Azure Functions
Azure Functions runs your code in response to events without managing servers.
Our verdict
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Cold starts
Pros
- +Serverless functions
- +Multiple language support
- +Good Azure integration
- +Consumption-based pricing
- +Durable functions
Cons
- −Cold starts
- −Cloud & Infrastructure
- −Hosting & Deployment
- −Developer Tools
Key features
- ✓Serverless compute
- ✓Event-driven
- ✓Multiple languages
- ✓Triggers
- ✓Bindings
- ✓Azure
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Billing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free Tier | — | month | 1M executions/month; 400,000 GB-seconds; Consumption plan |
| Consumption | $0.2 | month | $0.000016/GB-sec; Auto-scaling; Pay for usage only |
| Flex Consumption | $0.4 | month | Faster cold starts; VNet integration; Higher concurrency |
| Premium | — | month | No cold starts; VNET connectivity; Unlimited execution |
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