Data transferred out of Azure data centers
Bandwidth refers to data moving in and out of Azure data centres, as well as data moving between Azure data centres; other transfers are explicitly covered by the Content Delivery Network, ExpressRoute pricing or Peering.
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US government entities are eligible to purchase Azure Government services from a licensing solution provider with no upfront financial commitment, or directly through a pay-as-you-go online subscription.
Important—The price in R$ is merely a reference; this is an international transaction and the final price is subject to exchange rates and the inclusion of IOF taxes. An eNF will not be issued.
US government entities are eligible to purchase Azure Government services from a licensing solution provider with no upfront financial commitment, or directly through a pay-as-you-go online subscription.
Important—The price in R$ is merely a reference; this is an international transaction and the final price is subject to exchange rates and the inclusion of IOF taxes. An eNF will not be issued.
| Data Transfer | Price |
|---|---|
| Data Transfer In | Free |
| Data transfer within same Availability Zone | Free |
| Data transfer from Azure origin to Azure CDN* | Free |
| Data transfer from Azure origin to Azure Front Door Standard/Premium | Free |
Inter Region
| Intra-continental data transfer | Price |
|---|---|
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Between regions within North America Between regions within Europe |
$0.02 per GB |
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Between regions within Asia Between regions within Oceania Between regions within Middle East and Africa |
$0.08 per GB |
| Between regions within South America | $0.16 per GB |
| Inter-continental data transfer | Price |
|---|---|
| From North America to other continents From Europe to other continents |
$0.05 per GB |
| From Asia to other continents From Oceania to other continents From Africa to other continents |
$0.08 per GB |
| From South America to other continents | $0.16 per GB |
Internet Egress (routed via Microsoft Premium Global Network)
| Source continent | First 100 GB/Month | Next 10 TB/Month | Next 40 TB/Month | Next 100 TB/Month | Next 350 TB/Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From North America, Europe to any destination | Free | $0.087 per GB | $0.083 per GB | $0.07 per GB | $0.05 per GB |
| From Asia (China excluded), Australia, MEA to any destination | Free | $0.12 per GB | $0.085 per GB | $0.082 per GB | $0.08 per GB |
| From South America to any destination | Free | $0.181 per GB | $0.175 per GB | $0.17 per GB | $0.16 per GB |
Internet egress (routed via Routing preference transit ISP network)
| Source continent | First 100 GB/Month | Next 10 TB/Month | Next 40 TB/Month | Next 100 TB/Month | Next 350 TB/Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From North America, Europe to any destination | Free | $0.08 per GB | $0.065 per GB | $0.06 per GB | $0.04 per GB |
| From Asia (China excluded), Australia, MEA to any destination | Free | $0.11 per GB | $0.075 per GB | $0.07 per GB | $0.06 per GB |
| From South America to any destination | Free | $0.12 per GB | $0.085 per GB | $0.08 per GB | $0.075 per GB |
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Azure offers free egress for customers leaving Azure when taking their data out of the Azure infrastructure via the internet to switch to another cloud provider or an on-premises data centre. Azure already offers the first 100 GB/month of egressed data for free to all customers in all Azure regions around the world (see Internet Egress table above). If you need to egress more than 100 GB/month, please follow these steps to claim your credit.
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Yes. Availability Zone is different from Zone.
Zone is a geographical grouping of Azure Regions for billing purpose. Data transfer pricing is based on the Zones. For Zone details, please refer to FAQ below.
Availability Zone is an isolated location inside of an Azure Region, and has its own independent power source, network, and cooling. The physical and logical separation of Availability Zones within an Azure region protects applications and data from zone-level failures.
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You may see your bandwidth pricing listed as zones or regions on your invoice. A sub-region is the lowest level geo-location that you may select to deploy your applications and associated data. For data transfers (except CDN), the following regions correspond to Zone 1, Zone 2, and Zone 3:
Zone 1 — North America and Europe - Canada Central, Canada East, Central US, East US, East US 2, France Central, France South, Germany North, Germany West Central, Italy North, Mexico Central, North Central US, North Europe, Norway East, Norway West, Poland Central, Spain Central, South Central US, Sweden Central, Sweden South, Switzerland North, Switzerland West, UK South, UK West, West Central US, West Europe, West US, West US 2, West US 3
Zone 2 — Asia and Oceana - Australia Central, Australia Central 2, Australia East, Australia Southeast, Central India, East Asia, Japan East, Japan West, Korea Central, Korea South, Qatar Central, Southeast Asia, South India, West India
Zone 3 — South America and Middle East - Brazil South, Israel Central, South Africa North, South Africa West, UAE Central, UAE North
US Gov — US Gov Arizona, US Gov Texas, US Gov Virginia
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No. For example, an Azure SQL database in the same region will not have any additional data transfer costs.
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Yes. Outbound data transfer is charged at the normal rate and inbound data transfer is free.
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We do not charge academic customers for Internet egress, provided that your institution meets certain eligibility requirements. Academic customers must be an Enrolment for Education Solutions (EES) education customer to be eligible, and the egress charges must be less than 15% of the total monthly consumption bill. Egress is not waived for traffic over ExpressRoute or CDN, in addition to customers using egress-as-a-service applications such as MOOCs. For more information, please refer to the EES programme page.
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