Azure charges in various ways based on incoming and outgoing data processing activities. Choosing between pay-as-you-go or enterprise models can affect pricing, and depending on data volume, charges might increase substantially.
PU Head of Manufacturing Industry at Wiadvance Technology Co
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Top 10
Mar 13, 2025
I have no problem with pricing. We sell the data analytics value and operational value to customers, focusing on productivity and efficiency from the cloud, rather than just the infrastructure or pricing.
Director, Governance & Infrastructure & Director at VASS
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Jan 28, 2025
When I purchased the product, it was comparable to other Azure products. From my point of view, it should be cheaper now, considering the years since its release. The Azure solution is better now, and competitors, even within Microsoft, may offer solutions that could make it cheaper.
Program Manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
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Nov 12, 2024
Stream Analytics is cheaper, especially for small-scale requirements or telemetry needs. However, for enterprise-level data handling, structured streaming with Databricks might be more cost-effective, considering flexibility and availability.
When scaling up, the pricing for Azure Stream Analytics can get relatively high. Considering its capabilities compared to other solutions, I would rate it a seven out of ten for cost. However, we've found ways to optimize costs using tools like Databricks for specific tasks.
We find the pricing to be a little bit higher side. If that could become a bit more competitive with, for example, AWS or something, that would be great. We pay approximately $500,000 a year. It's approximately $10,000 a year per license. I'd rate it a three out of five in terms of affordability.
Associate Principal Analyst at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
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Sep 24, 2021
In terms of pricing, you can't compare it to open source solutions. It would be higher compared to open source, of course, however, with the support and everything you're getting, I would say the price, in general, is fair. I have seen AWS as well and can compare it to that and I would say it is fair. The problem is it is not exactly dynamic or serverless, with how the way things are in the cloud. Therefore, it is not completely utilized. You have to set up things beforehand with some level of capability and capacity beforehand. In regards to the price, it's not too high and also not too low. Their pricing is not exactly serverless. It's per hour. A lot of others are moving towards pricing based on the amount of data you pull. Streaming Analytics charges per hour, and in that sense, you need to set up the capacity by trial and error, literally.
The cost of this solution is less than competitors such as Amazon or Google Cloud. If we only use one hour then we are only charged for one hour. It is very easy and some products are more expensive.
Assistant Director - IT Governance Support at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
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Aug 22, 2018
Our firm works in the former Yugoslavia: Croatia, Bosnia, and Serbia, Macedonia, and Montenegro. The prices are different in these markets. Of course, we always want to have the lowest price but that doesn't mean price is the main factor when buying something. It is one of them, for sure. Maybe we cannot afford the most sophisticated tool there is, so price is important, but not the most important thing when we buy something.
Azure Stream Analytics is a robust real-time analytics service that has been designed for critical business workloads. Users are able to build an end-to-end serverless streaming pipeline in minutes. Utilizing SQL, users are able to go from zero to production with a few clicks, all easily extensible with unique code and automatic machine learning abilities for the most advanced scenarios.
Azure Stream Analytics has the ability to analyze and accurately process exorbitant volumes of...
Azure charges in various ways based on incoming and outgoing data processing activities. Choosing between pay-as-you-go or enterprise models can affect pricing, and depending on data volume, charges might increase substantially.
The solution does not need any license; it comes with your subscription.
Regarding the cost of Azure Stream Analytics, I believe the price is reasonable for the tool.
I have no problem with pricing. We sell the data analytics value and operational value to customers, focusing on productivity and efficiency from the cloud, rather than just the infrastructure or pricing.
When I purchased the product, it was comparable to other Azure products. From my point of view, it should be cheaper now, considering the years since its release. The Azure solution is better now, and competitors, even within Microsoft, may offer solutions that could make it cheaper.
Stream Analytics is cheaper, especially for small-scale requirements or telemetry needs. However, for enterprise-level data handling, structured streaming with Databricks might be more cost-effective, considering flexibility and availability.
When scaling up, the pricing for Azure Stream Analytics can get relatively high. Considering its capabilities compared to other solutions, I would rate it a seven out of ten for cost. However, we've found ways to optimize costs using tools like Databricks for specific tasks.
The product's price is at par with the other solutions provided by the other cloud service providers in the market.
Customers need to pay for a license. However, we have a three-year upfront licensing arrangement, which helps to keep the costs relatively low.
The current price is substantial.
The pricing is on the client's side. I can't speak to the exact cost of the product.
I am unsure of what the licensing costs are for this solution.
We find the pricing to be a little bit higher side. If that could become a bit more competitive with, for example, AWS or something, that would be great. We pay approximately $500,000 a year. It's approximately $10,000 a year per license. I'd rate it a three out of five in terms of affordability.
In terms of pricing, you can't compare it to open source solutions. It would be higher compared to open source, of course, however, with the support and everything you're getting, I would say the price, in general, is fair. I have seen AWS as well and can compare it to that and I would say it is fair. The problem is it is not exactly dynamic or serverless, with how the way things are in the cloud. Therefore, it is not completely utilized. You have to set up things beforehand with some level of capability and capacity beforehand. In regards to the price, it's not too high and also not too low. Their pricing is not exactly serverless. It's per hour. A lot of others are moving towards pricing based on the amount of data you pull. Streaming Analytics charges per hour, and in that sense, you need to set up the capacity by trial and error, literally.
The product does have a free trial offer, however, it is much too short. It's only 14 days and that's not enough time to run a proper POC.
The cost of this solution is less than competitors such as Amazon or Google Cloud. If we only use one hour then we are only charged for one hour. It is very easy and some products are more expensive.
Our firm works in the former Yugoslavia: Croatia, Bosnia, and Serbia, Macedonia, and Montenegro. The prices are different in these markets. Of course, we always want to have the lowest price but that doesn't mean price is the main factor when buying something. It is one of them, for sure. Maybe we cannot afford the most sophisticated tool there is, so price is important, but not the most important thing when we buy something.