Microsoft Azure Monitor Plans Pricing
Azure Monitor is metered consumption-based across logs (Analytics and Basic), metrics (custom and platform), alerts, and Application Insights. Log Analytics offers Pay-As-You-Go and Commitment Tiers (starting at 100 GB/day) for discounts. Platform metrics are free; custom metrics charge per million samples. Application Insights data is stored in a Log Analytics workspace and uses the same pricing model.
Plans
Default ingestion plan for queryable Analytics Logs. First 5 GB/month per workspace free; 31-day retention included; thereafter per-GB ingestion plus per-GB-month retention.
- Full KQL query support
- 31-day free retention (90 days for Sentinel-enabled / App Insights)
- Pay only for what you use
Daily commitment in GB/day (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000) for predictable flat fee with discount vs Pay-As-You-Go.
- Predictable fixed daily fee
- Discount up to ~30% vs PAYG at higher tiers
- Overage at PAYG rate
Lower-cost log table type for verbose, low-query data. Limited KQL operators; 30-day retention included; per-search query cost.
- Cheaper ingestion
- 30-day retention (then archive)
- Limited KQL (no joins on Basic table)
Archive tier for Analytics or Basic Logs up to 12 years. Lower per-GB-month than hot retention; restore charged separately.
- Up to 12 years archive
- Restore on demand
- Lower per-GB-month than hot retention
Per-million-samples ingestion for application/custom metrics. Platform metrics are free.
- 90-day retention
- Custom dimensions
- Platform metrics are free
Per-time-series and per-rule pricing for metric alerts, log alerts, and dynamic thresholds. Action group notifications charged separately (email, SMS, push, voice).
- Metric, log, and dynamic-threshold alerts
- Action groups for notifications and automation
Workspace-based App Insights data is stored and billed via the Log Analytics workspace where the resource lives. 90-day retention free for App Insights data.
- Live metrics, distributed tracing, snapshot debugger
- 90-day retention free
- Same Commitment Tier discounts as workspace