Azure pricing updates
Published date: September 25, 2014
On September 25, 2014, we lowered prices for a range of Azure services when purchased directly through our website. The following table shows a complete list of price reductions.
| Service | Old Price | New Price |
| Backup | $.28/GB per month | $.20/GB per month |
| BizTalk Server (Enterprise) | $2.90/hour | $2.10/hour |
| BizTalk Server (Standard) | $.66/hour | $.48/hour |
| BizTalk Services (Basic) | $.67/hour | $.48/hour |
| BizTalk Services (Developer) | $.13/hour | $.09/hour |
| BizTalk Services (Premium) | $8.06/hour | $5.86/hour |
| BizTalk Services (Standard) | $4.03/hour | $2.93/hour |
| Cache (Basic) | $25/month (prorated hourly) | $18/month (prorated hourly) |
| Cache (Premium) | $400/month (prorated hourly) | $290/month (prorated hourly) |
| Cache (Standard) | $100/month (prorated hourly) | $72/month (prorated hourly) |
| CDN (Zone 1) 0–10 TB | $.12/GB | $.087/GB |
| CDN (Zone 2) 0–10 TB | $.19/GB | $.138/GB |
| CDN (Zone 2) 10–50 TB | $.14/GB | $.13/GB |
| Data Transfer (Egress Zone 1) 0–10 TB | $.12/GB | $.087/GB |
| Data Transfer (Egress Zone 1) Next 40 TB | $.09/GB | $.083/GB |
| Data Transfer (Egress Zone 2) 0–10 TB | $.19/GB | $.138/GB |
| Data Transfer (Egress Zone 2) Next 40 TB | $.15/GB | $.135/GB |
| Data Transfer (Egress Zone 3) 0–10 TB | $.25/GB | $.181/GB |
| Data Transfer (Egress Zone 3) Next 40 TB | $.23/GB | $.175/GB |
| Data Transfer (Egress Zone 3) Next 100 TB | $.21/GB | $.17/GB |
| Data Transfer (Egress Zone 3) Next 350 TB | $.19/GB | $.16/GB |
| ExpressRoute Exchange Provider Data Transfer Out (200 Mbps Zone 1) | $.035/GB | $.025/GB |
| ExpressRoute Exchange Provider Data Transfer Out (200 Mbps Zone 2) | $.070/GB | $.050/GB |
| ExpressRoute Exchange Provider Data Transfer Out (200 Mbps Zone 3) | $.140/GB | $.100/GB |
| ExpressRoute Exchange Provider Data Transfer Out (500 Mbps Zone 1) | $.035/GB | $.025/GB |
| ExpressRoute Exchange Provider Data Transfer Out (500 Mbps Zone 2) | $.070/GB | $.050/GB |
| ExpressRoute Exchange Provider Data Transfer Out (500 Mbps Zone 3) | $.140/GB | $.100/GB |
| ExpressRoute Exchange Provider Data Transfer Out (1 Gbps Zone 1) | $.035/GB | $.025/GB |
| ExpressRoute Exchange Provider Data Transfer Out (1 Gbps Zone 2) | $.070/GB | $.050/GB |
| ExpressRoute Exchange Provider Data Transfer Out (1 Gbps Zone 3) | $.140/GB | $.100/GB |
| ExpressRoute Exchange Provider Data Transfer Out (10 Gbps Zone 1) | $.035/GB | $.025/GB |
| ExpressRoute Exchange Provider Data Transfer Out (10 Gbps Zone 2) | $.070/GB | $.050/GB |
| ExpressRoute Exchange Provider Data Transfer Out (10 Gbps Zone 3) | $.140/GB | $.100/GB |
| ExpressRoute Exchange Provider (1 Gbps) | $600/month (prorated hourly) | $436/month (prorated hourly) |
| ExpressRoute Exchange Provider (10 Gbps) | $10,000/month (prorated hourly) | $7,200/month (prorated hourly) |
| ExpressRoute Exchange Provider (200 Mbps) | $200/month (prorated hourly) | $145/month (prorated hourly) |
| ExpressRoute Exchange Provider (500 Mbps) | $400/month (prorated hourly) | $290/month (prorated hourly) |
| ExpressRoute Network Service Providers (1 Gbps) | $12,000/month (prorated hourly) | $8,700/month (prorated hourly) |
| ExpressRoute Network Service Providers (10 Mbps) | $600/month (prorated hourly) | $436/month (prorated hourly) |
| ExpressRoute Network Service Providers (100 Mbps) | $1,800/month (prorated hourly) | $1,300/month (prorated hourly) |
| ExpressRoute Network Service Providers (50 Mbps) | $1,200/month (prorated hourly) | $872/month (prorated hourly) |
| ExpressRoute Network Service Providers (500 Mbps) | $7,200/month (prorated hourly) | $5,200/month (prorated hourly) |
| Media Services (Encoding) First 5 TB | $1.99 per input/output GB | $1.39 per input/output GB |
| Media Services (Encoding) Next 15 TB | $1.60 per input/output GB | $1.19 per input/output GB |
| Media Services (Reserved Encoding E1) | $99/unit per month | $69/unit per month |
| Media Services (Reserved Streaming) | $199/unit per month | $139/unit per month |
| Mobile Services (Basic) | $25/unit per month | $14.99/unit per month |
| Mobile Services (Standard) | $199/unit per month | $139.99/unit per month |
| Multi-Factor Authentication (Per Auth) | $2/10 auths | $1.40/10 auths |
| Multi-Factor Authentication (Per User) | $2/user/month | $1.40/user/month |
| Reserved IP Address Hours | $.005/hour per IP | $.004/hour per IP |
| Scheduler (Premium) | $199/unit per month | $139.99/unit per month |
| Scheduler (Standard) | $20/unit per month | $13.99/unit per month |
| SQL Server for Virtual Machines (Enterprise) | $2.10/hour | $1.50/hour |
| SQL Server for Virtual Machines (Standard) | $.55/hour | $.40/hour |
| SQL Server for Virtual Machines (Web) | $.045/hour | $.032/hour |
| Storage Transactions | $.005/100K trans | $.0036/100K trans |
| Traffic Manager DNS queries | $.75/1M queries per month | $.54/1M queries per month |
| Traffic Manager Health Checks (Azure Endpoints) | $.50/month | $.36/month |
| Traffic Manager Health Checks (External Endpoints) | $.75/month | $.54/month |
| Virtual Network Gateway Hour | $.050/hour | $.036/hour |