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Microsoft Defender for Cloud pricing (2026): what is published

By The Cloud Map Desk. Published , updated .

Desk research from public vendor pages. Vendor facts read September 2026, updated 2026-11-03. Profiles follow our published method; we did not run the products.

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

azure.microsoft.com

Categories described6 of 6
CNAPPYes
CSPMYes
CWPPYes
CIEMYes
DSPMYes
Vulnerability managementYes
AgentsAgentless + agent
Clouds namedAzure, AWS, GCP
Code scanningPartly
AI securityPartly
FedRAMPHigh
Air-gappedNot stated
On-premisesYes
Open sourceNone named
Public pricePublished

* Not found on the pages we read; it may exist. Facts as the vendor states them on its own pages and marketplace listings, read September 2026, checked 3 Nov 2026. Not a measure of how well anything works.

What price is published?

Foundational CSPM is free. Defender CSPM is $5.11 per billable resource per month (8 functions or web apps count as 1 resource). Defender for Servers is $4.906 per server per month for Plan 1 and $14.60 for Plan 2. Defender for Containers is $6.8693 per vCore per month. USD list prices, East and Central US; free for the first 30 days.

Source: Azure: Defender for Cloud pricing (re-read), read .

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Does Microsoft Defender for Cloud publish its prices?

Published. Foundational CSPM is free. Defender CSPM is $5.11 per billable resource per month (8 functions or web apps count as 1 resource). Defender for Servers is $4.906 per server per month for Plan 1 and $14.60 for Plan 2. Defender for Containers is $6.8693 per vCore per month. USD list prices, East and Central US; free for the first 30 days.

Where are prices for Microsoft Defender for Cloud published?

Azure: Defender for Cloud pricing (re-read): https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/defender-for-cloud/. Foundational CSPM is free. Defender CSPM is $5.11 per billable resource per month (8 functions or web apps count as 1 resource). Defender for Servers is $4.906 per server per month for Plan 1 and $14.60 for Plan 2. Defender for Containers is $6.8693 per vCore per month. USD list prices, East and Central US; free for the first 30 days.