Azure Container Instances

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Definition

Microsoft's serverless container service for running containers without managing servers. Like ordering takeout containers - you get what you need without owning a kitchen.

Real-World Example

Development teams use Container Instances for quick testing and batch processing jobs without long-term infrastructure commitments.

Cloud Provider Equivalencies

All provide ways to run containers without managing servers. ACI runs containers directly (including multi-container groups) with per-second billing. AWS Fargate runs containers as serverless compute for ECS/EKS. Cloud Run runs stateless HTTP/event-driven containers with automatic scaling to zero. OCI Container Instances runs containers on serverless compute in Oracle Cloud.

AWS
AWS Fargate
AZ
Azure Container Instances (ACI)
GCP
Google Cloud Run
OCI
OCI Container Instances

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