Build apps that scale with managed and intelligent SQL database in the cloud
Part of the Azure SQL family of SQL database services, Azure SQL Database is the intelligent, scalable database service built for the cloud with AI-powered features that maintain peak performance and durability. Optimise costs without worrying about resource management with server-less compute and Hyperscale storage resources that automatically scale.
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Apply filters to customise pricing options to your needs.
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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.
vCore
A vCore-based purchase model is best if you are looking for flexibility, control and transparency of individual resource consumption. This model allows you to scale compute, memory and storage based upon your workload needs and provides a straightforward way to translate on-premises workload requirements to the cloud.
General purpose
Ideal for most business workloads, offering balanced and scalable compute and storage options.
Standard-series (Gen 5)
Standard-series (Gen 5) logical CPUs are based on Intel E5-2673 v4 (Broadwell) 2.3 GHz, Intel SP8160 (Skylake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL 2.5 GHz (Cascade Lake) and Intel(R) Xeon Scalable 2.8 GHz processor (Ice Lake) processors. In the standard-series (Gen 5), 1 vCore = 1 hyper thread. The standard-series (Gen 5) logical CPU is great for most relational database servers.
| vCORE | Memory (GB) | Max. number databases per pool | Pay as you go | 1-year reserved capacity 2 | 3 year reserved capacity 2 |
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| 2 | 10.2 | 100 | $- |
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1Applies to SQL Server Licences with active Software Assurance (SA). Learn more about Azure Hybrid benefit for SQL Server.
2Learn more about Azure reservations and Azure SQL Database reserved capacity pricing.
Compute is provisioned in virtual cores (vCores) with an option to choose between compute generations.
DC-series
The DC-series logical CPUs are based on Intel XEON E-2288G processors with Software Guard Extensions (Intel SGX) technology. In the DC-series, 1 vCore = 1 physical core. DC-series supports Always Encrypted with secure enclaves and it is designed to for workloads that process sensitive data and demand confidential query processing capabilities.
| vCORE | Memory (GB) | Pay as you go |
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| 2 | 9 | $- |
| 4 | 18 | $- |
| 6 | 27 | $- |
| 8 | 36 | $- |
| 10 | 45 | $- |
| 12 | 54 | $- |
| 14 | 63 | $- |
| 16 | 72 | $- |
| 18 | 81 | $- |
| 20 | 90 | $- |
| 32 | 144 | $- |
| 40 | 180 | $- |
Fsv2-series
The Fsv2-series logical CPUs are based on Intel Xeon® Platinum 8168 (SkyLake) processors. In Fsv2-series, 1 vCore = 1 hyper thread. Fsv2-series is optimised for workloads demanding more CPU performance per vCore.
| vCORE | Memory (GB) | Pay as you go |
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| 8 | 15.1 | $- |
| 10 | 18.9 | $- |
| 12 | 22.7 | $- |
| 14 | 26.5 | $- |
| 16 | 30.2 | $- |
| 18 | 34 | $- |
| 20 | 37.8 | $- |
| 24 | 45.4 | $- |
| 32 | 60.5 | $- |
| 36 | 68 | $- |
| 72 | 136 | $- |
1Applies to SQL Server Licences with active Software Assurance (SA). Learn more about Azure Hybrid benefit for SQL Server.
This hardware option is subject to regional availability. See our documentation for the latest list of available regions.
Compute is provisioned in virtual cores (vCores). A vCore represents a logical CPU offered with an option to choose between compute generations.
Locally Redundant Storage
In the general purpose tier, you are charged for Azure premium locally redundant storage that you provision. Storage can be configured between 5 GB and 4 TB in 1 GB increments. Locally redundant storage copies your data synchronously three times within a single physical location in the primary region.
| Storage | Price |
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| GB/month | $- |
Backup storage (point-in-time restore)
By default, seven days of database backups are stored in RA-GRS Standard blob storage. The retention period can be increased to up to 35 days. Any corrupted or deleted database can be restored to any point in time within that period. The storage is used by weekly full backups, daily differential backups and frequent transaction log backups in between. The backup cost depends on the size of the database, the rate of change and the configured retention period. The backup storage amount equal to the size of the configured data storage for the pool is provided at no extra charge. Additional backup storage consumption will be charged in GB/month. Learn more about automated backups, and how to monitor and manage backup costs.
| Redundancy | Price |
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| LRS | $-/GB/month |
| ZRS | $-/GB/month |
| RA-GRS | $-/GB/month |
Long-term retention
Many applications have regulatory, compliance or other business purposes that require you to retain database backups for longer periods of time. By using the long-term retention (LTR) feature, you can store full backups for up to 10 years. You can then restore any backup as a new database. Learn more about long-term retention.
| Redundancy | Price |
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| LRS | $-/GB/month |
| ZRS | $-/GB/month |
| RA-GRS | $-/GB/month |
Business critical
Business applications with high IO requirements. Offers highest resilience to failures using several isolated replicas. Because the zone-redundant configuration in the Premium or Business Critical service tiers does not create additional database redundancy, you can enable it at no extra cost.
