Microsoft Defender for Cloud is a unified, cloud-native security platform that provides advanced protection for your multicloud and hybrid environments. With flexible pricing options, you can tailor your security coverage to your specific needs and budget.

Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)

Microsoft Defender for Cloud offers both foundational and advanced CSPM capabilities:

  • Foundational CSPM: This is available for free and includes continuous security assessments, security recommendations, Secure Score, and the Microsoft cloud security benchmark across Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud.
  • Defender CSPM: This advanced CSPM solution provides additional features like agentless vulnerability scanning, attack path analysis, and integrated data-aware security posture. Pricing is based on the number of protected compute, database, and storage resources.

Cloud Workload Protection

Defender for Cloud also delivers comprehensive cloud workload protection across a variety of resource types, including:

  • Servers: Defender for Servers plans offer advanced threat protection for your virtual machines.
  • Containers: Defender for Containers provides security for your Kubernetes clusters, container registries, and container images.
  • Databases: Defender plans are available for SQL databases, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, and Cosmos DB.
  • Storage: Defender for Storage secures your Azure Blob, Azure Files, and Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 resources.
  • APIs: Defender for APIs offers multi-tiered protection for your web APIs.
  • Service Layer: Defender plans are available for App Service, Key Vault, and Resource Manager.

Pricing for these cloud workload protection plans is based on the specific resources being protected, with some plans offering free monthly usage amounts.

Pre-Purchase Plan

To optimize your Microsoft Defender for Cloud spend, you can take advantage of the 1-year Pre-Purchase Plan. This allows you to pre-purchase Defender for Cloud Commit Units at up to a 22% discount, which can then be applied towards any of the available Defender for Cloud plans over the following 12 months.

To learn more about Microsoft Defender for Cloud pricing and purchasing options, visit the Pricing - Microsoft Defender for Cloud | Microsoft Azure page or speak with a sales specialist.