--- title: Azure Functions Reviews meta\_title: 'Azure Functions Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 214 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Azure Functions works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.4 review\_count: 214 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: Development url: https://www.g2.com/categories/development --- # Azure Functions Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by Azure Functions but has limited features. Are you part of the Azure Functions team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Azure Functions is a serverless compute service that enables developers to build and deploy event-driven applications without the need to manage infrastructure. By automatically scaling resources based on demand, it allows for efficient execution of code in response to various triggers, such as HTTP requests, database changes, or messages from other Azure services. This approach simplifies the development process, reduces operational overhead, and supports a wide range of programming languages, including C#, JavaScript, Python, and Java. Key Features and Functionality: - Event-Driven Execution: Functions can be triggered by a variety of events, including HTTP requests, changes in data, or messages from services like Azure Service Bus. - Automatic Scaling: The service scales resources automatically based on the number of incoming events, ensuring optimal performance without manual intervention. - Multiple Language Support: Developers can write functions in languages such as C#, JavaScript, Python, and Java, allowing flexibility in development. - Integrated Development Tools: Azure Functions integrates with tools like Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code, providing a seamless development and debugging experience. - Flexible Hosting Options: Offers various hosting plans, including Consumption, Premium, and Dedicated (App Service) plans, to meet different performance and cost requirements. Primary Value and Problem Solving: Azure Functions addresses the challenge of managing infrastructure for event-driven applications by providing a fully managed, serverless environment. This allows developers to focus on writing code that responds to events without worrying about provisioning or maintaining servers. The automatic scaling feature ensures that applications can handle varying loads efficiently, while the pay-per-execution pricing model offers cost-effectiveness by charging only for the compute resources used during function execution. This combination of features accelerates development, reduces operational complexity, and enables rapid deployment of scalable applications. * * * Seller [Microsoft](https://www.g2.com/sellers/microsoft) Discussions [Azure Functions Community](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-functions/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Overview by Pratik Mahajan (MS Office 365 Security, Azure cloud system administrator, Endpoint Security (Microsoft Defender), Manage Engine Desktop Central, WUSU,) Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Time to Implement 3 months ### Return on Investment 15 months [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-functions/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![AWS Lambda](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "AWS Lambda") AWS Lambda 4.6/5(1,051) ](https://www.g2.com/products/aws-lambda/reviews) [ ![Google App Engine](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Google App Engine") Google App Engine 4.1/5(216) ](https://www.g2.com/products/google-app-engine/reviews) [ ![Google Cloud Functions](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Google Cloud Functions") Google Cloud Functions 4.4/5(81) ](https://www.g2.com/products/google-cloud-functions/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/azure-functions/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 214 real user reviews. 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Its serverless architecture lets a developer focus on development, and it automatically manages the middleware (deployment, scaling, availability, etc.). It comes with a scheduling feature like cron so we can schedule the runs according to our requirements. Its seamless connectivity to other Azure resources like DBs makes it more useful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Functions? Limitation of not having it inside our own Vnet but its not a big deal as we can still restrict inbound traffic and have private endpoints. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Functions solving and how is that benefiting you? It allows us to utilize its serverless architecture and let us focus on development. It comes with a scheduling feature like cron so we can schedule the runs according to our requirements. Its seamless connectivity to other Azure resources like DBs makes it more useful. The best part is you have to pay only for the actual uses and no upfront charge. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering") UM Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 5/22/2023 "Serverless computing with azure function" 4/5 What do you like best about Azure Functions? Azure functions charges based on the memory usage based on execution rather than the static memory allocated to the function which helps reduce noticable cost per function. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Functions? The segregation between azure premium function and azure function sometimes is a pain point as azure believes in one size that fits all which is not the case most of the times Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Functions solving and how is that benefiting you? It helps remove dependency on the infrastructure as it is completely serverless and the fluent integration with our local IDE helps developer to code from anywhere Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 5/23/2023 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Srikanth A.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Srikanth A.") SA Srikanth A. Software Engineer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 5/10/2023 "Great Serverless compute service" 5/5 What do you like best about Azure Functions? i liked the fact its truly serverless, scales by itself and as a user i dont have worry about the scaling of the Compute power that i set. very much flexible in changing the specifications of compute such CPU & memory is an excellent option with zero downtime and instant switch Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Functions? not much i disliked, i think its pretty much covered with the feature it already offers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Functions solving and how is that benefiting you? hosting the API's and microservices for processing the events real-time & scaling issues & most importantly no more worries with managing infrastructure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![William G.