Microsoft Defender for Containers

What Microsoft Defender for Containers is

Microsoft Defender for Containers is a paid, web-based security offering with a hybrid deployment model. Its Microsoft Defender for Containers plan has no listed fixed price: billing is based on vCores in Kubernetes worker nodes, and current rates require a pricing quote. The plan includes 20 free monthly vulnerability assessments per charged vCore, and the pricing note lists a 30-day trial. The listed capability set excludes API discovery, runtime protection, API posture management, sensitive data detection, and specification governance. Those omissions define what prospective users should examine when considering the service for container environments. Organizations can request current pricing for their worker-node footprint rather than relying on a published plan amount. The hybrid model is the main deployment detail provided, while web access supplies the stated platform.