Azure SQL Database pricing

Free offer

100,000 vCore seconds · 32 GB data storage · 32 GB backup storage · 10 databases per subscription

Read 22 Sep 2026 · learn.microsoft.com

Azure SQL Database free offer

Monthly for the life of the subscription

Up to 10 databases · 100,000 serverless vCore-seconds per database · 32 GB storage per database

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Azure SQL Database free tier

Monthly free allowance for the life of the Azure subscription

Up to 10 General Purpose databases per subscription · 100,000 vCore seconds per database · 32 GB data storage and 32 GB backup storage per database

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Azure SQL Database pay-as-you-go

Hourly/usage based

Single databases or elastic pools · DTU or vCore purchasing · Compute, storage and backup billed separately

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Pay as you go

Usage-based; pay only for what you use, with no long-term commitment or upfront payment

Price depends on service tier, provisioned compute and storage, and backup storage; pricing page displays rates as "$-"

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