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ExpressRoute is a service that enables you to create private connections between Azure data centres and infrastructure that is on your premises or in a colocation environment. ExpressRoute connections don’t go over the public Internet, and offer more reliability, faster speeds, lower latencies and higher security than typical connections over the Internet.
The ExpressRoute service requires the deployment of:
- ExpressRoute circuit: ExpressRoute circuits are deployed in peering locations or meet-me locations and are mapped to different zones.
- ExpressRoute gateway: ExpressRoute gateways are deployed in Azure regions.
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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.
Metered Data plan
All inbound data transfers are free of charge, and all outbound data transfers are charged based on a pre-determined rate (listed below). Users are also charged a fixed monthly port fee (based on High-availability dual ports).
| Circuit bandwidth | Standard price per month | Premium price per month | Inbound data transfer included | Outbound data transfers included |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 Mbps | $- | $- | Unlimited | None |
| 100 Mbps | $- | $- | Unlimited | None |
| 200 Mbps | $- | $- | Unlimited | None |
| 500 Mbps | $- | $- | Unlimited | None |
| 1 Gbps | $- | $- | Unlimited | None |
| 2 Gbps | $- | $- | Unlimited | None |
| 5 Gbps | $- | $- | Unlimited | None |
| 10 Gbps | $- | $- | Unlimited | None |
Outbound Data Transfer pricing
| Zone | Price/GB |
|---|---|
| Zone 1 | $0.025 |
| Zone 2 | $0.05 |
| Zone 3 | $0.14 |
| Zone 4 | $0.1 |
Once connected to an ExpressRoute location, users can connect to other regions in the same geo without the need for the premium circuit, and at no additional cost over existing plan charges. For example, in North America, customers can send or retrieve data to or from any Azure region in North America without the need to pay an additional fee on top of their existing plan charges. Similarly, once connected to an ExpressRoute location in Europe, customers can send or retrieve data to or from any Azure region in Europe without the need to pay an additional fee on top of their existing plan charges.
Note: Customers may incur additional charges by their service providers to enable connectivity to ExpressRoute.
Unlimited Data Plan
All inbound and outbound data transfer is free of charge. Users are charged a single fixed monthly port fee (based on High Availability dual ports). Note: Global Reach Pricing is excluded from the Unlimited Data plan pricing.
ExpressRoute Local Circuit:
An ExpressRoute Local circuit at a specific peering location gives you access only to one or two Azure regions in or near the same metro. Specifically, you can only advertise routes (over Microsoft and private peering) from the corresponding local region of the ExpressRoute circuit and you won't be able to receive routes for other regions different than the defined Local region. See FAQ - Azure ExpressRoute | Microsoft Docs to learn more about the benefits of ExpressRoute Local.
ExpressRoute Standard Circuit:
An ExpressRoute Standard circuit gives you access to all Azure regions in the same geopolitical area at no additional cost over existing plan charges. For example, in North America, customers can send or retrieve data to or from any Azure region in North America without the need to pay an additional fee on top of their existing plan charges. See Locations and connectivity providers: Azure ExpressRoute | Microsoft Docs for the list of Azure regions associated with each geopolitical area.
ExpressRoute Premium Circuit:
An ExpressRoute Premium circuit gives you access to all Azure regions globally. See FAQ - Azure ExpressRoute | Microsoft Docs to learn more about the benefits of ExpressRoute Premium.
| Circuit bandwidth | Local circuit price per month | Standard circuit price per month | Premium circuit price per month | Inbound data transfer included | Outbound data transfers included |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 Mbps | N/A | $- | $- | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| 100 Mbps | N/A | $- | $- | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| 200 Mbps | N/A | $- | $- | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| 500 Mbps | N/A | $- | $- | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| 1 Gbps | $- | $- | $- | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| 2 Gbps | $- | $- | $- | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| 5 Gbps | $- | $- | $- | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| 10 Gbps | $- | $- | $- | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Global Reach Add-on
With ExpressRoute Global Reach, you can link ExpressRoute circuits together to make a private network between your on-premises network.
