Azure Load Balancers Pricing Discussion
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We tried to explore the pricing mechanism for all the 4 Load balancers that w ehave explored.
1. Azure Standard Load Balancer
Pricing Components:
Load Balancing Rules:
First 5 Rules: No hourly charge.
Additional Rules: Charged per rule per hour.
Data Processed:
Charged per gigabyte (GB) of inbound and outbound data through the load balancer.
Example Calculation:
If you have 7 load balancing rules and process 100 GB of data in a month:
Rules Charge:
First 5 rules: Free
Additional 2 rules: 2 rules × hourly rate × 730 hours (assuming 730 hours in a month)
Data Processed Charge:
100 GB × data processing rate per GB
Note: Inbound NAT rules are free of charge.
For detailed pricing, refer to the Azure Load Balancer Pricing.
2. Azure Application Gateway
Pricing Components:
Deployment Hours:
Charged per hour based on the gateway's size and tier (Standard_v2, WAF_v2, etc.).
Capacity Units:
Charges are based on the number of capacity units, which depend on throughput units, compute units, and persistent connections.
Data Processing:
Charged per GB of data processed by the gateway.
Example Calculation:
For a Standard_v2 Application Gateway running 24/7 in a month (730 hours) with 2 capacity units and processing 500 GB of data:
Deployment Charge:
Hourly rate × 730 hours
Capacity Units Charge:
2 capacity units × rate per unit × 730 hours
Data Processing Charge:
500 GB × data processing rate per GB
For detailed pricing, refer to the Azure Application Gateway Pricing.
3. Azure Front Door
Pricing Components:
Base Fees:
Standard Tier: Fixed monthly fee.
Premium Tier: Higher fixed monthly fee, includes additional features like WAF and Private Link.
Outbound Data Transfer (Edge to Client):
Charged per GB, with rates varying by zone and volume.
Outbound Data Transfer (Edge to Origin):
Charged per GB, with rates varying by zone.
Requests:
Charged per 10,000 requests, with rates varying by zone and tier.
Example Calculation:
For the Standard Tier with 8 TB of outbound data to clients in Zone 1 and 200 million requests in a month:
Base Fee:
Standard Tier monthly fee.
Outbound Data Transfer (Edge to Client):
8,000 GB × rate per GB for Zone 1
Requests Charge:
(200 million / 10,000) × rate per 10,000 requests
For detailed pricing, refer to the Azure Front Door Pricing.
4. Azure Traffic Manager
Pricing Components:
DNS Queries:
First 1 Billion Queries/Month: Charged per million queries.
Over 1 Billion Queries/Month: Discounted rate per million queries.
Health Checks:
Basic Health Checks:
Charged per Azure or external endpoint per month.
Fast Interval Health Checks Add-On:
Additional charge per endpoint per month.
Example Calculation:
For 800 million DNS queries and 5 Azure endpoints with basic health checks in a month:
DNS Queries Charge:
(800 million / 1 million) × rate per million queries
Health Checks Charge:
5 endpoints × rate per endpoint per month
For detailed pricing, refer to the Azure Traffic Manager Pricing.
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