Why does Virtual Network incur costs? It should be free.

Question

I only have one virtual Machine, and I have no intranet communication requests.
I don't understand why there is a charge for the Virtual Network.

Answer 1

Hi,

Cost of public IP addresses is most common cost item that shows up under Virtual Network.

Please take a look at Cost Analysis by Services and then drill down into Virtual Network to see specific details. Below is the link to Cost Management - Cost Analysis (preview) in the portal. Click on Services, wait for information to load, then expand Virtual Network:

https://portal.azure.com/#view/Microsoft_Azure_CostManagement/Menu/~/costanalysisv3/openedBy/AzurePortal

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Thanks.

-TP

Answer 2

Welcome to Q&A Forum; this is a great place to get support, answers, and tips. Thank you for posting your question; I'll be more than glad to help you out.

How do you connect to your VM? I suggest you are using some kind of a Windows VM... so it will be RDP that you are using... Inbound and outbound traffic... For inbound traffic... you are right, that's free! BUT outbound traffic is not free, so you will be charged for outgoing traffic.

I hope my answer is helpful to you, Your Bjoern Peters

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Answer 3

Hi, As per public doc: Virtual Network in Azure is free of charge. Every subscription can create up to 50 Virtual Networks across all regions. VNET Peering links two virtual networks – either in the same region, or in different regions - and enables you to route traffic between them using private IP addresses (carry a nominal charge). Inbound and outbound traffic is charged at both ends of the peered networks. Network appliances such as VPN Gateway and Application Gateway that are run inside a virtual network are also charged.

1. Do you have VNET peering enabled ?
2. Do you have NAT gateway or any VNET service enabled on your VNET ? Can you download the usage report as guided in this doc as pert the offer type to get deeper insight on which component caused this $1.36? Doc: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/understand/download-azure-daily-usage