For details on features included in the Global Reach Add-On, please refer to the ExpressRoute Documentation. Global Reach can be used on both ExpressRoute and ExpressRoute Direct circuits.
| Circuit bandwidth | Price per month1 |
|---|---|
| 50 Mbps | $- |
| 100 Mbps | $- |
| 200 Mbps | $- |
| 500 Mbps | $- |
| 1 Gbps | $- |
| 2 Gbps | $- |
| 5 Gbps | $- |
| 10 Gbps | $- |
| 40 Gbps | $- |
| 100 Gbps | $- |
Global Reach data transfer pricing
| Zone | Global Reach inbound data transfer | Global Reach outbound data transfer |
|---|---|---|
| Zone 1 | $0.02 per GB | $0.02 per GB |
| Zone 2 | $0.055 per GB | $0.055 per GB |
| Zone 3 | $0.112 per GB | $0.112 per GB |
ExpressRoute Traffic Collector
| Zone | Gateway per hour | Data processed per GB |
|---|---|---|
| Zone 2 | $0.8/hour | $0.2 per GB |
| Zone 3 | $0.8/hour | $0.2 per GB |
ExpressRoute Direct
With ExpressRoute Direct, customers connect directly to Microsoft’s network through a pair of 10 or 100Gbps ports to create ExpressRoute Local, Standard and ExpressRoute Premium circuits.
With ExpressRoute Metro Direct Ports customers can achieve better resiliency by deploying a pair of 10 or 100Gbps ports which are in different Peering locations within same metropolitan area.
ExpressRoute Direct contains both a monthly Port fee and, for ExpressRoute Premium circuits, a Premium Circuit fee. Outbound data transfer is applicable to Standard and Premium circuits, and not applicable to local circuits. ExpressRoute Global Reach Add-On and Global Reach inbound and outbound charges apply to Global Reach circuits.
For details on features included in ExpressRoute Direct, please refer to the ExpressRoute Documentation.
| Port Type | Port pair speed | Zone 1 price per month | Zone 2 price per month | Zone 3 price per month | Zone 4 price per month | US Gov price per month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ExpressRoute Direct | 10 Gbps | $6000 | $7000 | $8500 | $7500 | $7500 |
| 100 Gbps | $50000 | $60000 | $80000 | $70000 | $62500 | |
| ExpressRoute Metro | 10 Gbps | $3300 | $4300 | $6600 | $5250 | N/A |
| 100 Gbps | $33000 | $43000 | $60000 | $50000 | N/A |
| Circuit bandwidth | Local circuit price per month | Standard circuit price per month | Premium circuit price per month |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Gbps | Included | Included | $- |
| 2 Gbps | Included | Included | $- |
| 5 Gbps | Included | Included | $- |
| 10 Gbps | Included | Included | $- |
| 40 Gbps | Included | Included | $- |
| 100 Gbps | Included | Included | $- |
Outbound Data Transfer pricing
| Zone | Price/GB |
|---|---|
| Zone 1 | $0.025 |
| Zone 2 | $0.05 |
| Zone 3 | $0.14 |
| Zone 4 | $0.1 |
Unlimited Data Plan
Unlimited Data Plan contains a single fixed monthly port fee that includes all outbound and inbound data transfer charges.
Local and Standard Circuits fee is included in the port fee and for ExpressRoute Premium circuits, a premium circuit fee is applicable. See FAQ - Azure ExpressRoute | Microsoft Docs to learn more about the benefits of ExpressRoute Premium.
ExpressRoute Global Reach Add-On and Global Reach inbound and outbound charges apply to Global Reach circuits.
| Port pair speed | Zone 1 price per month | Zone 2 price per month | Zone 3 price per month | Zone 4 price per month | US Gov price per month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Gbps | $56000 | $88000 | $90000 | $89000 | $56000 |
| 100 Gbps | $250000 | N/A | N/A | N/A | $250000 |
| Circuit bandwidth | Local circuit price per month | Standard circuit price per month | Premium circuit price per month |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Gbps | Included | Included | $- |
| 2 Gbps | Included | Included | $- |
| 5 Gbps | Included | Included | $- |
| 10 Gbps | Included | Included | $- |
| 40 Gbps | Included | Included | $- |
| 100 Gbps | Included | Included | $- |
Virtual Network Gateways
Virtual Network gateways are required to access a virtual network when using Azure Private Peering on an ExpressRoute circuit.
