Any language. European cloud. Without the Azure bill.
Azure App Service is a capable PaaS, and it shows in the price tag, the surface area, and the time it takes to deploy. Velixir runs your app in any language (push your source, we build it), keeps your data in the EU, 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. Starter (€6.95/mo) vs B1 (~$13/mo); Pro (€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. Push your source in any language and Velixir builds it server-side; App Service git deploys routinely need custom build and deployment scripts.
- Hourly EUR pricing on European infrastructure, no commitments. Your app and data stay in the EU. App Service's monthly tiers + reserved instance discounts create lock-in; Velixir is pay-as-you-go without prepayment minimums.
- One dashboard instead of a portal maze. Deploys, logs, metrics, Postgres, and Valkey live in one console. On Azure they are spread across App Service, Azure DB, Azure Cache, and separate resource groups, each with its own blade and quotas.
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
Same vCPU for roughly half the price.
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€6.95/mo (Starter - 1 vCPU / 1 GB) | $13.14/mo (B1 - 1 vCPU / 1.75 GB) |
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Mid tier (production)
More vCPU and RAM than S1 for about a third of the price.
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€24.95/mo (Pro - 2 vCPU / 4 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 (any language) | Yes - but custom deploy scripts common |
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Time to first deploy
No portal ritual before your first deploy.
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Sign up, push, live in ~2 min | Plan + resource group + slot setup first |
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Where you manage it
Everything for your app in one console, not scattered.
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One dashboard: apps, DBs, caches | Azure Portal, across multiple blades |
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High availability
HA is plan-level on Velixir, infrastructure-level on Azure.
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One toggle (warm-standby replica) | 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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Bandwidth / egress
Egress is the classic surprise line on an Azure bill; here it's zero.
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Unmetered, no egress fees | Metered after a small free tier (~$0.08/GB) |
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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 production web 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: Pro app (€24.95) + Postgres Starter (€4.95) + Valkey Starter (€2.45) = €32.35/mo.
Roughly 65–70% lower at this load, with autoscaling, HA, and managed data included, not sized and billed as three separate Azure services.
Move off Azure App Service in under 10 minutes. Connect your repo, or deploy from the CLI.
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.