AWS Lambda vs Microsoft Azure: Pricing Comparison 2026
Side-by-side pricing comparison of AWS Lambda and Microsoft Azure. See all plans, features, and costs at a glance.
Bottom line: AWS Lambda starts at $2.1e-9/mo, making it $10/mo cheaper than Microsoft Azure ($10/mo). Microsoft Azure offers a free plan.
Last updated: July 6, 2026
AWS Lambda - Lambda is the better default for AWS-native teams; Azure makes sense only in Microsoft environments.
AWS Lambda vs Microsoft Azure: Quick Pricing Facts
| Feature | AWS Lambda | Microsoft Azure |
|---|---|---|
| Starting Price | $2.1e-9/mo | $10/mo |
| Number of Plans | 50 | 4 |
| Free Tier | No | Yes |
| Pricing Model | usage-based | usage-based |
| Annual Discount | N/A | N/A |
AWS Lambda is the more affordable option, starting at $2.1e-9/mo compared to Microsoft Azure's $10/mo. Both are Hosting & Infra tools with 54 combined pricing plans and 11 features compared.
Microsoft Azure stands out with a free plan for getting started.
Review the detailed tier-by-tier comparison above to see exactly which features are included at each price point and find the best fit for your Hosting & Infra needs.
| Pricing Plans |  AWS Lambda Try free |  Microsoft Azure Try free |
|---|---|---|
| Tier 1 | x86 Price Custom pricing | |
| Tier 2 | First 6 Billion GB-seconds / month $0/monthCheapest | Standard $10/month $120 / year Includes
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| Tier 3 | Next 9 Billion GB-seconds / month $0/monthCheapest | PremiumPopular $50/month $600 / year Includes
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| Tier 4 | Over 15 Billion GB-seconds / month $0/monthCheapest | Enterprise Custom pricing Includes
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| Tier 5 | Arm Price Custom pricing | - |
| Tier 6 | First 7.5 Billion GB-seconds / month $0/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 7 | Next 11.25 Billion GB-seconds / month $0/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 8 | Over 18.75 Billion GB-seconds / month $0/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 9 | 128 $0/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 10 | 512 $0/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 11 | 1024 $0/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 12 | 1536 $0/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 13 | 2048 $0/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 14 | 3072 $0/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 15 | 4096 $0/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 16 | 5120 $0/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 17 | 6144 $0/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 18 | 7168 $0/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 19 | 8192 $0/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 20 | 9216 $0/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 21 | 10240 $0/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 22 | Durable Operations Custom pricing | - |
| Tier 23 | Operations such as Steps, Waits, and Callbacks $8/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 24 | Storage Custom pricing | - |
| Tier 25 | Data Written $0/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 26 | Data Retained $0/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 27 | Total compute (seconds) $1000000/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 28 | Total compute (GB-s) $32000000/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 29 | Billable compute $32000000/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 30 | Compute cost $31600000/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 31 | Total requests Custom pricing | - |
| Tier 32 | Billable requests $2000000/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 33 | Request cost $1/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 34 | Operations $1/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 35 | Operations cost $4/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 36 | Data written cost $104/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 37 | Storage (running incl. 7 day wait) $104/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 38 | Storage (retained 14 days) $104/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 39 | Data Retained cost $24/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 40 | Total charges $421/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 41 | Tenant isolated enviroments (x86) $0/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 42 | Tenant isolated enviroments (ARM) $0/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 43 | Ephemeral Storage $0/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 44 | Cache $0/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 45 | Restore $0/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 46 | Processed Bytes $0/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 47 | SQS $0/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 48 | MSK or Self-Managed Kafka $0/monthCheapest | - |
| Tier 49 | Requests Custom pricing | - |
| Tier 50 | Duration $0/monthCheapest | - |
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AWS Lambda
Lambda is the better default for AWS-native teams; Azure makes sense only in Microsoft environments.
Based on pricing data only. Review the full comparison below for your specific needs.
Try AWS Lambda freeFrom $2.1e-9/moWhich Should You Choose?
Choose AWS Lambda if:
- •Your infrastructure is AWS-native and you want to avoid multi-cloud complexity
- •You prefer Lambda's pay-per-invocation model over Azure's tiered pricing
- •Your team has more AWS expertise than Azure experience
Choose Microsoft Azure if:
- •Your company uses Microsoft 365, Active Directory, or Azure DevOps
- •You need Azure's broad PaaS catalog - Logic Apps, Service Bus, Cosmos DB
- •You want Azure Functions as part of a larger Microsoft stack
Both platforms offer serverless compute (Lambda vs. Azure Functions) with similar pricing: 1 million free invocations per month, then fractions of a cent per call. The real decision is ecosystem. Azure wins when your company is Microsoft-first. AWS wins when you are already using S3, RDS, or other AWS services. Running both clouds adds operational overhead most small teams cannot justify.
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Sources
- AWS Lambda Official Pricing- Vendor pricing page
- Microsoft Azure Official Pricing- Vendor pricing page
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