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Azure App Service vs. Azure Functions

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Azure App Service

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AThe Microsoft Azure App Service is a PaaS that enables users to build, deploy, and scale web apps and APIs, a fully managed service with built-in infrastructure maintenance, security patching, and scaling. Includes Azure Web Apps, Azure Mobile Apps, Azure API Apps, allowing developers to use popular frameworks including .NET, .NET Core, Java, Node.js, Python, PHP, and Ruby.

    $9.49

    per month

    Azure Functions

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/AAzure Functions enables users to execute event-driven serverless code functions with an end-to-end development experience.

    $18

    per month approximately

    Pricing
    Azure App ServiceAzure Functions
    Editions & Modules
    Shared Environment for dev/test
    $9.49
    per month
    Basic Dedicated environment for dev/test
    $54.75
    per month
    Standard Run production workloads
    $73
    per month
    Premium Enhanced performance and scale
    $146
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Azure App ServiceAzure Functions
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsFree and Shared (preview) plans are ideal for testing applications in a managed Azure environment. Basic, Standard and Premium plans are for production workloads and run on dedicated Virtual Machine instances. Each instance can support multiple applications and domains.
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    Community Pulse
    Azure App ServiceAzure Functions
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
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    Microsoft
    Chose Azure Functions
    This is the most straightforward and easy-to-implement server less solution.
    App Service is great, but it's designed for websites, and it cannot scale automatically as easily as Azure Functions. Container Apps is a robust and scalable choice, but they need much more planning, …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Azure App ServiceAzure Functions
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Azure App Service and Azure Functions
    Feature
    Azure App Service
    8.0
    4 Ratings
    Azure Functions
    -
    Ratings
    Ease of building user interfaces10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scalability10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform management overhead4.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability5.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform access control10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Development environment creation10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Development environment replication10.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification8.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue recovery6.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes5.14 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Azure App Service and Azure Functions
    Feature
    Azure App Service
    -
    Ratings
    Azure Functions
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Azure App Service and Azure Functions
    Feature
    Azure App Service
    -
    Ratings
    Azure Functions
    7.0
    1 Ratings
    Dashboards00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Function as a Service (FaaS)
    Comparison of Function as a Service (FaaS) features of Azure App Service and Azure Functions
    Feature
    Azure App Service
    -
    Ratings
    Azure Functions
    8.8
    1 Ratings
    Programming Language Diversity00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Runtime API Authoring00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Function/Database Integration00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    DevOps Stack Integration00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Azure App ServiceAzure Functions
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.9
    (8 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)