Standard-series (Gen 5)
Standard-series (Gen 5) logical CPUs are based on Intel E5-2673 v4 (Broadwell) 2.3 GHz, Intel SP8160 (Skylake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL 2.5 GHz (Cascade Lake) and Intel(R) Xeon Scalable 2.8 GHz processor (Ice Lake) processors. In the standard-series (Gen 5), 1 vCore = 1 hyper thread. The standard-series (Gen 5) logical CPU is great for most relational database servers.
| vCORE | Memory (GB) | Max. number databases per pool | Pay as you go | 1-year reserved capacity 2 | 3 year reserved capacity 2 |
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| 4 | 20.4 | 50 | $- |
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| 80 | 396 | 100 | $- |
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| 128 | 652 | 100 | $- |
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1Applies to SQL Server Licences with active Software Assurance (SA). Learn more about Azure Hybrid benefit for SQL Server.
2Learn more about Azure reservations and Azure SQL Database reserved capacity pricing.
Compute is provisioned in virtual cores (vCores) with an option to choose between compute generations.
DC-series
The DC-series logical CPUs are based on Intel XEON E-2288G processors with Software Guard Extensions (Intel SGX) technology. In the DC-series, 1 vCore = 1 physical core. DC-series supports Always Encrypted with secure enclaves and it is designed to for workloads that process sensitive data and demand confidential query processing capabilities.
| vCORE | Memory (GB) | Pay as you go |
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| 2 | 9 | $- |
| 4 | 18 | $- |
| 6 | 27 | $- |
| 8 | 36 | $- |
| 10 | 45 | $- |
| 12 | 54 | $- |
| 14 | 63 | $- |
| 16 | 72 | $- |
| 18 | 81 | $- |
| 20 | 90 | $- |
| 32 | 144 | $- |
| 40 | 180 | $- |
Storage
In the business critical tier, you are charged for local SSD storage that you provision for your database or elastic pool. Storage can be configured between 5 GB and 4 TB with 1 GB increments.
| Storage | Price |
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| GB/month | $- |
Backup storage (point-in-time restore)
By default, seven days of database backups are stored in RA-GRS Standard blob storage. The retention period can be increased to up to 35 days. Any corrupted or deleted database can be restored to any point in time within that period. The storage is used by weekly full backups, daily differential backups and frequent transaction log backups in between. The backup cost depends on the size of the database, the rate of change and the configured retention period. The backup storage amount equal to the size of the configured data storage for the pool is provided at no extra charge. Additional backup storage consumption will be charged in GB/month. Learn more about automated backups, and how to monitor and manage backup costs.
| Redundancy | Price |
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| LRS | $-/GB/month |
| ZRS | $-/GB/month |
| RA-GRS | $-/GB/month |
Long-term retention
Many applications have regulatory, compliance or other business purposes that require you to retain database backups for longer periods of time. By using the long-term retention (LTR) feature, you can store full backups for up to 10 years. You can then restore any backup as a new database. Learn more about long-term retention.
| Redundancy | Price |
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| LRS | $-/GB/month |
| ZRS | $-/GB/month |
| RA-GRS | $-/GB/month |
Hyperscale
Build new, highly scalable cloud applications on Azure SQL Database Hyperscale. Hyperscale provides rapid, auto-scaling storage up to 100 TB per elastic pool to help you optimise database resources for your workload's needs. To enable zone redundancy, the database must have at least one secondary high availability replica. The pricing below is applicable for both primary and secondary (high availability) pool replicas. See the Azure Pricing Calculator for more information.
Standard-series (Gen 5)
Standard-series (Gen 5) logical CPUs are based on Intel E5-2673 v4 (Broadwell) 2.3 GHz, Intel SP8160 (Skylake), Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL 2.5 GHz (Cascade Lake) and Intel(R) Xeon Scalable 2.8 GHz processor (Ice Lake) processors. In the standard-series (Gen 5), 1 vCore = 1 hyper thread. The standard-series (Gen 5) logical CPU is great for most relational database servers.
| vCORE | Memory (GB) | Max. number of databases per pool | Pay as you go | 1-year reserved capacity 1 | 3 year reserved capacity 1 |
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| 4 | 20.4 | 25 | $- |
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1Learn more about Azure reservations and Azure SQL Database reserved capacity pricing.
Compute is provisioned in virtual cores (vCores) with an option to choose between compute generations.
Premium-series
Premium-series logical CPUs are based on the latest Intel(R) Xeon (Ice Lake) and AMD EPYCTM 7763v (Milan) chipsets, 1 vCore = 1 hyper thread. The premium-series logical CPU is a great fit for database workloads that require faster compute and memory performance as well as improved IO and network experience over the standard-series hardware offering.
Hyperscale service tier premium-series and premium-series memory optimised hardware are available in the following regions.
| vCORE | Memory (GB) | Max. number of databases per pool | Pay as you go | 1-year reserved capacity1 | 3 year reserved capacity1 |
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| 4 | 20.8 | 25 | $- |
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1Learn more about Azure reservations and Azure SQL Database reserved capacity pricing.
