Microsoft has announced the business model and pricing for its Windows Azure cloud computing platform.
Windows Azure has a consumption-based pricing model, allowing partners and customers to pay only for the services that they consume.
Windows Azure:
- Compute @ $0.12 / hour
- Storage @ $0.15 / GB / month stored
- Storage Transactions @ $0.01 / 10K
SQL Azure:
- Web Edition – Up to 1 GB relational database @ $9.99
- Business Edition – Up to 10 GB relational database @ $99.99
.NET Services:
- Messages @ $0.15/100K message operations , including Service Bus messages and Access Control tokens
Bandwidth for all three services will be charged at $0.10 in / $0.15 out / GB.
Windows Azure compute hours are charged only when the application is deployed, so there is no cost to develop and test applications. While consumption-based pricing provides great flexibility, it also introduces a level of unpredictability. At launch, Microsoft will share details of subscription offers that provide payment predictability and price discounts that reflect levels of usage commitment.
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