Cloud NGFW for Azure
Cloud NGFW for Azure Pricing
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Cloud NGFW for Azure Pricing
Learn about Cloud NGFW for Azure pricing.
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Pay-As-You-Go
Cloud NGFW is available as a pay-as-you-go (PAYG) subscription in the Azure Marketplace. With this model, you pay
only for what you use each month, and also enjoy Azure Marketplace benefits such as
consolidated billing and credit toward an organization’s Microsoft Azure Consumption
Commitment (MACC).
You pay an hourly rate for each Cloud NGFW resource. You also pay for the amount of
traffic, billed by the gigabyte, processed by the NGFW resource. Additionally, you pay
an hourly rate and for the amount of traffic processed by your Cloud NGFW resource when
you configure security services add-ons (such as Threat Prevention, Advanced URL
Filtering, DNS Security, or WildFire®) or the centralized management add-on (Panorama
management).
Credit Pricing Model
You can procure and associate Cloud NGFW for Azure Credits to your tenant by paying an
upfront cost for a long-term contract from a one-year to a five-year time frame. You can
procure these credits directly from Azure Marketplace or at a private price from Palo
Alto Networks or its partners. By purchasing credits you can also take advantage of
Azure Marketplace benefits such as consolidated billing, MACC committed consumptions and
automated renewals. Cloud NGFW credits allow you to consume Cloud NGFW resources in your
tenant at a lower cost up to a specific capacity until your contract expires.
If your average consumption per month exceeds the purchased
credits, overages apply at PAYG rates.
If you add Cloud NGFW credits during a free-trial period, your
contract begins immediately and overrides the free trial.
Use the Cloud NGFW for Azure pricing estimator to help you
determine Azure pricing for your Cloud NGFW tenant.
Metering and Billing
You pay an hourly rate for each Cloud NGFW resource. You also pay for the amount of
traffic, billed by the gigabyte, processed by the NGFW resource.
Base NGFW Resource Consumption
You pay an hourly rate for each Cloud NGFW resource. You also pay for the amount of
traffic, billed by the gigabyte, processed by the NGFW resource.
| Dimension | Price (Per Hour) | Price (Per GB) | Equivalent Cloud NGFW Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base NGFW Resource Usage | $1.25 | — | 104.17 |
| Traffic Secured per GB per Tenant | — | $0.016 | 1.33 |
| Add-ons | $0.12 per 10 Cloud NGFW Credits | — | See below for specific billing information for each add-on. |
| Azure Networking Charges | — | $0.010 cents per GB | — |
Cloud NGFW for Azure bills the Egress usage (inbound,
outbound, and east-west traffic) under Azure Networking charges dimension, and then
the Azure Marketplace receives the consumption details. Azure virtual network
pricing determines these charges. For more information, see Virtual Network Pricing.
Each NGFW resource you deploy meters usage hours. Traffic is
metered across all NGFW resources deployed in your Cloud NGFW tenant.
Cloud-Delivered Security Services (CDSS) Consumption
Cloud NGFW for Azure bills the usages of these security services using the add-ons
dimension. Cloud NGFW for Azure measures usage in $/hour and $/GB as
detailed in the following table.
Cloud NGFW for Azure does not support per-rule
billing for add-on security services. If any of your security rules have a
security profile enabled (such as Threat Prevention, Advanced URL Filtering, DNS
Security, or WildFire), you will be charged for add-on services for all
traffic that is processed by the NGFW, not just the traffic that matches
the rule with the security profile.
For example, if you have two
security rules:
- Rule 1: Allows traffic to a specific destination with an Advanced URL Filtering profile.
- Rule 2: Allows all other traffic with no security profile.
| Advanced Threat Prevention Add-On | Price (Per Hour) | Price (Per GB) | Equivalent Cloud NGFW Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Usage Hour* | $0.375 | — | 31.25 |
| Traffic Secured | — | $0.005 | 0.4 |
| Advanced URL Filtering Add-On | Price (Per Hour) | Price (Per GB) | Equivalent Cloud NGFW Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Usage Hour* | $0.375 | — | 31.25 |
| Traffic Secured | — | $0.005 | 0.4 |
| Advanced WildFire Add-On | Price (Per Hour) | Price (Per GB) | Equivalent Cloud NGFW Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Usage Hour* | $0.375 | — | 31.25 |
| Traffic Secured | — | $0.005 | 0.4 |
| DNS Security Add-On | Price (Per Hour) | Price (Per GB) | Equivalent Cloud NGFW Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Usage Hour* | $0.250 | — | 20.83 |
| Traffic Secured | — | $0.003 | 0.27 |
| WildFire Add-On | Price (Per Hour) | Price (Per GB) | Equivalent Cloud NGFW Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Usage Hour* | $0.250 | — | 20.83 |
| Traffic Secured | — | $0.003 | 0.27 |
*Usage hour is metered on each NGFW resource with CDSS
add-ons enabled.
Centralized Management Add-On
You can use a Panorama virtual appliance to manage policy rules in your Cloud NGFW
tenant. Centralized management add-on consumption is metered on each NGFW resource
for each hour you have associated with a Panorama appliance and for the amount of
traffic processed by that NGFW. The rate you’re charged for the traffic also depends
on the aggregate traffic processed by all NGFWs in the tenant during the month
(referred to as tiered traffic pricing).
You no longer
need to pay for additional device licenses to manage policy rules in Cloud NGFW
for Azure resources. Panorama (version 11.2.6 or above) does not count these
NGFW resources against its managed device license count.
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Traffic Secured
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Price per Hour
| Price per GB | Equivalent Cloud NGFW Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Usage Hour | $0.250 | — | 20.83 |
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Traffic Secured
| — | $0.003 | 0.27 |
Strata Cloud Manager
You can use Strata Cloud Manager to manage security policies in your Cloud NGFW
tenant. The rate you are charged for the traffic depends on the aggregate
traffic processed by all NGFWs in the tenant during the month (referred to as
tiered traffic pricing).
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Traffic Secured
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Price per Hour
| Price per GB | Equivalent Cloud NGFW Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Usage Hour | $0.375 | — | 31.25 |
| Traffic Secured | — | $0.005 | 0.4 |
Azure Networking Charges
Palo Alto Networks incurs the VNet peering costs associated with the network
interfaces used to expose the Cloud NGFW Resource in the customer's subscription.
The customer incurs these costs based on the Azure virtual network peering pricing.
Migrate to the New Pricing Plan
Complete the following procedure to migrate your existing Cloud NGFW for Azure
resources to the new pricing plan (described above).
Complete the following steps, regardless of the payment mode
(PAYG or Private Contract), to take advantage of the new pricing option.
Complete this procedure on each Cloud NGFW for
Azure firewall.
- Log in to the Azure portal.
- Select your Cloud NGFW for Azure firewall deployed in your tenant and navigate to the Overview page.
- Click Change Plan.
- Select the new pricing plan. The new pricing plan does not have tiered pricing
based on the amount of traffic secured.
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- Click Change Plan to confirm.
- You can verify the plan change on the firewall Overview
page. The Plan ID will state
panw-cngfw-payg. Moving to the new pricing plan requires no additional actions after completing the above procedure.
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