Bandwidth pricing details
- No upfront cost
- No termination fees
- Pay only for what you use
Start your Azure free account and get a $200 credit for 30 days, plus get 12 months of free access to Bandwidth.
Bandwidth refers to data moving in and out of Azure data centres other than those explicitly covered by the Content Delivery Network or ExpressRoute pricing.
US government entities are eligible to purchase Azure Government services from a licensing solution provider with no upfront financial commitment or directly through a pay-as-you-go online subscription.
Important: The price in R$ 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.
Azure Germany is available to customers and partners who have already purchased this, doing business in the European Union (EU), the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and in the United Kingdom (UK). It provides data residency in Germany with additional levels of control and data protection. You can also sign up for a free Azure trial.
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.
Azure Germany is available to customers and partners who have already purchased this, doing business in the European Union (EU), the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and in the United Kingdom (UK). It provides data residency in Germany with additional levels of control and data protection. You can also sign up for a free Azure trial.
Pricing details
Inbound data transfers
(i.e. data going into Azure data centres): Free
Outbound data transfers
(i.e. data going out of Azure data centres; zones refer to source region):
| Outbound data transfers | Zone 1* Zone 2* Zone 3* DE Zone 1* |
|---|---|
| First 5 GB /Month 1 | Free |
| 5 GB – 10 TB 2/month | $- per GB |
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Next 40 TB (10-50 TB)/month |
$- per GB |
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Next 100 TB (50-150 TB)/month |
$- per GB |
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Next 350 TB (150-500 TB)/month |
$- per GB |
| Over 500 TB/month | Contact us |
Availability Zones*
Inbound data transfers
(i.e. data going into VM deployed in an availability zone): $0 per GB
Outbound data transfers
(i.e. data going out of VM deployed in an availability zone): $0 per GB
*Data transfer billing between virtual machines across availability zones will begin on 1 February 2021. Please see the FAQ for additional details.
FAQ
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We are rolling out a change to Azure inter-region data transfer. As a result, existing customers will see either a reduction of their bandwidth bill or no changes at all. Inter-region data transfer pricing is applicable to outbound traffic from your Azure resources in one region to another Azure region. Inter-region pricing varies based on both source and destination of traffic.
As the rollout is completed, the pricing page will be updated accordingly.
The new source and destination Azure regions for bandwidth are categorised into the following geolocations:
- North America
- South America
- Europe
- Middle East/Africa (MEA)
- Asia
- Oceania
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Throughout September 2020, a change to Azure inter-region data transfer is being rolled out. As a result, existing customers will see either a reduction of their bandwidth bill or no changes at all.
Inter-region data transfer pricing is applicable to outbound traffic from your Azure resources in one region to another Azure region. Inter-region pricing varies based on both source and destination of traffic.
As the rollout is completed, the pricing page will be updated accordingly.
The new source and destination Azure regions for bandwidth are categorised into the following geolocations:
- North America
- South America
- Europe
- Middle East/Africa (MEA)
- Asia
- Oceania
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Yes. Availability Zone is different to 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 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 apps and data from zone-level failures. Availability Zone data transfer pricing is based on Availability Zones.
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Following Availability Zone data transfer is charged:
- Data transfer, ingress and egress, from a VNet resource deployed in an Availability Zone to another resource in different Availability Zone in the same VNET
Following Availability Zone data transfer is NOT charged:
- Data transfer between VNet resources located in same Availability Zone
- Data transfer between a VNet resource and a public IP address in the same Azure region
- Data transfer between VNet resources located in peered VNets across Availability Zones. This data transfer will be charged as per VNet peering rates.
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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, Zone 3 and DE Zone 1.
- Zone 1—Australia Central, Australia Central 2, Canada Central, Canada East, North Europe, West Europe, France Central, France South, Germany North (Public), Germany West Central (Public), Norway East, Norway West, Switzerland North, Switzerland West, UK South, UK West, Central US, East US, East US 2, North Central US, South Central US, West US, West US 2, West Central US
- Zone 2—East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia East, Australia Southeast, Central India, South India, West India, Japan East, Japan West, Korea Central, Korea South
- Zone 3—Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, South Africa North, South Africa West, UAE Central, UAE North
- DE Zone 1 – Germany Central (Sovereign), Germany Northeast (Sovereign)
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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.