Re: Azure Pricing

2009-09-21 Thread Craig van Nieuwkerk
I had a quick look at the pricing of SQL Azure and it seemed pretty
expensive. A scenario I was looking to set up was to have a vertical
market application where each user will have a separate database which
is selected based upon their user when they logged in. With the
current pricing that is not really a viable option when I may have
100+ databases.

Craig

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 9:25 AM, Nick Randolph n...@builttoroam.com wrote:
 As a follow up on my previous show of hands, I was wondering how many people
 had taken a close look at the pricing model for Windows Azure. Does anyone
 have any opinions on the proposed pricing?  Does it suit the way you would
 charge for your application/service?



 One of the questions that come to mind for me is the choice between Windows
 Azure table storage and SQL Azure. Has anyone done the pricing comparison
 and prepared to provide a commentary on their findings?



 During TechEd I spent a bit of time investigating Azure pricing and have a
 rough calculation spreadsheet I put together.  I’d be happy to share this
 with anyone who’d be prepared to provide feedback on it.



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RE: Azure Pricing

2009-09-21 Thread Nick Randolph
Ah yes, the .NET Services message/bandwidth charge can be quite high.  You need 
to make sure that if you are transferring large quantities of data you ensure 
you establish a direct connection (using the Hybrid mode of the relay 
bindings), rather than piping stuff through the service bus.

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From: carl.scarl...@bankwest.com.au [mailto:carl.scarl...@bankwest.com.au]
Sent: Tuesday, 22 September 2009 10:40 AM
To: Nick Randolph
Subject: RE: Azure Pricing

At a high level, it seems priced towards enterprise applications which I think 
is a bit premature.  Early adopters will likely be project builders with small 
apps, and some of these prices will drive these types of applications away.

At the enterprise level though, I think these are okay.  I'd still suggest 
making them cheaper to entice take-up; developers (for the most part) are still 
going to have to sell the benefits to their business in order to get projects 
off the ground and businesses are loathe to take risks with pricing models that 
are new to them (especially since the GFC).

My personal gripe is the .Net Services messages charge - that seems pretty 
steep to me.

Carl.

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Subject: Azure Pricing

As a follow up on my previous show of hands, I was wondering how many people 
had taken a close look at the pricing model for Windows Azure. Does anyone have 
any opinions on the proposed pricing?  Does it suit the way you would charge 
for your application/service?

One of the questions that come to mind for me is the choice between Windows 
Azure table storage and SQL Azure. Has anyone done the pricing comparison and 
prepared to provide a commentary on their findings?

During TechEd I spent a bit of time investigating Azure pricing and have a 
rough calculation spreadsheet I put together.  I'd be happy to share this with 
anyone who'd be prepared to provide feedback on it.

Nick Randolph | Built To Roam | Microsoft MVP - Device Application Development 
| +61 412 413 425
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