Microsoft Azure's free-account page says new customers can start with a $200 credit for 30 days, then use monthly free amounts on 20+ popular services for 12 months, while 65+ services have always-free recurring monthly quotas. Outside those limits, Azure is standard pay-as-you-go by resource.
- Azure's own comparison page separates the free account from pay-as-you-go and says no action is required to continue billing after the 30-day free-account window if you choose pay-as-you-go.
- The 12-month offers are only for listed services and only for eligible new customers, so they should not be modeled as permanent discounts.
- The always-free services still have monthly caps, which means production workloads can move into paid usage without changing plans.
- As with AWS, egress, premium support, and managed database choices usually dominate the surprise spend.
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