Azure Bandwidth/Data Transfer Limit?

Question

I have a virtual machine on Azure and I was wondering if there is a bandwidth limit for it. By bandwidth limit I mean, a limit like 15GB of outbound and inbound data transfer. I tried checking some forums about this but could not find a clear answer.

Answer 1

Hi,

As far as I know there's no data limitation on the amount of inbound/outbound data from an Azure virtual machine.

There are limitations regarding the flow though:

Virtual machine network bandwidth
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-network/virtual-machine-network-throughput

Do note that outbound data transfers cost, while inbound are for free:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/bandwidth/

(Please don't forget to accept helpful replies as answer)

Best regards,
Leon

Answer 2

Each VM type has its own network limitation. See the VM documentation:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes

In this documentation you will find for each VM type:

• Max NICs
• Expected network bandwidth (Mbps)

Scroll right if you don't see the values ;-)

Answer 3

It shows a free 5GB Limit. Does this apply to web traffic and other web-related things on my Virtual Machine?