In a partnership announced Tuesday, Replit will now be available via Microsoft’s Azure Marketplace. That means businesses already working inside Microsoft’s ecosystem can easily subscribe to Replit’s tools with just a few clicks. But this isn’t just about marketplace convenience. Replit is also integrating deeply with Microsoft’s cloud infrastructure: containers, virtual machines, and Neon Serverless Postgres (Microsoft’s flavor of the popular Postgres database that Replit supports). In return, Microsoft gets to share in the revenue generated when Replit apps go live in production on Azure.
Now, before you wonder whether this makes Replit and GitHub Copilot competitors—don’t worry, they’re not quite playing the same game. Copilot (Microsoft’s own coding assistant built into GitHub) is aimed at professional programmers who live in their code editors. Replit, on the other hand, is for everyone—from seasoned devs to the sales manager who wants to build a customer retention dashboard with just a prompt and no prior coding experience.
That’s part of the magic: Replit is turning natural language into web apps, setting up everything from the backend to authentication automatically. You can dive deeper if you’re technical, but you don’t have to be.
Microsoft and Replit are even positioning this as an alternative to design and prototyping tools like Figma—except here, you’re not just designing the app, you’re building it. Think of it as vibe coding meets no-code, all running on serious cloud infrastructure.
The numbers show Replit’s momentum. In just six months, it jumped from $10 million to $100 million in annual recurring revenue. Backed by a powerhouse lineup—Andreessen Horowitz, Khosla Ventures, Y Combinator, and more—Replit hasn’t needed to raise more capital since. With over 500,000 business users already on the platform, it’s not just hype—it’s happening.
The one quiet loser in all this? Google Cloud. Until now, most Replit apps ran on Google’s infrastructure, and the company even showcased Replit as a case study. But since the Microsoft deal is non-exclusive, Replit’s just expanding—not replacing—its hosting options. In other words, Google is still in the picture, but it now has to share the spotlight.
In a landscape where coding tools are blurring the line between developer and business user, this partnership signals something bigger: app development is getting more accessible, more integrated—and a lot more competitive.
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