Which is cheaper, AWS Elastic Beanstalk or Azure App Service?

AWS is cheaper in 5 of 5 comparable categories, with an average price difference of 58.1%.

How do AWS Elastic Beanstalk and Azure App Service compare for general purpose workloads?

Both providers offer competitive pricing for general purpose workloads.

Updated Apr 4, 2026AWSAzure

Overall Winner

AWS

AWS Wins

Azure Wins

Ties

AWS wins 5 of 5 price comparisons, averaging 58.1% lower prices in categories where it leads.

Prices range from $0.0104/hr to $14.08/hr across comparable tiers.

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Best for Dev/Test (1 instance, small) workloads

Comparing AWS Elastic Beanstalk and Azure App Service across 5 equivalent tiers. On-demand hourly rates are shown in USD for the default region.

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Category	AWS Elastic Beanstalk	Azure App Service	Diff	Cheapest
Dev/Test (1 instance, small)	$0.0104/hr EB t3.micro x1 ($7.59/mo)	$0.0180/hr App Service B1 x1 ($13.14/mo)	+42.2%	AWS
Small Production (2 instances, medium)	$0.0416/hr EB t3.small x2 ($30.37/mo)	$0.2000/hr App Service S1 x2 ($146.00/mo)	+79.2%	AWS
Medium Production (4 instances)	$0.3840/hr EB m5.large x4 ($280.32/mo)	$0.8800/hr App Service P1v3 x4 ($642.40/mo)	+56.4%	AWS
Large Production (8 instances)	$1.5360/hr EB m5.xlarge x8 ($1,121.28/mo)	$3.5200/hr App Service P2v3 x8 ($2,569.60/mo)	+56.4%	AWS
High Scale (16 instances)	$6.1440/hr EB m5.2xlarge x16 ($4,485.12/mo)	$14.0800/hr App Service P3v3 x16 ($10,278.40/mo)	+56.4%	AWS