# Azure Stack Edge > Publicly sourced profile assembled by Optimly, in the Optimly AI Brand Index. Last refreshed 2026-10-04. - **Business Profile:** https://optimly.ai/brand/azure-stack-edge - **Dataset:** https://optimly.ai/brand/azure-stack-edge.json - **Markdown:** https://optimly.ai/brand/azure-stack-edge/llms.txt - **Official website:** https://microsoft.com - **Slug:** azure-stack-edge - **Categories:** ai-machine-learning, cloud-infrastructure ## Overview - **Tagline:** Seamless cloud-to-edge management using the same Azure portal and development tools used for standard cloud services. Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04 - **Description:** Azure Stack Edge is a cloud-managed hardware-as-a-service appliance provided by Microsoft. It is designed to run compute, storage, and AI workloads at the edge, allowing for local data processing and hardware-accelerated machine learning before data is moved to the cloud. Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04 ## Offerings - **Core capabilities:** - Azure Stack Edge Pro 1 - Azure Stack Edge Pro 2 - Azure Stack Edge Mini R - Azure Stack Edge Pro R Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04 - **Pricing:** Subscription (Hardware-as-a-Service) Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04 ## Audience - **Target industry:** Enterprise, Manufacturing, Retail, Healthcare, Government/Defense Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04 ## Landscape - **Competitors:** - AWS Snowcone / AWS Snowball Edge - Google Distributed Cloud Edge - Dell PowerEdge XE Series - Lenovo ThinkSystem SE Series Source: Brand's website (https://microsoft.com) · 2026-10-04 Page last updated 2026-10-17.