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Azure Application Gateway enables you to build highly scalable and available web sites by providing HTTP load balancing and delivery control. Web Application Firewall Application Gateway provides you with all the benefits of a basic Application Gateway, as well as protection against malicious web requests.
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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 Application Gateway Standard_v2 and WAF_v2 SKU offer additional support for autoscaling, zone redundancy and Static VIP. These gateways also offer enhanced performance, better provisioning and configuration update time, Header rewrites and WAF custom rules. Please refer to documentation for additional product detail, as well as the FAQ section below for pricing and billing information
| Application Gateway Basic Preview | Application Gateway Standard | Web Application Firewall | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed | $- per gateway-hour | $- per gateway-hour | $- per gateway-hour |
| Capacity Unit1 | $- per capacity unit-hour | $- per capacity unit-hour | $- per capacity unit-hour |
Data transfers
| Type | Example | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Inbound | Data going into Azure data centres | Free |
| Outbound | Data going out of Azure data centres from application gateways | Charged at standard data transfer rates. |
Application Gateway for Containers brings native support for container workload balancing, providing scale and modern application load balancing functionality. Application Gateway for Containers charges on provisioning of each Application Gateway for Containers resource, Application Gateway for Containers Frontend, Application Gateway for Containers Association, and capacity units. Please refer to documentation for additional product details.
Application Gateway for Containers with Web Application Firewall (WAF)
Please refer to the Azure Web Application Firewall pricing page for additional Application Gateway for Containers with WAF pricing.
| Application Gateway for Containers | Application Gateway for Containers with WAF | |
|---|---|---|
| Application Gateway for Container | $- per application gateway for containers-hour | $- per application gateway for containers-hour |
| Frontend | $- per frontend-hour | $- per frontend-hour |
| Association | $- per association-hour | $- per association-hour |
| Capacity Unit | $- per capacity unit-hour | $- per capacity unit-hour |
*Monthly price estimates are based on 730 hours of usage per month.
On April 28, 2026, Application Gateway V1 will be retired. Please transition to Application Gateway V2 before that date. Learn more.
We charge for the application gateways based on the amount of time that the gateway is provisioned and available, as well as the amount of data processed by the application gateways.
| Application Gateway Type | Basic Application Gateway | Web Application Firewall Application Gateway |
|---|---|---|
| Small | $- per gateway-hour | Not available |
| Medium | $- per gateway-hour | $- per gateway-hour *** |
| Large | $- per gateway-hour | $- per gateway-hour *** |
For technical specifications and limitations regarding the different application gateways, please refer to this overview.
Data processing
Data processing charge is based on the amount of data processed by the application gateways.
| Data Processing | Price |
|---|---|
| Small | |
| Unlimited | $- per GB |
| Medium | |
| First 10 TB/month | Included |
| Unlimited | $- per GB |
| Over 10 TB/month | $- per GB |
| Large | |
| First 40 TB/month | Included |
| Unlimited | $- per GB |
| Over 40 TB/month | $- per GB |
Data transfers
| Type | Example | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Inbound | Data going into Azure data centres | Free |
| Outbound | Data going out of Azure data centres from application gateways | Charged at standard data transfer rates. |
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Frequently asked questions
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Yes, a partial hour is billed as a full hour.
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No, the small application gateway size is offered primarily for DEV/TEST purposes. Running production workloads on small application gateways may overload the processing capacity of the small instances. Application Gateway supports deployment with one or more instances within the same cloud service. Running an Application Gateway cloud service with only one instance is not recommended due to the lack of high availability.
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Capacity Units measure consumption-based cost that is charged in addition to the fixed cost. Capacity unit charge is also computed hourly or partial hourly. There are three dimensions to capacity unit - compute unit, persistent connections and throughput. Compute unit is a measure of processor capacity consumed. Please refer to our documentation page.
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Both the WAF and WAF_v2 SKU include the use of WAF Policy and WAF rules at no additional cost.
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