VM versus PaaS operations and cost

<div class="compare-demo"><div class="compare-title"><b class="compare-badge">VS</b>SELF-MANAGED VM VS MANAGED APP</div><div class="compare-input"><label>Runtime <b id="first-value"></b><input id="first" type="range" min="0" max="730" step="73" value="730"></label><label>Instances <b id="second-value"></b><input id="second" type="range" min="1" max="3" step="1" value="1"></label></div><div class="cost-rows"><div class="cost-row"><span>DigitalOcean VM · 0.5 GiB</span><div class="cost-track"><i id="cost-bar-0"></i></div><strong id="cost-value-0"></strong></div><div class="cost-row"><span>Azure App B1 · 1.75 GB</span><div class="cost-track"><i id="cost-bar-1"></i></div><strong id="cost-value-1"></strong></div></div><div class="compare-foot">2026-10-06 · Different RAM and operations · network/storage/tax excluded</div></div>

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