Will I get charge per query on Azure SQL Database?

Question

I have an application that's running query per second. Will it elevate the cost of my SQL Database?

Answer 1

Hi @Lorenz Joseph Lavilla ,

the costs of an Azure SQL Database are based on:

• Computer SKU (performance, vCPU, Memory)
• Storage (to store the database)
• Backup Storage (space you need for backups)

There are no direct "number of transaction/query" based costs for Azure SQL Databases.

Maybe this helps: Azure Pricing Calculator

But at the end: The more queries you have per second the more compute performance you maybe need.

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Andreas Baumgarten

Answer 2

You are charged for storage size, bandwidth and cpu time, so yes the more queries the higher the charge. See pricing

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/azure-sql-database/single/

note: you are charged the cpu cost of the queries, not the number.