Azure Retail Pricing API returning incorrect data for Reservations

Question

Hi,

Some of the VM Reservation prices from the Azure Retail Pricing API are not returning the correct values...

/usr/bin/curl -s 'https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices?currencyCode=%27AUD%27&$filter=serviceName%20eq%20%27Virtual%20Machines%27%20and%20Location%20eq%20%27AU%20East%27%20and%20priceType%20eq%20%27Consumption%27%20and%20meterName%20eq%20%27E16%20v5%27'|/usr/bin/jq
{
"BillingCurrency": "AUD",
"CustomerEntityId": "Default",
"CustomerEntityType": "Retail",
"Items": [
{
"currencyCode": "AUD",
"tierMinimumUnits": 0,
"retailPrice": 2.7355,
"unitPrice": 2.7355,
"armRegionName": "australiaeast",
"location": "AU East",
"effectiveStartDate": "2021-11-01T00:00:00Z",
"meterId": "6f3aa515-837f-5fab-8413-47776b3ab11b",
"meterName": "E16 v5",
"productId": "DZH318Z08M9H",
"skuId": "DZH318Z08M9H/00N7",
"productName": "Virtual Machines Ev5 Series Windows",
"skuName": "Standard_E16_v5",
"serviceName": "Virtual Machines",
"serviceId": "DZH313Z7MMC8",
"serviceFamily": "Compute",
"unitOfMeasure": "1 Hour",
"type": "Consumption",
"isPrimaryMeterRegion": true,
"armSkuName": "Standard_E16_v5"
},
{
"currencyCode": "AUD",
"tierMinimumUnits": 0,
"retailPrice": 1.6999,
"unitPrice": 1.6999,
"armRegionName": "australiaeast",
"location": "AU East",
"effectiveStartDate": "2021-11-01T00:00:00Z",
"meterId": "fd58a26b-1455-5a58-87ec-59e3d905b140",
"meterName": "E16 v5",
"productId": "DZH318Z08M9J",
"skuId": "DZH318Z08M9J/0023",
"productName": "Virtual Machines Ev5 Series",
"skuName": "Standard_E16_v5",
"serviceName": "Virtual Machines",
"serviceId": "DZH313Z7MMC8",
"serviceFamily": "Compute",
"unitOfMeasure": "1 Hour",
"type": "Consumption",
"isPrimaryMeterRegion": true,
"armSkuName": "Standard_E16_v5"
}
],
"NextPageLink": null,
"Count": 2
}
colossus: bin $ /usr/bin/curl -s 'https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices?currencyCode=%27AUD%27&$filter=serviceName%20eq%20%27V irtual%20Machines%27%20and%20Location%20eq%20%27AU%20East%27%20and%20meterName%20eq%20%27E16%20v5%27'|/usr/bin/jq {
"BillingCurrency": "AUD",
"CustomerEntityId": "Default",
"CustomerEntityType": "Retail",
"Items": [
{
"currencyCode": "AUD",
"tierMinimumUnits": 0,
"retailPrice": 1.6999,
"unitPrice": 1.6999,
"armRegionName": "australiaeast",
"location": "AU East",
"effectiveStartDate": "2021-11-01T00:00:00Z",
"meterId": "6f3aa515-837f-5fab-8413-47776b3ab11b",
"meterName": "E16 v5",
"productId": "DZH318Z08M9H",
"skuId": "DZH318Z08M9H/00N7",
"productName": "Virtual Machines Ev5 Series Windows",
"skuName": "Standard_E16_v5",
"serviceName": "Virtual Machines",
"serviceId": "DZH313Z7MMC8",
"serviceFamily": "Compute",
"unitOfMeasure": "1 Hour",
"type": "DevTestConsumption",
"isPrimaryMeterRegion": true,
"armSkuName": "Standard_E16_v5"
},
{
"currencyCode": "AUD",
"tierMinimumUnits": 0,
"retailPrice": 2.7355,
"unitPrice": 2.7355,
"armRegionName": "australiaeast",
"location": "AU East",
"effectiveStartDate": "2021-11-01T00:00:00Z",
"meterId": "6f3aa515-837f-5fab-8413-47776b3ab11b",
"meterName": "E16 v5",
"productId": "DZH318Z08M9H",
"skuId": "DZH318Z08M9H/00N7",
"productName": "Virtual Machines Ev5 Series Windows",
"skuName": "Standard_E16_v5",
"serviceName": "Virtual Machines",
"serviceId": "DZH313Z7MMC8",
"serviceFamily": "Compute",
"unitOfMeasure": "1 Hour",
"type": "Consumption",
"isPrimaryMeterRegion": true,
"armSkuName": "Standard_E16_v5"
},
{
"currencyCode": "AUD",
"tierMinimumUnits": 0,
"reservationTerm": "3 Years",
"retailPrice": 16976.0079,
"unitPrice": 16976.0079,
"armRegionName": "australiaeast",
"location": "AU East",
"effectiveStartDate": "2021-11-01T00:00:00Z",
"meterId": "fd58a26b-1455-5a58-87ec-59e3d905b140",
"meterName": "E16 v5",
"productId": "DZH318Z08M9J",
"skuId": "DZH318Z08M9J/02WZ",
"productName": "Virtual Machines Ev5 Series",
"skuName": "Standard_E16_v5",
"serviceName": "Virtual Machines",
"serviceId": "DZH313Z7MMC8",
"serviceFamily": "Compute",
"unitOfMeasure": "1 Hour",
"type": "Reservation",
"isPrimaryMeterRegion": true,
"armSkuName": "Standard_E16_v5"
},
{
"currencyCode": "AUD",
"tierMinimumUnits": 0,
"retailPrice": 1.6999,
"unitPrice": 1.6999,
"armRegionName": "australiaeast",
"location": "AU East",
"effectiveStartDate": "2021-11-01T00:00:00Z",
"meterId": "fd58a26b-1455-5a58-87ec-59e3d905b140",
"meterName": "E16 v5",
"productId": "DZH318Z08M9J",
"skuId": "DZH318Z08M9J/0023",
"productName": "Virtual Machines Ev5 Series",
"skuName": "Standard_E16_v5",
"serviceName": "Virtual Machines",
"serviceId": "DZH313Z7MMC8",
"serviceFamily": "Compute",
"unitOfMeasure": "1 Hour",
"type": "Consumption",
"isPrimaryMeterRegion": true,
"armSkuName": "Standard_E16_v5"
},
{
"currencyCode": "AUD",
"tierMinimumUnits": 0,
"reservationTerm": "1 Year",
"retailPrice": 8784.9152,
"unitPrice": 8784.9152,
"armRegionName": "australiaeast",
"location": "AU East",
"effectiveStartDate": "2021-11-01T00:00:00Z",
"meterId": "fd58a26b-1455-5a58-87ec-59e3d905b140",
"meterName": "E16 v5",
"productId": "DZH318Z08M9J",
"skuId": "DZH318Z08M9J/02X3",
"productName": "Virtual Machines Ev5 Series",
"skuName": "Standard_E16_v5",
"serviceName": "Virtual Machines",
"serviceId": "DZH313Z7MMC8",
"serviceFamily": "Compute",
"unitOfMeasure": "1 Hour",
"type": "Reservation",
"isPrimaryMeterRegion": true,
"armSkuName": "Standard_E16_v5"
}
],
"NextPageLink": null,
"Count": 5
}

As above it shows that the 1 Year and 3 Years Reservation costs are a lot higher than the normal consumption price. The cost estimate page and the pricing page look correct. Please advise if there is a calculation that should be done on the numbers or if the costs listed will be fixed.

Regards,

Matthew Rushton