Merge pull request #113 from MicrosoftDocs/main

8/20/2024 AM Publish

articles/aks/free-standard-pricing-tiers.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) offers three pricing tiers for cluster management
 
 |                  |Free tier|Standard tier|Premium tier|
 |------------------|---------|--------|
-|**When to use**|• You want to experiment with AKS at no extra cost <br> • You're new to AKS and Kubernetes|• You're running production or mission-critical workloads and need high availability and reliability <br> • You need a financially backed SLA |• You're running production or mission-critical workloads and need high availability and reliability <br> • You need a financially backed SLA <br>• All mission critical, at scale, or production workloads requiring *two years* of one Kubernetes version support|
+|**When to use**|• You want to experiment with AKS at no extra cost <br> • You're new to AKS and Kubernetes|• You're running production or mission-critical workloads and need high availability and reliability <br> • You need a financially backed SLA <br> • Automatically selected for AKS automatic clusters|• You're running production or mission-critical workloads and need high availability and reliability <br> • You need a financially backed SLA <br>• All mission critical, at scale, or production workloads requiring *two years* of one Kubernetes version support|
 |**Supported cluster types**|• Development clusters or small scale testing environments <br> • Clusters with fewer than 10 nodes|• Enterprise-grade or production workloads <br> • Clusters with up to 5,000 nodes| • Enterprise-grade or production workloads <br> • Clusters with up to 5,000 nodes |
 |**Pricing**|• Free cluster management <br> • Pay-as-you-go for resources you consume|• Pay-as-you-go for resources you consume <br> • [Standard tier Cluster Management Pricing](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/kubernetes-service/) | • Pay-as-you-go for resources you consume <br> • [Premium tier Cluster Management Pricing](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/kubernetes-service/) |
 |**Feature comparison**|• Recommended for clusters with fewer than 10 nodes, but can support up to 1,000 nodes <br> • Includes all current AKS features|• Uptime SLA is enabled by default <br> • Greater cluster reliability and resources <br> • Can support up to 5,000 nodes in a cluster <br> • Includes all current AKS features | • Includes all current AKS features from standard tier <br> • [Microsoft maintenance past community support][long-term-support] |