subscription billing type

Question

I have two subscription, how to find my subscription was in pay as you go, or in free trail for each subscription.

Answer 1

Hello Hari Vinod

You have below methods to find your subscription type:

Method 1: Azure Portal (Easiest)

1. Sign in to the Azure Portal.
2. Search for Subscriptions in the top search bar and select it.
3. Select the subscription you want to check.
4. On the Overview page, look for the Offer (or Offer type) field under the subscription details.
   • Free Trial → Offer ID: MS-AZR-0044P
   • Pay-As-You-Go → Offer ID: MS-AZR-0003P
5. Repeat for each subscription.

Method 2: Azure CLI: Run the below Command:

az account list --query "[].{Name:name, State:state, OfferType:offerType}" --output table

Method 3: Azure PowerShell:

Get-AzSubscription | Format-List Name, State, SubscriptionPolicies

The QuotaId in the output indicates the offer type (e.g., FreeTrial_xxxx or PayAsYouGo_xxxx).

Reference:

• Change your Azure subscription to a different offer – Microsoft Learn
• Billing accounts and scopes in the Azure portal – Microsoft Learn

Since each subscription has its own offer type, you just need to check the Offer field individually for both subscriptions in the portal.

Thanks,
Suchitra.

Answer 2

Each Azure subscription has an associated offer type that indicates whether it is a Free Trial or Pay-As-You-Go subscription. This information is visible on the subscription details page.

Use this approach for each subscription:

1. Sign in to the Azure portal at https://portal.azure.com.
2. Open Subscriptions and select the subscription to inspect.
3. On the subscription details page, locate the Offer (or Offer type) field.
4. Interpret the value:
   • If the offer name indicates Free Trial, that subscription is a free trial.
   • If the offer name corresponds to a subscription with pay-as-you-go rates, that subscription is Pay-As-You-Go.

Billing is done per subscription, and the offer type defines how charges are applied, so checking the offer for each subscription tells whether it is Pay-As-You-Go or Free Trial.

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References:

• How am I billed?
• Change your Azure subscription to a different offer