Pricing

Azure SQL Database pricing

As azure.microsoft.com lists them, read 22 Sept 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.

Plan	Billed and limits	Price
Free offer	100,000 vCore seconds · 32 GB data storage · 32 GB backup storage · 10 databases per subscription	Free
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	Free
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	Free
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 "$-"	On request
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	On request