Comparing Azure Static Web Apps vs Azure WebApps vs Azure Blob Storage Static Sites

This post introduces Azure Static Web Apps as a generally available service and compares it against Azure Web Apps and Azure Blob Storage Static Websites. It details the built-in features of Azure Static Web Apps, such as integrated API support via Azure Functions, first-class GitHub and Azure DevOps integration for CI/CD, globally distributed static content, free SSL certificates, custom domains, a seamless security model for API calls, authentication provider integrations, customizable authorization, routing rules, and generated staging versions powered by pull requests. It also outlines the use cases for Azure Web Apps for applications requiring server-side logic and database services, and notes the limitations of Azure Blob Storage Static Websites for hosting static sites without additional services for scaling and CI/CD.