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "William G.") WG William G. Ingeniero Soporte Computer & Network Security Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 5/9/2023 "Quick response to events in a scheduled manner" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Azure Functions? The ideal option for developing applications easily, and the easy way to manage workloads Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Functions? That we can only manage those applications or services that we can link to Azure and the cost of acquiring it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Functions solving and how is that benefiting you? The ease of programming, as it supports different languages, with the ease of compiling and debugging. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 inviteAI Translated ![Pranjali C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Pranjali C.") PC Pranjali C. Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 5/18/2023 "its give us language flexibility and also we have great integration with the azure services" 4/5 What do you like best about Azure Functions? its allow us to concentrate entirely on developing code rather than setting up and managing infrastructure. This shortened development process allows for rapid prototyping and development. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Functions? While Azure Functions are fantastic for short-lived functions and event-driven processing, dealing with complex workflows with long durations can be difficult. For more complex scenarios Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Functions solving and how is that benefiting you? allow you to focus completely on developing code rather than setting up and managing infrastructure. This optimised development experience enables rapid prototyping and development. Scalability: Azure Functions scale automatically based on the incoming workload Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Shruti F.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Shruti F.") SF Shruti F. Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 5/15/2023 "Amazing" 5/5 What do you like best about Azure Functions? One of the best features of Azure Functions is serverless; we have to pay only when someone calls our function. It is event based serverless solution for users. Azure functions are independent of each other. It is one of the best solutions for costs; we have to write less code and maintain less infrastructure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Functions? There is nothing that I dislike about Azure Functions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Functions solving and how is that benefiting you? There are many problems that can be solved using Azure functions like efficiency, costs, scalability and resilience, rapid development, server maintenance and management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Demada Chetan R.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Demada Chetan R.") DR Demada Chetan R. SDE Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 5/17/2023 "Azure Function a highly robust cloud service" 5/5 What do you like best about Azure Functions? 1. Azure functions are "platform as a service" kind of cloud service. 2. It scales as required and no need to manage anything from developer side. 3. Pricing of this service is based on computation time, so it is cheaper than hosting application on virtual machines. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Functions? 1. Cannot create complex applications as we have limited computation time. 2. Developing applications using azure functions with the language that is not supported by this service s not possible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Functions solving and how is that benefiting you? Helpful in creating backend APIs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic Review from User Profile ![Umang J.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Umang J.") UJ Umang J. Consultant - Web Practice Computer Software Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/27/2023 "Best choice for serverless backend" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Azure Functions? First thing it supports all major programming language so we don't need to learn new language and reduce the burden of managing backend infrastructure. We can write small peace of code for various event and functionality Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Functions? Limited execution time and complex integration as compare to other available solution in that market such as gcp cloud function overall it's good but can be improved Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Functions solving and how is that benefiting you? Most of time while building small application we uselly don't want backend due to various reason ie. Cost, and saving time to manage infrastructure we use azure functions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Aisha M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Aisha M.") AM Aisha M. Data Scientist Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 5/3/2023 "Running VM from the Cloud" 4/5 What do you like best about Azure Functions? The ease and accessibility to launch automation via cloud. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Functions? The pricing. Although a VM can be fully turned off, it seems to still rack up micro-costs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Functions solving and how is that benefiting you? Azure Functions offers a platform that allows me to build APIs, set triggers and generate daily reports that are emailed to the team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Mahak K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Mahak K.") MK Mahak K. Assistant System Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 2/19/2023 "Azure Review" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Azure Functions? It has many services to work on different technologies and achieve goals. It has a reasonable price value for services. Its one of the leading cloud services in Sector. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Azure Functions? It has a complicated dashboard of services. This part can be enhanced by providing a good dashboard showing some basic monitoring charts and services on one page. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Azure Functions solving and how is that benefiting you? My Team works on ETL services to achieve customers' requirements. For this, We use AWS Functions and MySQL to work on Customer data and transform it into information. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about Azure Functions? 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