Pinecone in Azure marketplace, will cost from azure monthly credit or from credit card?

Question

If I have a azure subscription of “Microsoft Online Services Program” and I have credits of $150 (12500rs) which is created every month in my azure subscription.

So if I subscribed for Pinecone pay as you go Service (per month plan) in Azure Marketplace, the charges for pay as you go plan, will be deducted from my azure subscription credit $150 (12500rs) or from the payment method (credit card added on azure)?

Answer 1

If you have an Azure subscription under the “Microsoft Online Services Program” and receive $150 in Azure credits every month, these credits can typically be used for most Azure services, including services purchased through the Azure Marketplace.

However, whether the Pinecone pay-as-you-go service charges will be deducted from your Azure credits or your payment method depends on whether the service is eligible for Azure credits. Here’s how it generally works:

1. Azure Services Eligible for Credits: • Most native Azure services are covered by Azure credits. If Pinecone is listed as a service that’s eligible for credits under the pay-as-you-go plan, then the charges should be deducted from your monthly $150 credit.
2. Third-Party Marketplace Services: • Many third-party services from the Azure Marketplace are not covered by Azure credits. This means that if Pinecone falls under this category, the charges will be deducted from your payment method (credit card) and not from your Azure credits. • You can verify this by reviewing the terms of the Pinecone subscription in the Azure Marketplace, as it will usually specify if Azure credits can be used.
3. Check Subscription Usage: • You can track your Azure credit usage and see which services are consuming those credits:
   1. Go to Cost Management + Billing in the Azure portal.
   2. Under Credits, you can view your remaining balance and which services have used up the credits.
   3. If Pinecone appears in the services using your credits, it means the charges are deducted from the credit balance.
   4. If the charges do not show under credits, they will be charged directly to your payment method.

Conclusion:

•	If Pinecone’s pay-as-you-go plan is eligible for Azure credits, the $150 will be used.

•	If it is not, then the charges will be deducted from the credit card or other payment method associated with your Azure account.

You can also confirm with Azure support or by checking the terms for third-party services in the Marketplace to be certain.

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Answer 2

Hi,

The cost for Pinecone would be charged to credit card.

Please see excerpt from questions at bottom:

The monthly Azure credit for Visual Studio subscribers is for development and testing only and does not carry a financially backed SLA. We reserve the right to suspend any instance (VM or cloud service) that runs continuously for more than 120 hours or if we determine that the instance is being used for production. We are making this capacity available to Visual Studio subscribers on a best-effort basis; there is no guarantee of capacity availability.

The monthly credit does not apply toward purchase of the following services:

• Support plans
• Application Insights
• Visual Studio subscriptions
• Azure DevOps
• Visual Studio App Center
• Third-party branded products
• Products sold through the Visual Studio Marketplace
• Products otherwise sold separately from Azure (for example, Azure Active Directory Premium)

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