The Basic Azure Load Balancer is free of charge. However, it is not offered with Basic virtual machines. The Standard Azure Load Balancer has a charge associated with it.
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Standard Load BalancerPreview
Load balancing between virtual machines that reside inside of a virtual network (Internal Load Balancing) is free of charge.
- Increase in the backend instance pool size and the number of permitted inbound NAT (Network Address Translation) rules
- Support for cross-zone load balancing and resilient VIPs
- Integrated monitoring and diagnostics
The pricing for Standard Load Balancer will be based on number of rules configured (load balancer rules and NAT rules) and data processed for inbound originated flows. However, there will be no hourly charge for the Standard load balancer itself when no rules are configured:
Load Balancer rules: (free during preview period)
First 5 rules: $-/hour
Additional rules: $-/rule/hour
NAT Rules: (free during preview period)
First 100 rules: Free
Additional rules: $-/rule/hour
Data Processed: (free during preview period)
$- per GB
Public load balancing
Every Cloud Service gets a free public load balanced IP (VIP). If you want to load balance on multiple VIPs, you can get additional VIPs at a nominal charge as outlined here.
You can assign up to 5 additional IPs to your Load Balancer.
Internal load balancing
Load balancing between virtual machines that reside inside of a virtual network (Internal Load Balancing) is free of charge.