Azure App Service vs Koyeb

Azure App Service9.1Visit Koyeb8.7Visit

Higher score Azure App Service #4 in Node.js Hosting 9.1/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 0 of 4 features Visit site

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Koyeb #7 in Node.js Hosting 8.7/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 2 of 4 features Visit Koyeb

• Azure App Service fits best

  Teams wanting a broad managed app platform

• Koyeb fits best

  Multi-region apps with a generous free tier

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Side by side

Feature	Azure App Service 9.1/10 Visit ↗	Koyeb 8.7/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.1	8.7
Ranking	#4 in Node.js Hosting	#7 in Node.js Hosting
Best for	Teams wanting a broad managed app platform	Multi-region apps with a generous free tier
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	—	$29/mo
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud
Platforms	Web, Windows, Linux	Web
Integrations	3 integrations	11 integrations
Features Azure App Service 0/4 · Koyeb 2/4
Background workers	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Automatic scaling	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Persistent storage	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Container deployments	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Specs
Node.js version choice	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Included build minutes	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Free web app and API hosting with Git-based deployment Autoscaling, TLS, monitoring, authentication, and backups on supported tiers Supports Windows, Linux, containers, APIs, and Azure integrations	Free Starter plan includes web service and PostgreSQL Autoscaling, scale-to-zero, previews, and edge routing Deploy from GitHub or public and private container registries
Cons	Free F1 hosting is limited to 1 GB storage and 60 CPU minutes daily Backups are unavailable on Free and Shared tiers Paid pricing varies by region, operating system, currency, and agreement	Starter is limited to one organization member Scale starts at $299 per month Enterprise uses custom pricing
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 Node.js alongside .NET, Java, Python, PHP, and containerized workloads on Windows or… Read the review →	Koyeb is a serverless infrastructure platform for deploying web applications, APIs, workers, container images, AI workloads, and managed PostgreSQL databases. It suits developers and teams that need multi-region application deployment,… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Azure App Service — where it wins

  • Free web app and API hosting with Git-based deployment
  • Autoscaling, TLS, monitoring, authentication, and backups on supported tiers
  • Supports Windows, Linux, containers, APIs, and Azure integrations

  Where it doesn't

  • Free F1 hosting is limited to 1 GB storage and 60 CPU minutes daily
  • Backups are unavailable on Free and Shared tiers
  • Paid pricing varies by region, operating system, currency, and agreement

• Koyeb — where it wins

  • Free Starter plan includes web service and PostgreSQL
  • Autoscaling, scale-to-zero, previews, and edge routing
  • Deploy from GitHub or public and private container registries

  Where it doesn't

  • Starter is limited to one organization member
  • Scale starts at $299 per month
  • Enterprise uses custom pricing

• Azure App Service9.1/10 · Free plan

  A broad managed app platform with free hosting, Git deployment, and scalable paid tiers.

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• Koyeb8.7/10 · Free plan

  A generous free tier for multi-region deployments, with paid plans for team scale.

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