Compute is provisioned in virtual cores (vCores). A vCore represents a logical CPU offered with an option to choose between compute generations.
Premium-series, memory-optimised
Premium-series memory-optimised logical CPUs are based on the latest Intel(R) Xeon (Ice Lake) and AMD EPYCTM 7763v (Milan) chipsets, 1 vCore = 1 hyper thread. This memory-optimised version provides nearly twice the memory per vCore and is great for database workloads that require improved memory performance over the standard-series.
Hyperscale service tier premium-series and premium-series memory optimised hardware are available in the following regions.
| vCORE | Memory (GB) | Max. number of databases per pool | Pay as you go | 1-year reserved capacity1 | 3 year reserved capacity1 |
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| 4 | 41.5 | 25 | $- |
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1Learn more about Azure reservations and Azure SQL Database reserved capacity pricing.
Compute is provisioned in virtual cores (vCores). A vCore represents a logical CPU offered with an option to choose between compute generations.
Storage
In the Hyperscale tier, you are charged for storage for your database based on actual allocation. Storage is dynamically allocated between 10 GB and 100 TB, in 10 GB increments.
| Storage | Price |
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| GB/month | $- |
Backup storage (point-in-time restore)
By default, seven days of database backups are stored in RA-GRS Standard blob storage. The retention period can be increased to up to 35 days. Any corrupted or deleted database can be restored to any point in time within that period. The storage is used by weekly full backups, daily differential backups and frequent transaction log backups in between. The backup cost depends on the size of the database, the rate of change and the configured retention period. The backup storage amount equal to the size of the configured data storage for the pool is provided at no extra charge. Additional backup storage consumption will be charged in GB/month. Learn more about automated backups, and how to monitor and manage backup costs.
| Redundancy | Price |
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| LRS | $-/GB/month |
| ZRS | $-/GB/month |
| RA-GRS* | $-/GB/month |
| RA-GZRS* | $-/GB/month |
Long-term retention
Many applications have regulatory, compliance or other business purposes that require you to retain database backups for longer periods of time. By using the long-term retention (LTR) feature, you can store full backups for up to 10 years. You can then restore any backup as a new database. Learn more about long-term retention.
| Redundancy | Price |
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| LRS | $-/GB/month |
| ZRS | $-/GB/month |
| RA-GRS | $-/GB/month |
| RA-GZRS | $-/GB/month |
In DTU-based SQL purchase models, a fixed set of resources is assigned to the database or elastic pool via performance tiers: Basic, Standard and Premium. This model is best for customers who prefer the simplicity of fixed payments each month, where the simplicity of pre-configured options is desired.
Pricing details
Elastic pools
Elastic pools let you manage the collective performance of a pool of databases rather than single databases. The databases in the pool automatically scale up and down to meet demand. You can easily add and remove databases from the pool, scaling your app from a handful of databases to thousands, all within a budget you control.
Elastic pools are available in basic, standard, and premium service tiers. Each tier is distinguished primarily by its overall performance, which is measured in elastic Database Transaction Units (eDTUs). See Service tiers for elastic database pools for details.
Basic
| eDTUs per pool | Included storage per pool | Max storage per pool 1 | Max number databases per pool | Max eDTUs per database | Price for eDTUs and included storage |
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| 50 | 5 GB | 5 GB | 100 | 5 | $- |
| 100 | 10 GB | 10 GB | 200 | 5 | $- |
| 200 | 20 GB | 20 GB | 500 | 5 | $- |
| 300 | 29 GB | 29 GB | 500 | 5 | $- |
| 400 | 39 GB | 39 GB | 500 | 5 | $- |
| 800 | 78 GB | 78 GB | 500 | 5 | $- |
| 1,200 | 117 GB | 117 GB | 500 | 5 | $- |
| 1,600 | 156 GB | 156 GB | 500 | 5 | $- |
Standard
| eDTUs per pool | Included storage per pool | Max storage per pool 1 | Max number databases per pool | Max eDTUs per database 2 | Price for eDTUs and included storage 3 |
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| 50 | 50 GB | 500 GB | 100 | 50 | $- |
| 100 | 100 GB | 750 GB | 200 | 100 | $- |
| 200 | 200 GB | 1 TB | 500 | 200 | $- |
| 300 | 300 GB | 1.25 TB | 500 | 300 | $- |
| 400 | 400 GB | 1.5 TB | 500 | 400 | $- |
| 800 | 800 GB | 2 TB | 500 | 800 | $- |
| 1,200 | 1.17 TB | 2.5 TB | 500 | 1,200 | $- |
| 1,600 | 1.56 TB | 3 TB | 500 | 1,600 | $- |
| 2,000 | 1.95 TB | 3.5 TB | 500 | 2,000 | $- |
| 2,500 | 2.44 TB | 4 TB | 500 | 2,500 | $- |
| 3,000 | 2.93 TB | 4 TB | 500 | 3,000 | $- |