Azure Log Analytics Plans Pricing
Log Analytics (the data backend for Azure Monitor) is priced by ingested-data volume (per-GB) with a Pay-As-You-Go tier and tiered Commitment plans (100 GB/day through 5,000 GB/day) that discount the per-GB rate. Data retention is 31 days free; longer interactive retention and long-term Archive (up to 12 years) are billed separately. Basic Logs and Auxiliary Logs offer cheaper ingest for high-volume, low-query-frequency tables. Search and restore-from-archive carry separate per-GB-scanned charges.
Azure Log Analytics Plans Pricing is the machine-readable pricing-plan profile for Azure Log Analytics on the APIs.io network, conforming to the API Commons Plans specification.
It defines 4 plans, covering usage-based, subscription, and freemium tiers, with named plans including Pay-As-You-Go, Commitment Tiers, Basic and Auxiliary Logs, Legacy Free Tier (closed).
Tagged areas include Observability, Logs, Monitoring, SIEM, and Analytics.
Plans
Per-GB ingest with no daily cap. 31 days interactive retention free; longer retention billed separately.
- KQL queries
- Up to 730 days interactive retention
- Up to 12 years archive
Daily-volume commitments (100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000 GB/day) with discounts up to ~30% off PAYG. Overages are charged at the same effective rate.
- Tiered ingest discount
- 31-day cancellation
- Overage billed at same effective rate
Lower-cost ingest for high-volume tables that are queried infrequently. Search and restore carry per-GB-scanned charges.
- 8-day default retention
- Single-table ad-hoc queries
- Restore to Analytics for KQL access
500 MB/day ingest, 7-day retention. New workspaces could only be created through July 2022.
- 500 MB/day cap
- 7-day retention
- Closed to new workspaces
Sources
- https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/monitor/
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/logs/cost-logs
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/fundamentals/service-limits
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