The top 5 Azure cost optimization tools are:
- Azure Cost Management and Billing: This tool provides a unified view of your Azure spending, helping you to monitor and control costs across multiple Azure subscriptions and resources. It also provides recommendations for cost optimization, such as right sizing virtual machines or deleting unused resources.
- Azure Advisor: This tool analyses your Azure resources and provides personalized recommendations for improving performance, security, and cost efficiency. It can identify idle and underutilized resources and suggest ways to optimize their usage.
- Azure Reserved Virtual Machine Instances: This tool enables you to save money on virtual machines by pre-paying for one or three years of usage. By committing to a longer term, you can get a discount of up to 72% compared to the pay-as-you-go rate.
- Azure Spot Virtual Machines: This tool enables you to run virtual machines at a lower cost by taking advantage of unused Azure capacity. You can bid on unused capacity and run your virtual machines at a discount of up to 90% compared to the regular rate.
- Azure Monitor: This tool provides a comprehensive view of your Azure environment, including application performance, infrastructure health, and security. It helps you to identify and troubleshoot issues quickly, leading to cost savings by reducing downtime and minimizing the impact of issues on your business.
