Built for .NET. Without the Azure bill.
Azure App Service is the original .NET PaaS - and it shows in the price tag, the surface area, and the time it takes to deploy. Velixir keeps the .NET-first DX, drops Docker as a requirement, and charges roughly half of what App Service charges for the same workload.
Why teams switch from Azure App Service to velixir
The specific reasons, not generic ones.
- Half the price for an equivalent app. Spark (€6.95/mo) vs B1 (~$13/mo); Elixir (€24.95/mo) vs B2 (~$26/mo) with more headroom.
- First-party Postgres + Valkey, billed hourly. App Service still relies on a separate Azure Database / Azure Cache resource group with its own pricing model and quotas.
- Push-to-deploy without a Dockerfile or a .yml. App Service does git deploys but the .NET build pipeline routinely needs custom deployment scripts; ours is .NET-native end to end.
- Hourly EUR pricing, no commitments. App Service's monthly tiers + reserved instance discounts create lock-in; Velixir is pay-as-you-go without prepayment minimums.
Side-by-side
Pricing checked May 2026. Specs reflect the closest equivalent plan in each direction.
| Dimension | velixir | Azure App Service |
|---|---|---|
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Smallest production tier
€/mo for like-for-like specs is roughly 50% lower.
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€6.95/mo (Spark - 0.25 vCPU / 512 MB) | $13.14/mo (B1 - 1 vCPU / 1.75 GB) |
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Mid tier (2 GB RAM class)
S1 starts the Standard tier; everything below is dev-only on Azure.
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€24.95/mo (Elixir - 1 vCPU / 2 GB) | $73/mo (S1 - 1 vCPU / 1.75 GB) |
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Managed Postgres
Built-in means same project, same billing, same support.
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Built-in (€4.95+/mo) | Separate (Azure DB for PostgreSQL) |
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Managed Redis / Valkey
BSD-licensed Valkey is wire-compatible with Redis.
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Valkey, built-in (€2.45+/mo) | Separate (Azure Cache for Redis) |
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Build without Docker
No Dockerfile and no buildpack wrangling.
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Yes (.NET-native pipeline) | Yes - but custom deploy scripts common |
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Cross-region HA
HA is plan-level on Velixir, infrastructure-level on Azure.
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One toggle (warm-standby in second DC) | Requires Traffic Manager + duplicate tiers |
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Sign-up trial
Velixir's trial is unconditional; Azure's leans on credit-card-locked subscriptions.
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First month on us, up to €14.99 | 12-month free + $200 credit (with card) |
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Pricing model
No commit-or-pay-list tricks.
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Hourly EUR, no commitments | Monthly + 1/3-year RI discounts |
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Roll back a bad deploy
Atomic rollback is built into every plan.
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One click, instant | Slot swap (Standard+) or manual git revert |
Same workload, both sides
A typical .NET 9 app: 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, with managed Postgres and a small cache.
Azure: S1 App Service ($73/mo) + Azure DB B1ms ($28/mo) + Azure Cache C0 ($17/mo) ≈ $118/mo.
Velixir: Elixir app (€24.95) + Postgres Hobby (€4.95) + Valkey Hobby (€2.45) = €32.35/mo.
Roughly 65–70% lower at this load - and the bill is in one place, not three.
Move off Azure App Service in under 10 minutes. Bring your DLL or your repo.
Push your code via Git or CLI. velixir builds, publishes, and deploys it to the region you pick - EU, US, or Asia-Pacific - in under two minutes. No Docker, no YAML soup - and your first month's on us, up to €14.99.
No credit card to sign up. Add a payment method only when you're ready to deploy.