Microsoft Defender · Pricing Plans
Microsoft Defender Plans Pricing
Microsoft Defender Plans Pricing is the pricing profile for Microsoft Defender on the APIs.io network — every figure transcribed verbatim from the provider’s own pricing page on 2026-10-28.
It defines 12 plans, including Foundational CSPM — Free; Defender Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) — $-; Defender Workload Unit (Pay as you go) — $- /month, and 9 more.
The page prices the business product the API comes with, not the API alone, priced by usage; the service is delivered as managed.
Tagged areas include Cloud Security, Data Protection, Threat Intelligence, Email Security, and Endpoint Security.
12 Plans
Prices the product
Basis: usage other
Delivered: managed
Prices: not published
Transcribed from the provider's pricing page on 2026-10-28 — azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/defender-for-cl....
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| Plan | Price | Includes | Overage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundational CSPM | Free per per resource | asset inventory, security assessment, DevOps posture visibility, Infrastructure as Code security, and compliance management | — |
| Defender Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) | $- per billable resource | — | — |
| Defender Workload Unit (Pay as you go) | $- /month per Defender Workload Unit | workloads in Server, Database, Containers, Storage, Cloud Posture Management, AI Services protection, APIs, App Service Protection, Key Vault Protection, and Resource Manager Protection | — |
| Microsoft Defender for Servers Plan 1 | $- per server | — | — |
| Microsoft Defender for Servers Plan 2 | $- per server | — | — |
| Microsoft Defender for Containers | $- per vCore | 20 free monthly vulnerability assessments per charged vCore | Every subsequent scan will be charged at $- per image digest |
| Microsoft Defender for AI Services | $- /1K tokens/month per 1K tokens | — | — |
| Microsoft Defender for APIs Plan 1 | $- per plan entitlement | — | Plan 1: $- per API call |
| Microsoft Defender for Key Vault | $- /Vault/month per Vault | — | — |
| Microsoft Defender for Resource Manager | $- /Subscription/month per Subscription | — | — |
| Microsoft Defender Experts for Servers (hunting is included) | $- /server/month per server | — | — |
| Defender for Cloud – 1-year Pre Purchase Plan | $- per MDC Commit Units | Tiers from 5,000.00 to 350,000.00 Commit Units with 10%–22% discount | — |
Compare with the market: Cybersecurity & Identity pricing
Plans
Foundational CSPM
month
Free per per resource
Includes: asset inventory, security assessment, DevOps posture visibility, Infrastructure as Code security, and compliance management
Defender Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)
month
$- per billable resource
Defender Workload Unit (Pay as you go)
month
$- /month per Defender Workload Unit
Includes: workloads in Server, Database, Containers, Storage, Cloud Posture Management, AI Services protection, APIs, App Service Protection, Key Vault Protection, and Resource Manager Protection
Microsoft Defender for Servers Plan 1
month
$- per server
Microsoft Defender for Servers Plan 2
month
$- per server
Microsoft Defender for Containers
month
$- per vCore
Includes: 20 free monthly vulnerability assessments per charged vCore
Overage: Every subsequent scan will be charged at $- per image digest
Microsoft Defender for AI Services
month
$- /1K tokens/month per 1K tokens
Microsoft Defender for APIs Plan 1
month
$- per plan entitlement
Overage: Plan 1: $- per API call
Microsoft Defender for Key Vault
month
$- /Vault/month per Vault
Microsoft Defender for Resource Manager
month
$- /Subscription/month per Subscription
Microsoft Defender Experts for Servers (hunting is included)
month
$- /server/month per server
Defender for Cloud – 1-year Pre Purchase Plan
year
$- per MDC Commit Units
Includes: Tiers from 5,000.00 to 350,000.00 Commit Units with 10%–22% discount
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Every plan here is available over the APIs.io API and to AI agents over MCP.