September 29, 2014 at 12:35Massive Azure cloud price cuts
I am pleased to share the latest news with you : the prices for a large number of Microsoft Azure services have been reduced.
A massive price reduction affected both infrastructure services (including data transfer and VM from SQL Server), as well as developer-oriented services, for example, prices for mobile services fell from $ 199 to $ 139.99
Below you will find a complete list of prices that will come into force on September 25, 2014:
A massive price reduction affected both infrastructure services (including data transfer and VM from SQL Server), as well as developer-oriented services, for example, prices for mobile services fell from $ 199 to $ 139.99
| Service | Old value | New price |
| Backup | $ .28 / GB per month | $ .20 / GB per month |
| Cache (Basic) | $ 25 / month (hourly) | $ 18 / month (hourly) |
| Data Transfer (Egress Zone 1) 0–10 TB | $ .12 / GB | $ .087 / GB |
| Media Services (Encoding) Next 15 TB | $ 1.60 / hour | $ 1.19 / hour |
| Mobile Services (Basic) | $ 25 / month | $ 14.99 / month |
| Mobile Services (Standard) | $ 199 / month | $ 139.99 / month |
| Multi-Factor Authentication (Per Auth) | $ 2/10 authorization | $ 1.40 / 10 authorizations |
| SQL Server for Virtual Machines (Web) | $ .045 / hour | $ .032 / hour |
| Service | Old price | New price |
| Backup | $ .28 / GB per month | $ .20 / GB per month |
| BizTalk Server (Enterprise) | $ 2.90 / hour | $ 2.10 / hour |
| BizTalk Server (Standard) | $ .66 / hour | $ .48 / hour |
| BizTalk Services (Basic) | $ .67 / hour | $ .48 / hour |
| BizTalk Services (Developer) | $ .13 / hour | $ .09 / hour |
| BizTalk Services (Premium) | $ 8.06 / hour | $ 5.86 / hour |
| BizTalk Services (Standard) | $ 4.03 / hour | $ 2.93 / hour |
| Cache (Premium) | $ 400 / month (hourly) | $ 290 / month (hourly) |
| Cache (standard) | $ 100 / month (hourly) | $ 72 / month (hourly) |
| CDN (Zone 1) 0–10 TB | $ .12 / GB | $ .087 / GB |
| CDN (Zone 2) 0–10 TB | $ .19 / GB | $ .138 / GB |
| CDN (Zone 2) 10–50 TB | $ .14 / GB | $ .13 / GB |
| Data Transfer (Egress Zone 1) Next 40 TB | $ .09 / GB | $ .083 / GB |
| Data Transfer (Egress Zone 2) 0–10 TB | $ .19 / GB | $ .138 / GB |
| Data Transfer (Egress Zone 2) Next 40 TB | $ .15 / GB | $ .135 / GB |
| Data Transfer (Egress Zone 3) 0–10 TB | $ .25 / GB | $ .181 / GB |
| Data Transfer (Egress Zone 3) Next 40 TB | $ .23 / GB | $ .175 / GB |
| Data Transfer (Egress Zone 3) Next 100 TB | $ .21 / GB | $ .17 / GB |
| Data Transfer (Egress Zone 3) Next 350 TB | $ .19 / GB | $ .16 / GB |
| ExpressRoute (200 Mbps Zone 1) | $ .035 / GB | $ .025 / GB |
| ExpressRoute (200 Mbps Zone 2) | $ .070 / GB | $ .050 / GB |
| ExpressRoute (200 Mbps Zone 3) | $ .140 / GB | $ .100 / GB |
| ExpressRoute (500 Mbps Zone 1) | $ .035 / GB | $ .025 / GB |
| ExpressRoute (500 Mbps Zone 2) | $ .070 / GB | $ .050 / GB |
| ExpressRoute (500 Mbps Zone 3) | $ .140 / GB | $ .100 / GB |
| ExpressRoute (1 Gbps Zone 1) | $ .035 / GB | $ .025 / GB |
| ExpressRoute (1 Gbps Zone 2) | $ .070 / GB | $ .050 / GB |
| ExpressRoute (1 Gbps Zone 3) | $ .140 / GB | $ .100 / GB |
| ExpressRoute (10 Gbps Zone 1) | $ .035 / GB | $ .025 / GB |
| ExpressRoute (10 Gbps Zone 2) | $ .070 / GB | $ .050 / GB |
| ExpressRoute (10 Gbps Zone 3) | $ .140 / GB | $ .100 / GB |
| ExpressRoute Exchange Provider (1 Gbps) | $ 600 / month (hourly) | $ 436 / month (hourly) |
| ExpressRoute Exchange Provider (10 Gbps) | $ 10,000 / month (hourly) | $ 7,200 / month (hourly) |
| ExpressRoute Exchange Provider (200 Mbps) | $ 200 / month (hourly) | $ 145 / month (hourly) |
| ExpressRoute Exchange Provider (500 Mbps) | $ 400 / month (hourly) | $ 290 / month (hourly) |
| ExpressRoute Network Service Providers (1 Gbps) | $ 12,000 / month (hourly) | $ 8,700 / month (hourly) |
| ExpressRoute Network Service Providers (10 Mbps) | $ 600 / month (hourly) | $ 436 / month (hourly) |
| ExpressRoute Network Service Providers (100 Mbps) | $ 1,800 / month (hourly) | $ 1,300 / month (hourly) |
| ExpressRoute Network Service Providers (50 Mbps) | $ 1,200 / month (hourly) | $ 872 / month (hourly) |
| ExpressRoute Network Service Providers (500 Mbps) | $ 7,200 / month (hourly) | $ 5,200 / month (hourly) |
| Media Services (Encoding) First 5 TB | $ 1.99 / hour | $ 1.39 / hour |
| Media Services (Encoding) Next 15 TB | $ 1.60 / hour | $ 1.19 / hour |
| Media Services (Reserved Encoding E1) | $ 99 / month | $ 69 / month |
| Media Services (Reserved Streaming) | $ 199 / month | $ 139 / month |
| Multi-Factor Authentication (Per User) | $ 2 / user / month | $ 1.40 / user / month |
| Reserved IP Address | $ .005 / hour per IP | $ .004 / hour per IP |
| Scheduler (Premium) | $ 199 / instance | $ 139.99 / copy |
| Scheduler (Standard) | $ 20 / instance | $ 13.99 / instance |
| SQL Server for Virtual Machines (Enterprise) | $ 2.10 / hour | $ 1.50 / hour |
| SQL Server for Virtual Machines (Standard) | $ .55 / hour | $ .40 / hour |
| Storage Transactions (100M Transactions) | $ .005 / 100K transactions | $ .0036 / 100K transactions |
| Traffic Manager DNS Queries | $ .75 / 1M requests per month | $ .54 / 1M requests per month |
| Traffic Manager Health Checks (Azure Endpoints) | $ .50 / month | $ .36 / month |
| Traffic Manager Health Checks (External Endpoints) | $ .75 / month | $ .54 / month |
| Virtual network gateway | $ .050 / hour | $ .036 / hour |
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Which of the following Azure services do you use in practice?
- 56.3% Websites or Cloud Services 31
- 61.8% Virtual machines 34
- 16.3% Mobile Services 9
- 41.8% Storage 23
- 5.4% Integration Services (Service Bus, BizTalk, ...) 3
- 9% HDInsight, Miachine Learning, HPC 5 Services
- 40% SQL Database or DocumentDB 22 Database Services
- 7.2% Other services 4