America
Pricing tiers 6
| Tier / Plan | Price | Unit | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| V100 | $0.000879 | per 100 units | eastus |
| P100 | $0.000879 | per 100 units | eastus |
| K80 | $0.000879 | per 100 units | eastus |
| Standard Spot | $0.00134 | per GB/hour | eastus |
| Confidential containers ACI | $0.0049 | per GB/hour | eastus |
| Standard | $0.0405 | per hour | eastus |
Prices in USD. Micro-prices are quoted per 1M units; "< $0.000001" marks rates below our stored precision. Subject to change — check the provider's official page.
Alternatives on other providers
Equivalent services on other clouds:
- AWS AWS Fargate no price Compare
- Alibaba Cloud Elastic Container Instance (ECI) no price Compare
- Google Cloud Platform Cloud Run $2.50 per 1M GiB-seconds Compare