What is Azure Automation?
Azure Automation runs automation tasks for Azure and connected environments.
Who is Azure Automation for?
Teams evaluating software that runs automation tasks for Azure and connected environments. Evaluate automation runbooks and scheduled execution against the intended deployment, access controls and operating responsibilities.
Azure Automation features
The core capabilities to consider for your workflow.
- Automation runbooks
- Scheduled execution
- Hybrid runbook workers
Azure Automation pricing
Service and plan pricing
Review current Microsoft pricing for the selected product, users and deployment. Include applicable subscriptions, capacity, compute, storage, requests, network transfer and supporting services; the chargeable units depend on this product.
Calculate the cost of your quote →Free access & evaluation
Cloud credits, trials and free usage allowances have eligibility and service limits. Check current terms for the region and workload; do not assume ongoing production use is free.
Before you choose Azure Automation
Are the actions you need available for each connected app?
How does the platform count tasks, credits or operations?
Confirm service availability in the required region and the permissions, quotas and connected services needed for the intended deployment.
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Azure Automation FAQs
Does Azure Automation have a free plan?
Cloud credits, trials and free usage allowances have eligibility and service limits. Check current terms for the region and workload; do not assume ongoing production use is free.
Who is Azure Automation for?
Teams evaluating software that runs automation tasks for Azure and connected environments. Evaluate automation runbooks and scheduled execution against the intended deployment, access controls and operating responsibilities.
What should I compare before buying?
Check the tier that contains your essential features, confirm plan limits and compare the total quote with your own expected usage.

