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Azure Container Instances

Azure Container Instances (ACI) is the fastest and simplest way to run containers in Azure without having to manage virtual machines or adopt a higher-level orchestration service. It offers serverless containers with per-second billing, custom sizes, and seamless integration with the Azure ecosystem for burst and event-driven workloads.

Azure Container Instances publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: Operations API and Subscriptions API. Tagged areas include Azure, Cloud, Container Instances, Containers, and Microsoft.

The Azure Container Instances catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Azure Container Instances’ developer surface includes authentication, documentation, pricing, engineering blog, signup flow, support, and 10 more developer resources.

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48.7/100 developing ▼ -6.4 Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
2 APIs
AzureCloudContainer InstancesContainersMicrosoftServerless

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 48.7/100 · developing
Contract Quality 12.5 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 5.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13
Governance 8.3 / 12
Discoverability 5.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Azure Container Instances Operations API

The Operations API from Azure Container Instances — 1 operation(s) for operations.

Azure Container Instances Subscriptions API

The Subscriptions API from Azure Container Instances — 12 operation(s) for subscriptions.

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Azure Container Instances Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Azure Container Instances Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Azure Container Instances Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Azure Container Instances Context

20 classes · 50 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Azure Container Instances API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Azure Container Instances API Rules

18 rules · 5 errors 9 warnings 4 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 28

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

AzureFileVolume

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

CachedImagesListResult

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

CapabilitiesListResult

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Capabilities

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ContainerExecRequest

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ContainerExecResponse

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ContainerExec

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ContainerGroupDiagnostics

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ContainerGroupIdentity

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ContainerGroupListResult

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ContainerGroupNetworkProfile

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ContainerGroup

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ContainerHttpGet

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ContainerPort

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ContainerProbe

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ContainerProperties

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Container

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ContainerState

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

DnsConfiguration

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

EmptyDirVolume

0 properties

JSON SCHEMA

EnvironmentVariable

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Event

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GitRepoVolume

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

GpuResource

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ImageRegistryCredential

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

IpAddress

5 properties

JSON SCHEMA

LogAnalytics

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Logs

1 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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JSON Structure 28

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Azure Container Instances Azure File Volume Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Instances Cached Images List Result Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Instances Capabilities List Result Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Instances Capabilities Structure

6 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Instances Container Exec Request Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Instances Container Exec Response Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Instances Container Exec Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Instances Container Group Diagnostics Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Instances Container Group Identity Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Instances Container Group List Result Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Instances Container Group Network Profile Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Instances Container Group Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Instances Container Http Get Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Instances Container Port Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Instances Container Probe Structure

7 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Instances Container Properties Structure

9 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Instances Container State Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Instances Container Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Instances Dns Configuration Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Instances Empty Dir Volume Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Instances Environment Variable Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Instances Event Structure

6 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Instances Git Repo Volume Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Instances Gpu Resource Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Instances Image Registry Credential Structure

3 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Instances Ip Address Structure

5 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Instances Log Analytics Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Azure Container Instances Logs Structure

1 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

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Examples 28

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Azure Container Instances Azure File Volume Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Instances Cached Images List Result Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Instances Capabilities Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Instances Capabilities List Result Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Instances Container Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Instances Container Exec Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Instances Container Exec Request Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Instances Container Exec Response Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Instances Container Group Diagnostics Example

0 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Instances Container Group Example

0 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Instances Container Group Identity Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Instances Container Group List Result Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Instances Container Group Network Profile Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Instances Container Http Get Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Instances Container Port Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Instances Container Probe Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Instances Container Properties Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Instances Container State Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Instances Dns Configuration Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Instances Empty Dir Volume Example

0 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Instances Environment Variable Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Instances Event Example

6 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Instances Git Repo Volume Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Instances Gpu Resource Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Instances Image Registry Credential Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Instances Ip Address Example

5 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Instances Log Analytics Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Azure Container Instances Logs Example

1 fields

EXAMPLE

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Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Azure Container Instances Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Azure Container Instances Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Azure Container Instances Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Azure Container Instances Scopes

1 scope · implicit

1 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Azure Container Instances Agentic Access

16 operations · 8 acting · 1 human-in-the-loop

16 operations · 8 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Signup
Signup

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

SpectralRules
SpectralRules
 Vocabulary
Vocabulary
 JSONLD
JSONLD

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 OAuthScopes
OAuthScopes

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage
StatusPage
 Support
Support

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: azure-container-instances
name: Azure Container Instances
description: Azure Container Instances (ACI) is the fastest and simplest way to run containers in Azure without having to
  manage virtual machines or adopt a higher-level orchestration service. It offers serverless containers with per-second billing,
  custom sizes, and seamless integration with the Azure ecosystem for burst and event-driven workloads.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/azure-container-instances.png
tags:
- Azure
- Cloud
- Container Instances
- Containers
- Microsoft
- Serverless
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/azure-container-instances/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-26'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: azure-container-instances:azure-container-instances-operations-api
  name: Azure Container Instances Operations API
  description: The Operations API from Azure Container Instances — 1 operation(s) for operations.
  humanURL: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/container-instances
  tags:
  - Operations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/azure-container-instances-operations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/container-instances-quickstart
- aid: azure-container-instances:azure-container-instances-subscriptions-api
  name: Azure Container Instances Subscriptions API
  description: The Subscriptions API from Azure Container Instances — 12 operation(s) for subscriptions.
  humanURL: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/container-instances
  tags:
  - Subscriptions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/azure-container-instances-subscriptions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/container-instances-quickstart
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/azure-container-instances-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/azure-container-instances-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/azure-container-instances-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/azure-container-instances-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/azure-container-instances-scopes.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/container-instances
- type: Documentation
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/container-instances/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/container-instances/
- type: Blog
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/
- type: Signup
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Azure
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.azure.com/
- type: Support
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/support/
- type: SpectralRules
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/azure-container-instances/refs/heads/main/rules/azure-container-instances-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/azure-container-instances/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/azure-container-instances-vocabulary.yaml
- type: JSONLD
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/azure-container-instances/refs/heads/main/json-ld/azure-container-instances-context.jsonld
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com