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Head-to-head · Managed Cloud Hosting

Azure App Service vs AWS App Runner

  • Updated Oct 2026
  • Both researched from official sources
  • 3 checks side by side
Higher score Azure App Service #3 in Managed Cloud Hosting 9.2/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 1 of 2 features Visit site
AWS App Runner #8 in Managed Cloud Hosting 8.7/10 Paid ✓ 0 of 2 features Visit AWS App Runner

Azure App Service leads on 1 check, AWS App Runner on 0, and 2 are even. Who comes out ahead on the 3 yes/no, price and count checks where we have data for both products. The editor score weighs everything else too.

Our verdict

  • Highest scoreAzure App Service · 9.2/10
  • Free planonly Azure App Service
  • Most featuresAzure App Service · 1 of 2

Azure App Service scores higher on our rubric for managed cloud hosting: 9.2 against 8.7 out of 10; our editors rank them #3 and #8.

Azure App Service offers free plan; AWS App Runner doesn't.

Azure App Service is the better fit for enterprise web apps and APIs. AWS App Runner is the better fit for simple AWS container services.

  • Azure App Service fits best

    Enterprise web apps and APIs

  • AWS App Runner fits best

    Simple AWS container services

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Side by side

Feature Azure App Service 9.2/10 Visit ↗ AWS App Runner 8.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score 9.2 8.7
Ranking #3 in Managed Cloud Hosting #8 in Managed Cloud Hosting
Best for Enterprise web apps and APIs Simple AWS container services
Pricing model Free plan + paid Paid
Starting price — $0.007/GB usage-based
Free plan ✓ (best) —
Free trial — —
Deployment Cloud Cloud
Platforms Web, Windows, Linux Web
Integrations 3 integrations 2 integrations
Built for Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Azure App Service 1/2 · AWS App Runner 0/2
Staging sites — Not checked yet
Free migration ✓ (best) Not checked yet
Specs
Backup retention 30 days Not checked yet
Included storage 10 GB Not checked yet
Included bandwidth Not checked yet Not checked yet
Support coverage Not checked yet Not checked yet
Our review
Pros
  • Supports Windows, Linux, web applications, APIs, and containers
  • Autoscaling, deployment slots, monitoring, authentication, and backups
  • Integrates with GitHub, Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, and Azure services
  • Deploy from GitHub, Bitbucket, Amazon ECR, or ECR Public
  • Automatic scaling, TLS load balancing, and pause/resume operations
  • Private VPC connectivity with CloudWatch application and deployment logs
Cons
  • Free and Shared tiers use shared compute
  • Data transfer charges apply on the D1 Shared plan
  • Backups are available only on supported paid tiers
  • AWS stopped accepting new customers on April 30, 2026
  • AWS does not plan to introduce new features for the service
  • Usage-based pricing offers no fixed monthly starting plan
Our verdict

Azure App Service is a fully managed platform-as-a-service for building, deploying, and scaling web applications, APIs, and mobile backends. It supports .NET, Java, Node.js, Python, PHP, and containerized workloads on Windows or Linux.…

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AWS App Runner is a managed service for deploying web applications and APIs from GitHub, Bitbucket, Amazon ECR, or ECR Public. It builds applications when required, provisions compute resources, deploys services, automatically scales…

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  1. Azure App ServiceManaged Cloud Hosting 9.2Free plan
  2. AWS App RunnerManaged Cloud Hosting 8.7Paid

Strengths and trade-offs

  • Azure App Service — where it wins

    • Supports Windows, Linux, web applications, APIs, and containers
    • Autoscaling, deployment slots, monitoring, authentication, and backups
    • Integrates with GitHub, Azure DevOps, Bitbucket, and Azure services

    Where it doesn't

    • Free and Shared tiers use shared compute
    • Data transfer charges apply on the D1 Shared plan
    • Backups are available only on supported paid tiers

  • AWS App Runner — where it wins

    • Deploy from GitHub, Bitbucket, Amazon ECR, or ECR Public
    • Automatic scaling, TLS load balancing, and pause/resume operations
    • Private VPC connectivity with CloudWatch application and deployment logs

    Where it doesn't

    • AWS stopped accepting new customers on April 30, 2026
    • AWS does not plan to introduce new features for the service
    • Usage-based pricing offers no fixed monthly starting plan
  • Azure App Service9.2/10 · Free plan

    A broad managed hosting platform for teams running web applications and APIs on Azure.

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  • AWS App Runner8.7/10 · Paid

    A straightforward AWS service for deploying and scaling containers, with limited future availability.

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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