# Azure cost optimisation

URL: https://computecloud.co.uk/azure/cost-optimisation/
Last updated: 2026-11-13

> Azure cost optimisation for UK organisations already on Azure: a bill review in Cost Management, right-sizing, reservations, savings plans and a savings report.

Azure cost optimisation lowers what you pay for Azure without cutting what it does. We review your bill in Microsoft Cost Management, right-size resources, and apply reservations, savings plans and Azure Hybrid Benefit where they fit, then give you a savings report. It starts with a free assessment.

- A bill review in Microsoft Cost Management
- Right-sizing and unused resources
- Reservations, savings plans and Hybrid Benefit

## Is this you?

- Your Azure bill keeps rising
- You own Windows Server or SQL Server licences: [Azure Hybrid Benefit](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/hybrid-use-benefit-licensing)
- You want more than a cost review: [Azure health check](https://computecloud.co.uk/azure/well-architected-review/)
- You want to know the cost first: [Migration costs](https://computecloud.co.uk/azure/migration/cost/)

## What you get and how it works

1. **Free assessment.** You get: Where your Azure spend goes today.
2. **Bill review.** You get: Costs by service and owner, from Microsoft Cost Management.
3. **Recommendations.** You get: Azure Advisor's cost advice, checked against how you really use each resource.
4. **Savings report.** You get: Each change with its estimated saving, in writing.
5. **Budgets and alerts.** You get: Set up so spending stays visible, with ongoing cost reviews through [managed Azure](https://computecloud.co.uk/azure/managed-services/) if you want them.

## Why ComputeCloud

- Savings estimated per change
- Nothing changes without you
- No obligation
- Delivered in partnership with Focus Group, our Microsoft delivery partner.

## Start your free assessment

Two fields now, about 2 minutes in all. A specialist then gets in touch.

Start here: https://computecloud.co.uk/assessment/

## Sources

- [Microsoft Learn: Microsoft Cost Management overview](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/overview-cost-management)
- [Microsoft Learn: Azure Advisor cost recommendations](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/advisor/advisor-cost-recommendations)
- [Microsoft Learn: Azure reservations](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/reservations/save-compute-costs-reservations)
- [Microsoft Learn: What are savings plans?](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/savings-plan/savings-plan-overview)
- [Microsoft Learn: Azure Hybrid Benefit for Windows Server](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/hybrid-use-benefit-licensing)
- [Microsoft Learn: Azure Hybrid Benefit for Azure SQL](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/azure-hybrid-benefit)
- [Microsoft Learn: Azure Hybrid Benefit for SQL Server on Azure VMs](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/virtual-machines/windows/licensing-model-azure-hybrid-benefit-ahb-change)
- [Microsoft Learn: Create and manage budgets](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/tutorial-acm-create-budgets)

Facts checked 25 October 2026.

See also: [Azure health check](https://computecloud.co.uk/azure/well-architected-review/) · [Migration costs](https://computecloud.co.uk/azure/migration/cost/) · [Azure consulting services](https://computecloud.co.uk/azure/consulting/)

## Frequently asked questions

### How much can we save?

It depends on your estate, so we don't quote a figure up front. The savings report estimates each change.

### What are reservations and savings plans?

Both lower prices in return for a one- or three-year commitment. A reservation covers a specific resource, size and region. A savings plan covers a fixed hourly spend across eligible compute or database services.

### Will it slow anything down?

Right-sizing is based on how each resource is really used, and every change is agreed with you first.

### Do you review more than cost?

For a full five-pillar review, see the Azure health check. [Azure health check](https://computecloud.co.uk/azure/well-architected-review/)

### What does the review cost?

The assessment is free. The review comes with a written proposal and price first.

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