azure-cost-estimator
Azure Cost Estimator
Estimate monthly costs for Azure resources using the Azure Retail Prices API — a free, unauthenticated REST API that returns real Microsoft retail pricing.
When to Use
- During template generation (Stage 2) to show cost estimates before deployment
- When user asks "how much will this cost?" or "estimate costs"
- To compare cost of different SKU options
- To validate budget constraints before deployment
API Reference
Endpoint: https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices
Key facts:
- No authentication required
- OData
$filterfor targeted queries - Filter values are case-sensitive (e.g.,
'Virtual Machines'not'virtual machines')
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