| Gateway type | Price | Bandwidth |
|---|---|---|
| Standard VNet Gateway | $-/hour | 1 Gbps |
| High-performance VNet Gateway | $-/hour | 2 Gbps |
| Ultra Performance VNet Gateway | $-/hour | 10 Gbps |
Availability Zones
As with all of Azure, we are continuously innovating, upgrading and refining our virtual network gateways to further increase reliability and availability. By adding support for Azure Availability Zones, we bring increased resiliency, scalability and higher availability to virtual network gateways. You can deploy VPN and ExpressRoute gateways in Azure Availability Zones by using the new Zone Redundant Gateway SKUs. This physically and logically separates them into different Availability Zones protecting your on-premises network connectivity to Azure from zone-level failures.
| Gateway type | Price |
|---|---|
| ErGw1AZ* | $-/hour |
| ErGw2AZ* | $-/hour |
| ErGw3AZ* | $-/hour |
Scalable Gateway
The virtual network gateway infrastructure auto scales between the minimum and maximum scale unit that you configure, based on the bandwidth or flow count utilisation. The gateway SKU enables you to achieve as high as 40-Gbps to VMs and Private Endpoints in the virtual network. You can also fix the scale unit by either setting the minimum scale unit to 1 or by setting both the minimum and maximum to the same value. When you set the minimum scale unit to 1, the maximum scale unit is automatically set to 1. For more information about Scalable Gateway and to check the regions where the SKU is available, see About ExpressRoute virtual network gateways | Microsoft Learn.
With auto scaling enabled your charges per hour vary depending on the scale units leveraged and do not exceed the charges per hour for the maximum scale unit you have set. If you fix the scale unit, then the charge per hour is fixed according to the number of scale units you have set.
| Gateway type | Price | Bandwidth1 |
|---|---|---|
| ErGwScale | $-/scale unit/hour | 1 Gbps per scale unit, per deployment hour |
1For other per scale unit performance metrics, see About ExpressRoute virtual network gateways | Microsoft Learn.
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Frequently asked questions
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You may have additional charges from your service provider to enable connectivity to ExpressRoute. Please contact your service provider to learn about their pricing.
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For redundancy purposes, two ports (on two routers) are included in the monthly fee shown.
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Please refer to the ExpressRoute Documenation for ExpressRoute peering location to zone mapping.
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ExpressRoute billing starts when a service key is issued to the customer, and it stops after (1) a customer requests a circuit to be deleted AND (2) the Exchange Provider or Network Service Provider has de-provisioned the circuit.
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If your ExpressRoute service is active for the entire month, you will be charged the monthly fee regardless of usage. However, if you cancelled your ExpressRoute service during the month, you would only receive a prorated bill for the hours used and data transfer overage incurred.
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You can increase the port speed at any time without any disruption. You can decrease port speed by deleting the circuit under the existing pricing plan, and re-creating it under the new pricing plan. Please co-ordinate with your service provider to provision the new circuit.
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While the specific answer depends on the circuit size, usage and region, the Unlimited Data pricing option would be a better choice if you have high levels of utilisation, and the Metered Data pricing option would be preferable for low levels of utilisation.
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You can change your pricing plan from metered to unlimited at any time without any disruption. You can change the pricing plan from unlimited to metered by deleting the circuit under the unlimited pricing plan, and re-creating it under the metered pricing plan. Please co-ordinate with your service provider to provision the new circuit.
Please refer to the " rel="nofollow">ExpressRoute Technical documentation page for more details.
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Yes. Please refer to the Office 365 page for guidance, recommendations, and implementation steps for using ExpressRoute with Office 365. Office 365 licence must be separately obtained. You will need to purchase an ExpressRoute Premium circuit to use Office 365 with ExpressRoute. Moreover, you will be charged for data transfer (based on consumption) if you choose the ExpressRoute metered pricing plan.
Please refer to the ExpressRoute Technical documentation page for more details.
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No. You will be billed the ExpressRoute monthly fee (including the premium add-on monthly fee) and the Office365 subscription charge; there is no additional fee for using this service.
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