- Use Visual Studio to make shipping mobile and web apps easier – iOS, Mac OS,
Android and Windows - Connect to Bitbucket, GitHub and Visual Studio Team repositories
- Take advantage of the many open source APIs and SDKs to integrate any App
Center service you need with your own analytics solution or beta testing platform. - And many more ways.
And it doesn’t stop there; Microsoft even extends their open source commitment to their
pricing plans. You have the opportunity to provision and discard Linux VMs, paying by
the minute for exactly what you use, no more, no less. With Azure App Service you have
everything you need at your fingertips to create mobile backends, websites, web
applications and more for any platform or any device, choosing from a multitude of
pricing plans to suit your business needs, all billed on a per-second basis.
Microsoft Azure really is one of the most open-source cloud platforms ever developed
for the business market, providing a fully managed service for everyone.
Will Azure Really Save Me Money?
Because there are no costs to pay upfront with Microsoft Azure, you pay only for what
you are using. With Azure, you get a choice of flexible pricing and purchasing options for
any cloud scenario you can think of, along with an extensive range of tools and services
to help you manage what you spend.
How You Save
- Reserved VM Instances – up to 72% cheaper than PAYG with a one or three
year upfront plan that you can cancel or change at any time. - Azure Hybrid Benefit – make huge savings in migration when you use your
existing on-site SQL Server or Windows Server licenses together with Software
Assurance - Development and Test Pricing – discounts offered for ongoing testing and
development, no software charges from Microsoft on Azure VMs and special
prices for other services.
Example Pricing
- App Service – free for 12 months then starting from $0.013/hour
- Virtual Machines – free for 12 months then starting from $0.08/hour
- Azure SQL Database – 250GB free for 12 months, prices start from
$0.021/hour - Blob Storage – 5GB free for 12 months, prices start from $0.002/GB