Do we get charged when we create resources like Resource groups, Storage accounts and all those services which are underlined for Azure service?

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Do we get charged when we create resources like Resource groups, Storage accounts and all those services which are underlined for Azure service?

Answer 1

Hello Vinod,

Greetings! Welcome to Microsoft Q&A Forum.

Creating resource groups does not incur any costs by itself. These groups serve as logical containers for your Azure resources, allowing you to organize and manage them effectively.

The creation of a storage account itself doesn’t directly result in charges. However, the usage of that storage account (such as storing data, transferring data, or accessing it) will incur costs. These costs depend on factors like the type of storage (e.g., standard, premium), the amount of data stored, and data transfer.

refer - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cloud-adoption-framework/ready/azure-setup-guide/organize-resources

Pricing for Azure Storage is here. It is highly dependent upon what options you chose as to how much you pay. Storage is generally charged based upon how much you store and the operations to read/write it. So if you created a storage account and stored 1 GB in it then you'd be paying for the storage + the cost of writing that data + any reads.

You can also view the pricing model for each resource here - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/#product-pricing , https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/.

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Answer 2

Hi Vinod,

There is no charge for creating resource groups. Cost of storage accounts depends on redundancy option, if you store any data in them, if you perform any transactions (read/write/etc.), and bandwidth used. If you simply create a storage account and then do nothing at all with it then there is no charge.

What do you mean by "...all those services which are underlined for Azure service?"

-TP