Azure Functions alternatives

7 serverless platforms compared against Azure Functions on entry plan. Azure Functions is kept in the table and highlighted, because it is the number everything else here is measured against.

List prices checked

Ranked by entry plan

Cheapest first. "vs Azure Functions" shows how many times cheaper or dearer each one is on the same axis.

#ServiceProviderentry planvs Azure FunctionsFree tier
1Cloudflare WorkersCloudflare$5.00—100,000 requests per day, always free
2Netlify FunctionsNetlify$19.00—125,000 invocations and 100 hours of runtime per month
3Vercel FunctionsVercel$20.00—Included in the Hobby plan within usage limits
4Deno DeployDeno$20.00—1M requests and 100 GB of outbound data per month
5Fastly ComputeFastly$50.00—Trial credit only
6AWS LambdaAmazon Web Services——1M requests and 400,000 GB-seconds per month, always free
7Google Cloud RunGoogle——2M requests and 180,000 vCPU-seconds per month
8Azure Functionsyou are hereMicrosoft——1M executions and 400,000 GB-seconds per month

Source: Microsoft pricing (May 2026). Published list prices only — committed-use discounts, regional variation, and per-request charges are not included. Not yet independently re-checked against the vendor’s page.

Questions

What is the best alternative to Azure Functions in 2026?
Nothing in this category undercuts Azure Functions on entry plan at list price, which makes it the cheapest option in the table above. The reasons to move would be region coverage, feature set, or avoiding vendor concentration rather than price.
How many alternatives to Azure Functions are there?
7 in this dataset, all serverless platforms with published list prices. The table ranks every one of them on entry plan with Azure Functions highlighted in place, so you can see exactly where it sits rather than taking a "top 5" on trust.
Is switching from Azure Functions worth it?
It depends on which axis dominates your bill. Code that runs per request with no instance to provision, billed on invocations and on memory held for the duration of execution. Free tiers are wide enough that many production workloads never generate a bill at all. Run your own volumes through the comparison pages linked below before migrating — a provider that is cheaper per unit can still be more expensive for your particular usage shape.
Are there free alternatives to Azure Functions?
7 of them publish a free tier — they are marked in the table. Check whether each is permanent or a 12-month trial; the two look identical on a pricing page and are very different a year in.

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