No vendor in the path
Every component is yours: no external control plane, no platform subscription and no dependency on another company’s roadmap.
Backify vs building it yourself on Azure
Your Azure.
Without the platform project.
Building your own path to production on Azure with Container Apps, Bicep and CI gives you full control. It also means identity, pipelines, environments, secrets and audit for every app. Backify deploys into your Azure subscription too, with that work already done.
Last reviewed November 2026. Customer Azure hosting is available on Business and Enterprise.
Where DIY is the better choice
Build it yourself when control matters more than speed.
Plenty of organizations have excellent platform teams and Azure landing zones. For them, DIY can be the right call.
Any Azure service, any design
AKS, private networking, specific database tiers or services Backify does not provision. If your app needs them, your own templates can deliver them.
Existing paved road
If you already have reusable templates, pipelines and policies that teams use successfully, adding another platform may not be worth it.
Where Backify fits
The platform work, done once.
With AI coding agents, more people can build apps than your platform team can onboard by hand. Backify gives each app a governed path into your Azure.
Infrastructure from the code
Backify analyzes the capabilities the app uses, produces a versioned capability manifest and infrastructure plan, provisions what is missing, then builds, deploys and verifies.
Separated by design
A deployment principal used only by the Backify worker, a GitHub CI principal with repository- and branch-specific federation, and an application runtime identity. App code and agents never get the deployment identity.
Resources you own
Container Apps, Container Registry, Storage, Key Vault and PostgreSQL in a resource group you designate. You pay Microsoft directly; preview and production are separate Container Apps.
Who does what
Responsibilities side by side.
Comparing Backify in your Azure with a typical do-it-yourself setup for one internal app.
| Area | Backify in your Azure | DIY on Azure |
|---|---|---|
| Infrastructure definitions | Planned from the capabilities the code uses | Bicep or Terraform you write and maintain |
| CI and image builds | GitHub CI with branch-specific federation and immutable image digests | Pipelines you build and maintain |
| Auth, data, files, jobs, AI | Through the Backify SDK | Services and libraries you choose and wire up |
| Preview and production | Separate Container Apps, authorized publish, recorded revision and rollback | Environments and promotion you design |
| Roles, approvals and audit | Scoped roles and audit events; approvals and region policies on Business and up | Azure RBAC plus whatever release process you add |
| Azure bill | Paid by you to Microsoft; Backify platform fees are separate | Paid by you to Microsoft |
| Control plane | Hosted by Backify, outside your tenant | None, or your own |
| Azure service choice | The resource types Backify provisions | Any Azure service |
| Application authorization | Your app’s responsibility | Your app’s responsibility |
Be honest about the dependency. Your application resources and Azure bill stay in your subscription, and your code stays in your GitHub. Backify’s control plane still handles authorization, policy, approvals, audit and deployment orchestration. Agree on data export, identity revocation and offboarding before you adopt it.
Use both together
Same subscription. Clear boundaries.
Your platform, your core systems
Keep critical systems on the pipelines and templates your platform team owns.
Backify for the long tail of internal apps
Give Backify Contributor access to a designated resource group, not the whole subscription. AI-built apps get a governed path without touching the rest of your estate.
Questions
DIY on Azure comparison FAQ.
What access does Backify need in our Azure?
The deployment principal has Contributor on the designated resource group, plus the registry, storage and Key Vault data roles it needs. It is used only by the Backify deployment worker. Your administrator reviews and authorizes the setup.
Which plan includes customer Azure hosting?
Business and Enterprise. Enterprise adds multiple Azure tenants and subscriptions. Self-hosted apps never incur Backify consumption charges; you pay Microsoft for the resources. See pricing.
What if we stop using Backify?
Your code is in GitHub and your resources are in your subscription. You would need to replace the deployment path and the SDK’s platform capabilities. Plan export and offboarding before adoption.
Can we use our own networking and policies?
Talk to us about your landing zone requirements. Some designs may need features Backify does not provide today, and in that case DIY may be the better fit for that app.
Plan with your cloud team
Bring your Azure administrator.
Discuss the resource-group scope, identities and hosting requirements for your first app in your own subscription.
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