Marketplace categories and industries
This article discusses and lists the categories and industries available to choose from when creating an offer in Partner Center for our two different online stores: Microsoft AppSource or Azure Marketplace.
Category and industry listings by offer type
Microsoft AppSource and Azure Marketplace are two different storefronts that serve different customer personas. Your offer will be published to Microsoft AppSource or Azure Marketplace depending on the category/subcategory selection, the offer type, and transaction capabilities.
Following are the categories and industries applicable to each online stores, by offer:
| Offer type | Categories for Azure Marketplace | Categories for AppSource | Industries for AppSource |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azure Application | ✔ | ||
| Azure Container | ✔ | ||
| Azure Virtual Machine | ✔ | ||
| IoT Edge Module | ✔ | ||
| Managed service | ✔ | ||
| SaaS | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Consulting Service | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Dynamics 365 apps on Dataverse and Power Apps | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Dynamics 365 Operations Apps | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Dynamics 365 Business Central | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Power BI app | ✔ | ✔ |
Applicable store by offer type
Following are the combinations of options applicable to each online stores:
| Metered billing | Microsoft 365 add-ins | Private-only plan | Public-only plan | Public & private plans | Applicable online store |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ✔ | AppSource | ||||
| ✔ | ✔ | Azure Marketplace | |||
| ✔ | ✔ | Azure Marketplace | |||
| ✔ | ✔ | Azure Marketplace2 | |||
| ✔ | Azure Marketplace | ||||
| ✔ | AppSource1 Azure Marketplace1 |
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| ✔ | AppSource1 Azure Marketplace1,2 |
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| ✔ | AppSource1 Azure Marketplace1 |
1 Depending on category/subcategory and industry selection.
2 Offers with private plans will be published to the Azure portal.
Note
A listing plan and transactable plan cannot exist in the same offer.
Categories
Categories in Azure Marketplace target IT professionals and developers while categories in Microsoft AppSource target business users looking for business and/or industry SaaS applications, Dynamics 365 add-ins, Microsoft 365 add-ins, and Power Platform apps.
Select categories and subcategories that best align with the value proposition of your listing. You can select:
- A maximum of two categories, including a primary and a secondary (optional) category.
- A maximum of two subcategories for each primary and/or secondary category. If no subcategory is selected, you offer will be discoverable in the selected category only. Select a subcategory to make your offer discoverable within a smaller subset.
| Azure Marketplace | Microsoft AppSource |
|---|---|
Analytics
|
Analytics
|
AI + Machine Learning
|
AI + Machine Learning
|
Blockchain
|
Collaboration
|
Compute
|
Compliance and Legal
|
Containers
|
Customer Service
|
Databases
|
Finance
|
Developer Tools
|
Geolocation
|
| DevOps | Human Resources
|
Integration
|
IT and Management Tools
|
IT and Management Tools
|
Internet of Things
|
Identity
|
Marketing
|
Internet of Things
|
Operations and Supply Chain
|
Media
|
Productivity
|
| Monitoring and Diagnostics | Sales
|
Migration
|
(remaining cells in this column are blank) |
| Mixed Reality |
|
Networking
|
|
Security
|
|
Storage
|
|
Web
|
Industries
Industry selection applies only for offers published to AppSource and Consulting Services published in Azure Marketplace. Select industries and/or verticals if your offer addresses industry-specific needs, calling out industry-specific capabilities in your offer description. You can select up to two industries and two verticals per industry.
Note
For consulting service offers in Azure Marketplace, there are no industry verticals.
| Industries | Verticals |
|---|---|
| Automotive | n/a |
| Financial Services | Banking Insurance Capital Markets |
| Government | Civilian Government Public Safety and Justice |
| Defense and Intelligence | n/a |
| Healthcare | Health Payor Health Provider Life Sciences |
| Education | Higher Education Primary and Secondary Edu/K-12 Libraries and Museums |
| Nonprofit and IGO | n/a |
| Manufacturing | Process Manufacturing Discrete Manufacturing Agriculture |
| Energy | n/a |
| Retail | Retail Customer Goods |
| Media and Communications | Media and Entertainment Telecommunications |
| Professional Services | Partner Professional Services Legal Architecture and Construction Real Estate |
| Distribution | Wholesale Parcel and Package Shipping |
| Hospitality and Travel | Travel & Transportation Hotels and Leisure Restaurants and Food Services |
Applicable products
Select the applicable products your app works with for the offer to show up under selected products in Microsoft AppSource.
Next steps
- To create an offer, sign in to Partner Center to create and configure your offer. If you haven't yet enrolled in Partner Center, create an account.
- For step-by-step instructions on publishing an offer, see the commercial marketplace publishing guide by offer type.
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