Any costs to a Standard Load Balancer if the VMs are shutting down

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Any costs to a Standard Load Balancer if the VMs are shutting down

HonSem Loh 0

I read an article that Azure Basic Load Balancer will be retired on 30 September 2025—upgrade to Standard Load Balancer. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/azure-basic-load-balancer-will-be-retired-on-30-september-2025-upgrade-to-standard-load-balancer/

Understand the standard load balancer costs $0.025/hours for the first 5 rules and $0.005/GB for the data processed.

Therefore, I would like to know if there are costs for the Standard Load Balancer if the AVD are shut down.

Abiola Akinbade 25,860 Reputation points

2024-10-14T14:02:22.62+00:00

Hello HonSem Loh,

Yes, there are costs for a Standard Load Balancer even if the VMs are shut down. Even if the VMs behind the load balancer are shut down because the load balancer rules remain active.

If the VMs will be shut down for an extended period, you may want to consider removing the load balancing rules to avoid ongoing costs, or you can reconfigure the infrastructure if it’s not needed during that time.

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Abiola

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Abiola Akinbade 25,860 Reputation points

2024-10-14T14:02:22.62+00:00

Hello HonSem Loh,

Yes, there are costs for a Standard Load Balancer even if the VMs are shut down. Even if the VMs behind the load balancer are shut down because the load balancer rules remain active.

If the VMs will be shut down for an extended period, you may want to consider removing the load balancing rules to avoid ongoing costs, or you can reconfigure the infrastructure if it’s not needed during that time.

You can mark it 'Accept Answer' and 'Upvote' if this helped you

Regards,

Abiola

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@HonSem Loh ,

Welcome to the Microsoft Q&A Platform. Thank you for reaching out & I hope you are doing well.

I see you are referring to the Load Balancer pricing page.

The prices you see are for Load Balancer irrespective of whether or not the backend is up or down.
As long as there are rules, charges will be incurred

Kindly let us know if this helps or you need further assistance on this issue.

Thanks,

Kapil

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