Multiple or single subscription

Gabriele Papi 20 Reputation points
2024-02-17T06:38:21.1+00:00

Hi everyone . I am setting up a project and some questions came in my mind. I have just one subscription at the moment : are there any advantages of using multiple subscription in matter of cost? Also , is it possible join free and "paid" account in Azure ? Best regards.

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Azure Cost Management
A Microsoft offering that enables tracking of cloud usage and expenditures for Azure and other cloud providers.
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  1. Marcin Policht 50,570 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2024-02-17T18:19:19.79+00:00

    In general, there is no cost associated with the actual subscription (although this might, at least to some extent, depend on the subscription type. However, with the PAYG model, this is not the case. The reason to use multiple subscriptions include providing isolation (e.g. separating the prod and dev environments) and simplifying the billing/administrative model (where separate teams/business units have their own subscriptions), although there is a way to implement billing and delegation of administration within a single subscription as well. You can have different subscriptions (paid for and "free") associated with the same Azure account. Ultimately, you pay for the resource usage - regardless of whether those resources reside in the same or different subscriptions (but the cost might depend on the subscription type) hth
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  1. Dillon Silzer 57,831 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2024-02-17T19:48:47.5966667+00:00

    Hi Gabriele,

    Another thing to think about is to use Resource Groups to break down your costs. You can use the Cost Analysis tool to break down the costs by Resource Group.

    If you are looking to keep projects completely separate, I would recommend using a new subscription. In terms of free, you can set up services with Free Tier (some) as listed below:

    https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/free-services

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