| Windows Azure Mobile Services and Web Sites Standard tier and SSL are now generally available with updated pricing and naming. |
| Today is another major milestone for Windows Azure and all our customers and partners. We are excited to announce that Windows Azure Mobile Services and Web Sites Standard tier are now generally available. We also want to update you on new prices and tiers for Mobile Services and Web Sites, in addition to a name change for Azure Web Sites Reserved tier. You can use each service independently or pair Mobile Services and Web Sites to provide a consistent user experience for every user on every device. Windows Azure Mobile Services Windows Azure Mobile Services makes it fast and easy to build scalable Android, iOS, HTML, and Windows apps. Mobile Services provides a turnkey solution for storing data in the cloud, authenticating users, sending push notifications, and consuming both Windows Azure and third-party services in a mobile app. With Mobile Services, you can build:
Mobile Services is available in three tiers: Free, Standard, and Premium. Metering is based on the number of API Calls. Use of Mobile Services requires a SQL database, which is not included in the monthly price. Pricing for the Standard and Premium tiers can be found in the table below. For more information about the pricing of Mobile Services tiers, please see the Mobile Services pricing page. |
| Mobile Services tier | Price per month per unit (effective June 27, 2013) | General availability price per month per unit (effective August 1, 2013) | ||||||||||
| Standard | No charge | $25 | ||||||||||
| Premium | No charge | $199 |
| Windows Azure Web Sites Windows Azure Web Sites provides a flexible, scalable and secure platform for building powerful web applications to run your business, drive your brand, or reach new customers. With Web Sites, you can deliver:
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| Web Sites is going to general availability for both its Free and Reserved tiers. We are also announcing a name change for Reserved to Standard. The Web Sites Shared tier remains in preview at its preview price. The general availability date has not yet been announced. See below for a chart for the status on the three tiers for Web Sites. |
| Services tier | Status | Price | SLA | SSL & Autoscale | ||||||||||||||||
| Free | GA | Free | No SLA | No | ||||||||||||||||
| Shared | Preview | Preview Pricing | No SLA | No | ||||||||||||||||
| Standard (previously Reserved) | GA | GA Pricing | 99.9% SLA | Yes |
| With Standard tier, three instance sizes are available depending on your site’s requirements (see table below). Although the Standard tier has reached general availability, preview pricing will remain in effect until August 1, 2013. |
| Web Sites Standard instance size | Preview price per hour | General availability price per hour (effective August 1, 2013) | ||||||||||
| Small | $0.08 | $0.10 | ||||||||||
| Medium | $0.16 | $0.20 | ||||||||||
| Large | $0.32 | $0.40 |
| We’re also happy to announce that our two types of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for custom domains in our Standard tier have reached general availability. Preview pricing will remain in effect until August 1, 2013. Please see the Web Sites Pricing page for more details. |
| SSL connection | Preview price per month per certificate supported | General availability price per month per certificate supported (effective August 1, 2013) | ||||||||||
| SNI SSL | $6 | $9 | ||||||||||
| IP SSL | $26 | $39 |
| Monitor, Alert, and Autoscale Preview In addition, Windows Azure now provides a number of capabilities that help you to better understand the health of your applications. These features, available in preview, allow you to monitor the health and availability of your applications, receive notifications when your service availability is degraded, perform actions based on events of interest, and automatically scale to match current demands. Availability monitoring, auto scaling, and alerting are available in preview for Windows Azure Web Sites, Cloud Services, and Virtual Machines. For Windows Azure Mobile Services, availability monitoring and alerting are available in preview. There is no additional cost for these features while in preview. For more information, please visit the Preview Features page. Learn about the benefits, scenarios, and getting started at our Mobile Apps and Web Apps webpages. To build scalable web and mobile apps today, visit the Windows Azure Management Portal. |