Azure Pricing Calculator
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Azure Pricing Calculator
Estimated Monthly Cost:
$0.00
Understanding Azure Pricing and This Calculator
Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform that offers a vast array of services, from virtual machines and databases to AI and IoT solutions. Understanding Azure pricing is crucial for budgeting and optimizing cloud expenditure. Azure pricing models are generally pay-as-you-go, meaning you only pay for the resources you consume. However, the actual cost depends on various factors, including the type of service, the capacity of the resources, usage patterns, and selected pricing tiers or reservations.
How This Calculator Works: Simplified Estimation
This calculator provides a simplified estimate based on common Azure services and hypothetical per-unit costs. It is important to note that actual Azure pricing is dynamic and can vary significantly based on region, commitment discounts (like Azure Reserved Instances), and specific service tiers (e.g., different VM series, storage types, or SQL database performance levels).
The calculation uses the following estimated, simplified per-unit costs (these are illustrative and not reflective of current exact Azure pricing):
- Virtual Machines (vCPU + RAM): A blended rate considering compute and memory.
- Storage (GB): Cost per GB for managed disks or blob storage.
- Data Transfer (TB): Cost per TB of outbound data transfer from Azure regions.
- Azure SQL Database (GB): Cost per GB for database storage.
- Storage Transactions (Millions): Cost per million requests to storage services.
Key Azure Pricing Concepts:
- Pay-As-You-Go: The most basic model, where you pay for what you use.
- Azure Hybrid Benefit: Allows you to use on-premises Windows Server and SQL Server licenses on Azure for reduced rates.
- Azure Reserved Instances (RI): Commit to using specific services for 1 or 3 years in exchange for significant discounts compared to pay-as-you-go.
- Spot Virtual Machines: Utilize spare Azure capacity at heavily discounted rates, suitable for fault-tolerant workloads.
- Region: Prices vary by Azure region due to local market conditions and infrastructure costs.
Use Cases for This Calculator:
- Initial Budgeting: Get a ballpark estimate for new projects or migrating workloads to Azure.
- Resource Planning: Understand the cost implications of scaling up or down virtual machines, storage, or databases.
- Cost Awareness: Educate teams on how different resource choices impact monthly cloud bills.
Disclaimer: This calculator is intended for educational and estimation purposes only. For precise pricing, always refer to the official Microsoft Azure Pricing Calculator. Actual costs may differ based on your specific configuration, usage, region, and current Azure offerings.
function calculateAzureCost() {
// Hypothetical per-unit costs (Illustrative – NOT real-time Azure prices)
var costPerVM_vCPU_GB_Hour = 0.05; // Blended cost for vCPU and RAM per GB per hour
var hoursInMonth = 730; // Approximately 30.4 days * 24 hours
var costPerStorageGB_Month = 0.03; // Cost per GB per month for standard storage
var costPerDataTransferTB = 0.08; // Cost per TB for outbound data transfer
var costPerSQLDB_GB_Month = 0.09; // Cost per GB per month for Azure SQL DB storage
var costPerStorageTransactionMillion = 0.04; // Cost per million storage transactions
// Get input values
var vmCores = parseFloat(document.getElementById("vmCores").value);
var vmRam = parseFloat(document.getElementById("vmRam").value);
var storageGB = parseFloat(document.getElementById("storageGB").value);
var dataTransferTB = parseFloat(document.getElementById("dataTransferTB").value);
var sqlDatabaseSizeGB = parseFloat(document.getElementById("sqlDatabaseSizeGB").value);
var storageTransactions = parseFloat(document.getElementById("storageTransactions").value);
var totalCost = 0;
// — Input Validation —
if (isNaN(vmCores) || vmCores < 0) vmCores = 0;
if (isNaN(vmRam) || vmRam < 0) vmRam = 0;
if (isNaN(storageGB) || storageGB < 0) storageGB = 0;
if (isNaN(dataTransferTB) || dataTransferTB < 0) dataTransferTB = 0;
if (isNaN(sqlDatabaseSizeGB) || sqlDatabaseSizeGB < 0) sqlDatabaseSizeGB = 0;
if (isNaN(storageTransactions) || storageTransactions < 0) storageTransactions = 0;
// — Calculations —
// Virtual Machine Cost (simplified: assuming cores and RAM contribute to an hourly rate)
// This is a simplification. Real VM pricing is complex (VM Series, size, OS, etc.)
// We'll create a blended cost factor based on cores and RAM for this example.
// Let's assume a base hourly rate related to vCPU and RAM, multiplied by hours in month.
var vmBaseRatePerCoreHour = 0.03; // Illustrative base rate per vCPU core per hour
var vmRamRatePerGBHour = 0.01; // Illustrative base rate per GB RAM per hour
var vmCostPerHour = (vmCores * vmBaseRatePerCoreHour) + (vmRam * vmRamRatePerGBHour);
var vmMonthlyCost = vmCostPerHour * hoursInMonth;
totalCost += vmMonthlyCost;
// Storage Cost
var storageMonthlyCost = storageGB * costPerStorageGB_Month;
totalCost += storageMonthlyCost;
// Data Transfer Cost
var dataTransferMonthlyCost = dataTransferTB * costPerDataTransferTB;
totalCost += dataTransferMonthlyCost;
// Azure SQL Database Cost
var sqlDatabaseMonthlyCost = sqlDatabaseSizeGB * costPerSQLDB_GB_Month;
totalCost += sqlDatabaseMonthlyCost;
// Storage Transactions Cost
var storageTransactionsMonthlyCost = (storageTransactions * costPerStorageTransactionMillion) / 1000000; // Convert millions to actual number
totalCost += storageTransactionsMonthlyCost;
// Display the result, formatted to two decimal places
document.getElementById("monthlyCost").innerText = "$" + totalCost.toFixed(2);
}