Cost Saving Tip
An In-depth Look at Azure Functions Pricing
Azure Functions pricing decoded: Consumption, Premium, and Dedicated plans — when each model wins and what triggers unexpected cost surprises.
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FinOps & cloud cost optimisation.
Pricing
Decoding Azure Pricing Models: Pay-As-You-Go, Reserved, Spot
Pay-as-You-Go, Reserved Instances, and Spot — the three Azure pricing models compared, with guidance on which fits which workload.
Cost Saving Tip
Azure Free Tier: An Affordable Gateway to Cloud Computing
Azure Free Tier explained: 12 months of free services, a 30-day starter credit, and the products that stay free forever — what each tier covers.
Virtual Machines
Deciphering Azure VM Pricing: Your Options Explained
Azure VM pricing decoded: six VM families, regional variation, OS licensing, and the commitment models that shape what each instance actually costs.
Cost Saving Tip
Azure Cost-Saving Levers: AHB, Dev/Test, and Price-Match
Three Azure savings programs that stack on top of reservations: Hybrid Benefit, Dev/Test pricing, and the AWS price-match. What each applies to.
Pricing
Understanding Azure Networking Costs: A Detailed Overview
Azure networking costs decoded: how Virtual Network, VPN Gateway, and bandwidth charges are calculated, and where teams typically overpay.
Cost Saving Tip
Unpacking Azure Storage Pricing: A Guide to Understanding Costs
Unpacking Azure Storage pricing — blob tiers, redundancy options, transaction fees, and the line items teams most often misjudge.
Savings Plans
Azure Savings Plan vs Reserved Instance: A Comparison
Azure Savings Plan vs Reserved Instance: a head-to-head on flexibility, discount depth, and the workload profiles each commitment model rewards.
Cloud Computing
Capital Expense vs Operating Expense: Which Wins?
Capital expense vs operating expense — the trade-offs behind on-prem CapEx and cloud OpEx, and which model wins for which kind of organisation.
Cloud Computing
Data Lake vs Data Warehouse: Understanding the Difference
Data lake vs data warehouse: storage formats, query patterns, governance models, and which workloads belong in each.