Amazon Web Services → Microsoft Azure
Azure equivalent of Savings Plans (Compute & EC2 Instance)
AWS Compute Savings Plans map to the Azure savings plan for compute.
About Savings Plans (Compute & EC2 Instance)
| Provider | Amazon Web Services |
|---|---|
| Status | Generally available |
| What it is | A 1- or 3-year $/hour spend commitment. Compute Savings Plans apply across EC2 family, size, OS, tenancy, and Region, plus Fargate and Lambda. EC2 Instance Savings Plans lock to a family in a Region for a deeper discount. |
| Documentation | docs.aws.amazon.com |
| Pricing | Official pricing page |
Azure mappings (1)
| Capability | Azure equivalent | Match |
|---|---|---|
| Spend-based commitment discounts (savings plans) | Azure savings plan for compute | Direct match |
Purchase options & licensing(1)
Spend-based commitment discounts (savings plans) Direct match
AWS Compute Savings Plans map to the Azure savings plan for compute. Both are a 1- or 3-year $/hour spend commitment applied automatically to eligible compute.
- Coverage. Compute Savings Plans cover EC2 (any family, size, OS, tenancy, Region), Fargate, and Lambda. EC2 Instance Savings Plans give a deeper discount locked to a family in one Region. The Azure savings plan for compute covers VMs, App Service, Container Apps, Functions Premium, and other compute. A separate Azure savings plan for databases also exists.
- Payment. AWS offers All, Partial, or No upfront. Azure bills the commitment monthly or upfront.
- Use-it-or-lose-it. On both sides, unused hourly commitment expires.