Updated: July 16, 2020 (July 25, 2017)
Charts & IllustrationsAzure Stack Meters at Release
Azure Stack features several usage meters that determine how customers are billed. Because Azure Stack offers a limited range of services compared to Microsoft-hosted Azure, this range of meters is limited, but the number of meters will likely expand in the future.
A base virtual machine (VM) that provides no OS is available in Azure Stack (suitable for free Linux distributions and bring-your-own-license scenarios for software such as Windows Server and SQL Server). VMs that include Windows Server and SQL Server on a pay-as-you-go basis will incur additional per-minute charges above the base VM rate.
| Service | Metering Unit |
| Base virtual machine | US$0.008 per virtual CPU, per hour |
| Windows Server virtual machine | US$0.046 per virtual CPU, per hour |
| Azure Storage (blob storage) | US$0.006 per GB, per month (no I/O transaction fee) |
| Azure Storage (table and queue storage) | US$0.018 per GB, per month (no I/O transaction fee) |
| Azure App Service (Web apps, |
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