Azure Networking Pricing Overview

Understand the cost-effective pricing for Azure's comprehensive suite of networking services designed to connect, protect, and optimize your cloud workloads.

Important Note on Pricing

Pricing for Azure networking services is dynamic and depends on various factors including region, usage, reserved instances, and specific configurations. This overview provides general guidance. For exact pricing, please refer to the official Azure pricing calculator.

Core Networking Services

Virtual Network (VNet)

Free
per VNet
  • Foundation for private cloud networking
  • IP addressing, subnets, routing
  • Secure isolation

Load Balancer

$0.025
per hour (Standard)
  • High availability and performance
  • Layer 4 traffic distribution
  • Scale applications

Application Gateway

$0.025
per hour (Standard v2)
  • Layer 7 load balancing
  • Web Application Firewall (WAF)
  • SSL termination

Connectivity & Hybrid

VPN Gateway

$0.025
per hour (Basic SKU)
  • Secure site-to-site VPNs
  • Point-to-site VPNs
  • Hybrid cloud connectivity

ExpressRoute

Starts at $0.06
per Gbps/month
  • Dedicated private connection
  • Higher bandwidth, lower latency
  • Direct access to Azure

Azure Firewall

$0.025
per hour (Standard)
  • Cloud-native network security
  • Policy-based control
  • Threat intelligence

Content Delivery & DNS

Azure CDN

Starts at $0.045
per GB
  • Global content caching
  • Faster content delivery
  • Reduced latency

Azure DNS

$0.40
per million DNS queries
  • Reliable DNS hosting
  • High availability
  • Domain management

Data Transfer

Data Transfer Out (Bandwidth)

Starts at $0.05
per GB
  • Data transferred from Azure to the internet
  • Free data transfer into Azure
  • Tiered pricing based on volume

VNet Peering

Free
data transfer within the same region
  • Connect VNets privately
  • Low latency
  • Secure inter-VNet communication

For detailed pricing, feature comparisons, and region-specific costs, please visit the official Azure pricing page.