Microsoft Azure Pricing

“Scalable pricing -- The Azure pricing scales with usage, so the cost per month becomes very clear early on, and the ML-related products for Azure are quite competitively priced. … Otherwise, it is worth looking at other cheaper, more general cloud computing services, like Google Compute Engine and DigitalOcean.”

“Azure is expensive, but it offers packages for small to medium businesses which will be for free for some years or at really very less cost but it may come at the price of compute, data, space,... … Pricing is the most important thing I would consider that needs improvement, pricing will play one of the important criteria in deciding between other cloud providers.”

“GCP on the surface was lower cost but the cost of running enterprise solutions is a lot more than just the cost of operating VMs in the cloud. … Lower support costs - FTE reduction Cost predictability and low overhead Ability to pay for use only with tons of tools to adjust consumption (pay for what you use model).”

“Storage is awesome Virtual machines availability is excellent Reliable and secure envioronment Maintenance cost is low Service cost is bit high but still worth the use.”

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The pricing is sometimes quite high or you quicly run into situations where you would need to upgrade to more expensive paid plans. … Pricing and billing is not easy to understand Used services may become obsolete/legacy all the sudden and this creates maintenance work for us to keep up There can be redundant looking services and...”

“Capacity on demand: only pay for the space you need Software licensing: It is cheaper to license and easier to license with cloud computing Ease of Use: It is so easy to stand up applications on the...”

“The cost of each resource is easy to find but the amount is not as clear when it is first setup Along lines of cost, the costs in “marketplace” should be included in the billing to Microsoft and not...”

“BUT: I think Microsoft Azure's pricing can be complex, and it may not be the most cost-effective option for organizations with tight budget constraints. … In my opinion, Microsoft Azure's pricing structure is too complex, too many pricing models In my experience, sometimes bad documentation and support In my opinion, the hybrid cloud is too complex.”

“If your company has the manpower and resources to host and support servers, then this is typically going to be the less expensive path in the long term with a much higher up front setup cost. … Using the no-contract subscription and the low cost of the entry level systems, it was very easy for me to make the case that our company should try Azure.”

“Reduce our overall cost of Cloud operation Increase operational efficiency Big data analysis and creation of report to make right financial decision Data processing cost is reduced.”

“License/hardware cost and time savings to expand private cloud infrastructure.”