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Azure Container Apps vs. Azure Functions

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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Azure Container Apps

    Score6.7 out of 10
    N/AAzure Container Apps, part of the Azure suite of products from Microsoft, is a service used to deploy containerized apps without managing complex infrastructure. Users can write code using a preferred programming language or framework, and build microservices with full support for Distributed Application Runtime (Dapr). Scale dynamically based on HTTP traffic or events powered by Kubernetes Event-Driven Autoscaling (KEDA).N/A

    Azure Functions

    Score9.5 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 Container AppsAzure Functions
    Editions & Modules
    vCPU (seconds)
    active usage $0.000024 and idle usage $0.000003
    per second 180,000 vCPU-seconds free grant per month
    Memory (GiB-Seconds)
    active usage $0.000003 and idle usage $0.000003
    per second 360,000 GiB-seconds free grant per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Azure Container AppsAzure Functions
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Azure Container AppsAzure 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, …
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    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 Container AppsAzure Functions
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of Azure Container Apps and Azure Functions
    Feature
    Azure Container Apps
    5.3
    2 Ratings
    Azure Functions
    -
    Ratings
    Ease of building user interfaces5.82 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scalability7.82 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform management overhead5.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability5.82 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform access control4.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration4.82 Ratings00 Ratings
    Development environment creation4.22 Ratings00 Ratings
    Development environment replication4.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification5.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue recovery4.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes5.72 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Azure Container Apps and Azure Functions
    Feature
    Azure Container Apps
    -
    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 Container Apps and Azure Functions
    Feature
    Azure Container Apps
    -
    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 Container Apps and Azure Functions
    Feature
    Azure Container Apps
    -
    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 Container AppsAzure Functions
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.6
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    2.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)