Estimate the cost of creating a Virtual Machine in the Azure portal (Preview)

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The estimated cost card feature for virtual machines in the Azure portal is currently in PREVIEW. See the Supplemental Terms of Use for Microsoft Azure Previews for legal terms that apply to Azure features that are in beta, preview, or otherwise not yet released into general availability.

Azure virtual machines (VM) can be created through the Azure portal. This method provides a browser-based user interface to create VMs and their associated resources. As you create VMs in the Azure portal and configure them through the different tabs during the creation process, the cost card reflects the pricing estimations based on your selections.

The cost displayed in this card doesn't reflect usage and other costs incurred on the VMs beyond the creation of the resources. The final price of your VMs may factor in other respective networking, storage, and extra costs that pertain to the usage and application of the VMs.

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Costs reflected in the card are estimates only. Pricing may vary depending on your Microsoft agreement, date of purchase, subscription type, usage costs, licensing, and currency exchange rates. Total costs may include other resource costs, licensing, and subscription implications. The costs indicated on the card may vary across regions, subscription types, sizes, and images.

Prerequisites

Currently, the estimated cost card feature for VMs in the Azure portal is limited to Pay-as-you-go customers. This feature isn't available or visible for other subscription types and other discount plans, such as the Savings Plan and Reserved Instances.

If your subscription has policy restrictions for specific users, those users aren't able to view the cost card unless those restrictions are lifted. If your subscription has policy restrictions to not show costs, cost card will not be shown unless those restrictions are lifted.

Cost card

The following sections reflect the various tabs during the VM creation process in the Azure portal. The listed resources and features are included in the estimated cost card. For further pricing information, refer to their respective pricing pages linked in the following tables.

Costs associated with selecting existing resources during the VM creation process are only reflected in the cost card if those resources may incur extra charges.

Basics

Resource or feature	Notes
Image and Size (Windows)	Estimates of VM size and Windows based image are displayed.
Image and Size (Linux)	Estimates of VM size and Linux based image are displayed.
Spot	If selected, the discounted Spot price is shown.
Azure Hybrid Benefit (AHB) licensing	If selected, the AHB discounts are applied and shown.

Disks

Resource or feature	Notes
OS Disk	Estimate for using the selected disk to host the selected operating system is displayed.
Ultra disk Reservation charge	A reservation charge is only imposed if Ultra Disk compatibility is enabled on the VM without attaching an Ultra Disk.
Data Disk	Estimate for using the selected disk, to store and access data, is displayed. A disk share estimate is displayed if enabled and other charges apply. Transaction and bursting costs aren't included in the estimate.

Networking

Resource or feature	Notes
Public IP	Estimated cost of running a public IP Address. A Standard Public IP is selected when a new IP is created as part of the default selection.
VM Data transfer	Estimated cost is based on inter-region data transfer routed via Microsoft Premium Global Network.
Azure Load Balancer	A new Standard Azure Load Balancer estimate includes the cost of one rule and estimated data processed. For an existing Azure load balancer, the estimate includes only the estimated data transfer and Azure assumes rules already exist.
Azure Application Gateway	A new Application Gateway v2 estimate includes Fixed, Capacity units and estimate outbound data transfer costs. For this estimate, one capacity unit consumption is assumed. For an existing Azure Application gateway, only the outbound data transfer estimate is displayed. Azure assumes that other fixed costs are already paid for.

Management

Resource or feature	Notes
Azure Backup	Monthly average backup cost is based on the operating system disk size of the VM that needs backup, the backup policy selected, and estimated moderate daily data churn. Storage consumed by Azure Backup grows incrementally over a period; the monthly cost of Azure Back also increases as consumption grows. Azure models the growth of consumed storage over a year, aggregates it and uses the average monthly consumption to propose the estimate.
Azure Site Recovery	Estimate for recovering a VM to Azure.

Monitoring

Resource or feature	Notes
Alerts	Estimate for the selected alerting rules.
Boot Diagnostics	Estimate for enabling boot diagnostics can vary based the storage account and number of transactions performed. If enabled, a charged is incurred. However, due to the variability in consumption, the charge isn't included in the estimate.

Advanced

Resource or feature	Notes
Azure Dedicated Host	Adding an existing Azure Dedicated Host deducts the cost of the VM size as the host had been prepaid for.

Next steps

The Azure pricing calculator is another tool that can be referenced for price estimations for different parts of your workload.