Compare Azure App Service plan tiers (Free, Basic, Standard, Premium) features and pricing.
Last verified: May 2026
Output will appear here...Your team is sizing an App Service plan for a new SaaS product. Initial instinct: Premium v3 P1V3 ($146/month) for the perceived 'production' badge. The compare tool shows you only need 4 GB RAM and 1 deployment slot — Standard S1 ($73/month) meets every requirement. You launch on Standard S1, save $73/month, and have a clear upgrade path to Premium when you actually need VNet integration or auto-scale (currently you have <100 users). Premature 'production' tier selection is a common ~$1K/year mistake.
The Azure App Service Plan Compare tool presents a side-by-side comparison of all App Service plan tiers from Free through Premium v3 and Isolated v2. It covers compute resources, features like custom domains, SSL, deployment slots, auto-scaling, VNet integration, and pricing. This tool helps you choose the right tier for your web application's performance, compliance, and budget requirements.
The compare tool surfaces 30+ feature/pricing fields per tier (vCPU/memory, custom domains, SSL, deployment slots, auto-scale, VNet integration, hybrid connections, traffic manager, daily backup, staging slots, Premium add-ons) and runs your stated requirements through a 'minimum viable tier' calculation. It outputs the cheapest tier that satisfies all requirements plus the cost delta to the next tier up.
Premium v3 plans run on the latest Dasv4-series VMs and offer 2x the performance of Premium v2 at a similar price. Always default to Premium v3 over v2 for new deployments — there's no scenario where v2 is the right choice in 2026, but legacy ARM templates still default to v2.
Deployment slots are capped per tier: Standard has 5, Premium has 20, Isolated has 100. Slots count toward your DTU/CPU usage if they're running, but stopped slots are free. The default behavior is 'always-on' for slots, which costs you compute even when not actively used. Stop unused slots when not testing.
Isolated v2 (App Service Environment v3) costs ~$1,400/month just for the stamp, before any apps run on it. Only worthwhile if you have strict compliance isolation requirements. For most VNet integration needs, Premium v3 with VNet integration provides the same network isolation at 1/10th the price.
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