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I'm just a student but I've spent about 10 hours trying to figure out why Azure has been charging me >$5/day for their "basic" database @5DTUs, 2gb max storage.

by FastQ 6y ago

I'm just a student but I've spent about 10 hours trying to figure out why Azure has been charging me >$5/day for their "basic" database @5DTUs, 2gb max storage. This morning I was so exasperated I sent a letter threatening to report them for fraud if nobody could tell me why I was being charged 30x the listed rate, which so far no one has. This is an extremely cathartic post to see that I'm not alone, thanks for sharing.

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marktolson 6y ago
Go to billing > cost analysis > filter by resource break down. Azure billing analysis is pretty amazing.
- FastQ 6y ago
  Yeah, but it just shows my database cost which is higher than is listed as far as I can tell.
  - luser007 6y ago
    Could it be listed "hourly" and you're charged "daily"? Add in VAT (equal to 25% in some countries) and you match the 30 times higher than expected charge.
    - ylere 6y ago
      https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/sql-database/single/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/sql-databa... Basic tier, 5 DTUs, 2 GB is listed as ~$4.8971/month or $0.0068/hour on this page. Extra storage would cost more but is not available for the basic tier.
      - mmcconnell1618 6y ago
        Do you have geo-replication turned on? More regions will be an additional $5/month (plus bandwidth between regions) if you replicate. You can serve everything out of a single region but it is pretty easy to add others if you're not paying attention during initial setup.