Maybe you qualify for Microsoft's Dreamspark or you can sign up for the Microsoft Imagine cup and get some free credits. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pric

Maybe you qualify for Microsoft's Dreamspark or you can sign up for the Microsoft Imagine cup and get some free credits. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/member-offers/imagine/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/member-offers/imag... https://imagine.microsoft.com/en-us/custom/Dreamspark https://imagine.microsoft.com/en-us/custom/Dreamspark That comes with some Azure credits you can use for .NET or Node or PHP apps :) and backends such as MsSQL or CosmosDB (Microsoft's MongoDB) . I don't know how long it lasts though (1 year at the very least). I have a Microsoft BizSpark account and it's great.