GP_Gen5_40 reserved and savings plan prices

A 1-year reservation for GP_Gen5_40 with no upfront payment costs $7.958 per hour in East US, 21% less than on demand ($10.087). The biggest saving is a 3-year reservation paid all upfront, at $6.738 per hour effective, 33% less.

Every option in East US

License included prices. Effective price spreads any upfront payment over the term; break-even is the month the commitment starts costing less than on demand.

TermOptionPaymentUpfrontHourlyEffective /hrEffective /moSavingBreak-even
1 yearReservationNo upfront–$7.958$7.958$5,809.0121%–
1 yearReservationAll upfront$34,680.00$3.999$7.958$5,809.0121%month 8
1 yearSavings planNo upfront–$8.87$8.87$6,474.8212%–
3 yearsReservationNo upfront–$6.738$6.738$4,919.0133%–
3 yearsReservationAll upfront$72,000.00$3.999$6.738$4,919.0133%month 17

Reserved prices by region

No upfront, standard, USD per hour.

RegionOn-demand1-yr reserved3-yr reserved3-yr saving
East US$10.087$7.957$6.73833%
East US 2$10.087$7.957$6.73833%
North Central US$10.087$7.957$6.73833%
West US 2$10.087$7.957$6.73833%
West US 3$10.087$7.957$6.73833%
North Europe$10.209$8.035$6.79333%
Indonesia Central$10.52$8.236$6.93334%
Malaysia West$10.52$8.236$6.93334%
Central India$10.696$8.35$7.01234%
Germany West Central$10.696$8.35$7.01234%
India South Central$10.696$8.35$7.01234%
Italy North$10.696$8.35$7.01234%
Mexico Central$10.696$8.35$7.01234%
Poland Central$10.696$8.35$7.01234%
Spain Central$10.696$8.35$7.01234%
Sweden Central$10.696$8.35$7.01234%
US Gov Texas$10.696$8.35$7.01234%
US Gov Virginia$10.696$8.35$7.01234%
West Europe$10.696$8.35$7.01234%
West India$10.696$8.35$7.01234%
West US$10.696$8.35$7.01234%
Japan East$10.879$8.469$7.09535%
Korea Central$10.879$8.469$7.09535%
Korea South$10.879$8.469$7.09535%
Australia Central$11.244$9.894$8.08128%
Australia Central 2$11.244$9.894$8.08128%
Australia East$11.244$8.706$7.25935%
Australia Southeast$11.244$8.706$7.25935%
Southeast Asia$11.244$8.706$7.25935%
Taiwan North$11.244$8.706$7.25935%
Canada Central$11.305$8.748$7.28636%
Canada East$11.305$8.748$7.28636%
Central US$11.305$7.957$6.73840%
South Central US$11.305$8.748$7.28636%
West Central US$11.305$8.748$7.28636%
Norway East$11.366$8.789$7.31436%
South India$11.366$8.789$7.31436%
Switzerland North$11.366$8.789$7.31436%
Japan West$11.549$8.907$7.39636%
New Zealand North$11.607$8.706$7.25937%
France Central$11.61$8.944$7.42336%
UK South$11.61$8.944$7.42336%
UK West$11.61$8.944$7.42336%
US Gov Arizona$11.61$8.944$7.42336%
Israel Central$12.036$9.222$7.61537%
Qatar Central$12.036$9.222$7.61537%
UAE North$12.036$9.222$7.61537%
South Africa North$12.158$9.30$7.6737%
Germany North$12.705$9.656$7.91638%
Sweden South$12.706$9.656$7.91638%
East Asia$13.071$9.894$8.08138%
Taiwan North West$13.418$10.117$8.23839%
Norway West$13.576$10.222$8.30939%
UAE Central$13.576$10.222$8.30839%
France South$13.893$10.428$8.45139%
South Africa West$14.228$10.647$8.60140%
Switzerland West$14.447$10.222$8.30942%
Brazil South$15.567$11.519$9.20441%
Brazil Southeast$19.038$13.775$10.76643%

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Prices in USD, updated 2026-11-12 from the Azure Retail Prices API. Compare all Azure SQL Managed Instance options.