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ramprasadv
Copper Contributor
May 19, 2023

Cost saving on App Service plan

Hi  I wanted to understand if stopping all the instances in an App Service plan, reduce cost? This is because we will not consume any resources.  Are resource for a Premium App service plan charge...
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PhilipVandeVyver
MCT
May 25, 2023

ramprasadv 

 

You are still getting charged, even when the App Service Plan is stopped.

The only way to avoid costs is to scale down to the "Free Tier".

 

For more information, take a look at this Blog.

Or this page on Microsoft Learn.

 

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    ramprasadv
    Copper Contributor
    May 31, 2023

    Thanks a million PhilipVandeVyver and Kidd_Ip 

    Charges also depends on the number of instances. Please let me know if my understanding is correct. For example, If having 2 instances will cost me 10 dollars, then having 1 instances should cost me 5 dollars. Am I correct ? 

     

    • PhilipVandeVyver's avatar
      PhilipVandeVyver
      MCT
      May 31, 2023

      ramprasadv 

       

      App Service Plans are priced based on the size and number of instances you run, and they are billed on a per second basis. For your case on the S2 plan, a single instance will cost $0.20/hour.

      Depending on the number of default instances and maximum number of instances, you will get charged accordingly.

       

      For another example on this topic, take a look at this community question

      For more information about Azure App Service Plan pricing see this link 

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