Pricing Information for Azure Database Watcher Feature

Question

Exploring the new Azure Database watcher feature (Preview) with the real-time analytics option using Microsoft Kusto database. Need clarification on the costs associated with this feature, specifically regarding storage costs and alerting. Since an existing Fabric instance is being used, how should that be factored into the overall pricing? Assistance is needed to estimate the rough costs for utilizing these features.

Answer 1

Hello Nana, Welcome to MS Q&A

The Azure Database Watcher feature (Preview) incurs costs based on its individual components. Here's a breakdown of the pricing:

• Watchers and Dashboards: These are free of charge.
• Azure Data Explorer Cluster: Pricing depends on the cluster SKU, which is determined by the number of monitoring targets and the query workload. You can refer to Azure Data Explorer pricing details for more information.
• Real-Time Analytics in Microsoft Fabric: This is included in the Power BI Premium workspace consumption model and is billed per use.
• Azure Key Vault: Costs are incurred if you use optional SQL authentication instead of the default Microsoft Entra authentication. Pricing details can be found here.
• Azure Network Bandwidth: Costs are not incurred if the watcher, its targets, and its data store are deployed in the same Azure region. Otherwise, standard bandwidth charges apply.
• Alerts: Database watcher uses Log Alerts, and the cost depends on the number of alert rules, the number of SQL targets generating alerts, and the evaluation frequency. Pricing details are available here.

This setup allows for a cost-effective monitoring solution for larger Azure SQL environments and teams.

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