The latest articles on DEV Community by Matonen (@matonen). https://dev.to/matonen https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F322323%2F1b006984-070e-4787-8a33-f29c16825c08.jpeg https://dev.to/matonen en Matonen Mon, 16 Oct 2023 19:21:37 +0000 https://dev.to/matonen/azure-api-management-basic-v2-and-standard-v2-pricing-tiers-1bgb https://dev.to/matonen/azure-api-management-basic-v2-and-standard-v2-pricing-tiers-1bgb <p><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/announcing-public-preview-of-azure-api-management-pricing-tiers-basic-v2-and-standard-v2/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Last week</a> Microsoft published new Api Management tiers. In addition to the current tiers (Consumption, Developer, Basic, Standard and Premium) we can now select Basic v2 or Standard v2 tier.</p> <p>The new tiers are based on new architecture and provides faster deployment and scaling. Now you can deploy an new instance in minutes rather than hours.</p> <p>Basic v2 and Standard v2 tiers are in preview phase so it is not recommend to use these in production. You can use Azure Portal or Bicep (<em>api version 2023-03-01-preview</em>) to create Api Management instances.</p> <h2> Features </h2> <p>Here is key features what Basic v2 and Standard v2 provides for us.</p> <ul> <li>Faster deployment and scale <ul> <li>You can deploy new instance in minutes.</li> <li>Scale Basic and Standard v2 up to 10 scale units</li> </ul> </li> <li>Private networking <ul> <li>Standard v2 supports VNet integration to secure outbound traffic. This allows to connect backends what are located in virtual network or in on-premise (via vpn)</li> </ul> </li> <li>99.95% SLA</li> <li>Developer portal</li> </ul> <p>Both tiers have public IP address. To secure inbound traffic you need to use Private Link what is not yet available. </p> <h2> Pricing </h2> <p>The pricing of new tiers are moderately affordable. Example Standard v2 is €0.912239 per hour and you will a virtual network integration what previosly only available in Premium tier. Pricing of Premium tier is €3.65 per hours so Standard v2 is 4 times cheaper. Now even small organisations can consider Api Management and deploy backends to private network.</p> <p>Basic v2 is cheaper and cost is only €0.195482 per hour. Basic v2 is intended for small teams and projects. </p> <p><a href="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fqlzxu354vu7f4jtzjhpq.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fqlzxu354vu7f4jtzjhpq.png" alt="Image description"></a></p> <p><em><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/api-management/" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/api-management/</a></em></p> azure