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Azure Container Instances

Azure Container Instances offers the fastest and simplest way to run containers in Azure without managing virtual machines or higher-level orchestrators. This collection captures the REST API surface for creating container groups, configuring networking and storage, and operating serverless containers on demand.

Azure Container Instances publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network: microsoft-azure-container-instances Container Groups API and microsoft-azure-container-instances Operations API.

Azure Container Instances’ developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, pricing, support, engineering blog, and 8 more developer resources.

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38.9/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 20/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
2 APIs

Kin Score

Kin Score Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0
Composite quality — 38.9/100 · thin
Contract Quality 11.0 / 23
Developer Ergonomics 6.9 / 18
Access Clarity 8.5 / 18
Operational Transparency 1.2 / 12
Contract Governance 0.0 / 11
Discoverability 6.0 / 9
Create-or-Update Ergonomics 2.2 / 10
Agent readiness — 20/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
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
Delegated User Identity 0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5
Registration Without a Human 0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5
Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.
Improve this rating by publishing the missing artifacts — every area above can be raised, and the full rubric is at apis.io/rating/. Every facet and dimension name above is a link: it opens that measurement's own page — what it means, the exact checks that feed it, how the whole catalog distributes on it, and the providers at the top of it. This rating is computed from github.com/api-evangelist/microsoft-azure-container-instances: open an issue to ask a question, or submit a pull request to add artifacts. Submit an artifact on GitHub — free → Manage your own listing — the Influence plan, $499/mo →

APIs 2

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

microsoft-azure-container-instances Container Groups API

Container Groups operations

microsoft-azure-container-instances Operations API

Operations operations

Open Collections 4

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Azure Container Instances REST Container Groups API

OPEN COLLECTION

Azure Container Instances REST Container Groups Operations API

OPEN COLLECTION

Azure Container Instances REST API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Microsoft Azure Container Instances Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Microsoft Azure Container Instances Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

Microsoft Azure Container Instances Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

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

Microsoft Azure Container Instances Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Microsoft Azure Container Instances Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Microsoft Azure Container Instances Scopes

1 scope · implicit

1 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

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

Microsoft Azure Container Instances Agentic Access

7 operations · 3 acting

7 operations · 3 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal
Portal

Agent Surfaces 2

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess
 LlmsText
LlmsText

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 OAuthScopes
OAuthScopes

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: microsoft-azure-container-instances
name: Azure Container Instances
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.23'
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/microsoft-azure-container-instances.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/microsoft-azure-container-instances/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
apis:
- aid: microsoft-azure-container-instances:microsoft-azure-container-instances-container-groups-api
  name: microsoft-azure-container-instances Container Groups API
  description: Container Groups operations
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/container-instances/
  baseURL: https://management.azure.com/
  tags:
  - Container Groups
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-container-instances-container-groups-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/container-instances/
- aid: microsoft-azure-container-instances:microsoft-azure-container-instances-operations-api
  name: microsoft-azure-container-instances Operations API
  description: Operations operations
  humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/container-instances/
  baseURL: https://management.azure.com/
  tags: []
  tags_raw:
  - Operations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/microsoft-azure-container-instances-operations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/container-instances/
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/microsoft-azure-container-instances-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/microsoft-azure-container-instances-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/microsoft-azure-container-instances-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/microsoft-azure-container-instances-scopes.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Azure
- type: Portal
  url: https://portal.azure.com/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/terms-of-use
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement
- type: Support
  url: https://support.microsoft.com/
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://portal.azure.com/llms.txt
- url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/feed/
  type: Blog
modified: '2026-05-19'
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
description: Azure Container Instances offers the fastest and simplest way to run containers in Azure without managing virtual
  machines or higher-level orchestrators. This collection captures the REST API surface for creating container groups, configuring
  networking and storage, and operating serverless containers on demand.

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