Azure Container Apps

Name: Azure Container Apps
Rating: 4.6 (1 reviews)

Apps 4.6/10 Jun 18, 2026

Free monthly grant: first 180,000 vCPU-seconds, 360,000 GiB-seconds, 2M requests; then per-second pay-as-you-go

Card required: Yes

Azure Container Apps scores 4.6/10 for free value in Apps. The main constraint: Paid — $0 base + usage. Free monthly grant: first 180,000 vCPU-seconds, 360,000 GiB-seconds, 2M requests; then per-second pay-as-you-go.

Category Apps Kind Paid plan Renewal monthly Card required Yes Eligibility anyone

Free value score

4.6 / 10

Show the math

Overall 4.6/10

value = 4.6/100

weighted_components_v1

Runtime value 1/10

value = 0.1 $/mo

fixed_log_v1

Always-on fit 8.8/10

value = 8.8/100

policy_score_v1

Deploy friction 7.5/10

value = 7.5/100

policy_score_v1

Key metrics

$0 base

180k vCPU-s

2M req

What you get

Paid — $0 base + usage. Free monthly grant: first 180,000 vCPU-seconds, 360,000 GiB-seconds, 2M requests; then per-second pay-as-you-go

2M requests/mo free, then consumption-based per second

Gotchas

180k vCPU-s + 2M requests/mo free

The monthly free grant covers the first 180,000 vCPU-seconds, 360,000 GiB-seconds and 2M requests; overage is billed per resource-second.
Azure billing account required

Requires an Azure subscription with a payment method on file.

Sources

"The first 180,000 vCPU-seconds, 360,000 GiB-seconds, and 2 million requests each month are free. Beyond that, you pay for what you use on a per second basis"
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/container-apps/

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