How much does Azure Front Door cost in 2026?

Azure Front Door charges $0.081 per GB for data transfer out, per Microsoft's published pricing page. There is no free tier. The tables above break the rate card down by axis and model it against three concrete workloads.

Does Azure Front Door have a free tier?

No. Azure Front Door bills from the first unit of usage. Several competitors in the same category do publish a free allowance — the rankings linked below list them.

What does Azure Front Door charge for egress?

$0.081 per GB. Egress is where providers in this category differ most, so it is worth checking against the alternatives before committing.

Are these Azure Front Door prices current?

They were checked against Microsoft's official pricing page and stamped with that date, which is shown at the top of this page and next to every table. Vendors change list prices without notice — the source link is there so you can confirm before you commit.

Azure Front Door pricing

Microsoft's edge delivery and application acceleration layer, carrying a base platform fee on top of metered egress. Priced for organisations already committed to Azure.

List prices checked May 2026

By Microsoft · CDN & edge delivery

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What Microsoft charges, by billing axis.

Axis	Price	Applies to
Entry plan	$35.00/mo	Cheapest paid plan or typical entry configuration
Data transfer out	$0.081/GB	Standard tier, cheapest common region

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.

What it costs per month

Azure Front Door billed against three workload profiles, using the rates above. Every line shows its arithmetic.

Side project

A personal site or small app with modest traffic, a few gigabytes of assets, and one small always-on process.

$8.10/mo

100 GB at $0.081/GB$8.10

Growing SaaS

A funded product serving a few thousand daily users, with an image-heavy frontend and two application servers.

$81/mo

1 TB at $0.081/GB$81

Media-heavy site

A publisher or video product where delivery dominates the bill and compute is almost an afterthought.

$810/mo

10 TB at $0.081/GB$810

Azure Front Door vs the alternatives

The closest CDN providers on price, with the difference on cdn & edge delivery's headline axis.

Service	Egress	vs Azure Front Door	Compare
Google Cloud CDN	$0.080	1× cheaper	Head to head
AWS CloudFront	$0.085	1× dearer	Head to head
Akamai CDN	$0.085	1× dearer	Head to head
Fastly	$0.120	1.5× dearer	Head to head
Gcore CDN	$0.040	2× cheaper	Head to head
KeyCDN	$0.040	2× cheaper	Head to head

Questions about pricing

How much does Azure Front Door cost in 2026?: Azure Front Door charges $0.081 per GB for data transfer out, per Microsoft's published pricing page. There is no free tier. The tables above break the rate card down by axis and model it against three concrete workloads.
Does Azure Front Door have a free tier?: No. Azure Front Door bills from the first unit of usage. Several competitors in the same category do publish a free allowance — the rankings linked below list them.
What does Azure Front Door charge for egress?: $0.081 per GB. Egress is where providers in this category differ most, so it is worth checking against the alternatives before committing.
Are these Azure Front Door prices current?: They were checked against Microsoft's official pricing page and stamped with that date, which is shown at the top of this page and next to every table. Vendors change list prices without notice — the source link is there so you can confirm before you commit.

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What it costs per month

Azure Front Door vs the alternatives

Questions about pricing

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