= .NET Core Hosting -Costs =

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I have a .NET Core web app and a SQL DB with 1 table and less than 10 records in it I have been running on Azure for a few months, but it's been costing me almost $80 a month to run. I should mention it gets almost no traffic because it's still in dev, it's just a coming soon page with an option to sign up to be notified when it's live.

For the record, I have been a dev for a number of years now, but new to hosting my own projects so complete newb in that regard.

So I guess my questions come down to:

Is $80/month for a basic web app & DB normal for Azure?

If not, any general advice on where to look/what to improve to reduce costs?

If it is a normal price, do you expect AWS or Google Cloud to be cheaper?

 Any other advice, again, newb when it comes to hosting.

Thanks!!

Use pricing calculators to see for yourself.

cloud.google.com/products/calculator

linode.com/cloud-pricing-calculator/

Cloud can be expensive. In the early stages of a project you normally should be fine just using free/basic tiers. With Azure you normally also get free credits to get you started.

Since your project is still in MVP phase (you don't have a lot of visitors and don't need to scale) you could also just host it on some hosting provider that supports .NET Core.

I would advise against a (non-managed) VPS since you then are also responsible for the infrastructure part (security, patching, setup of certs Some may find these tasks trivial but in my experience they quickly become cumbersome when you're just trying to focus on building a product.

Yes $80 is normal and probably the minimum in azure to run basic webapp.

But the problem is you are not utilizing anything from your instance, so your choice of azure was wrong from the beginning.

you have 2 choices:

if you only have 10 records and you do not write to the DB, convert your app to a static app, and host it for free.

compile your app into a docker, and use the developer version of MSSQL then put everything in a cheap $5 VPS.

Yes, Azure is very expensive, especially for simple projects. Take a look at ASP.NET shared hosting: httpsfozzy.com/eu/windowshosting.shtml, httpsvevida.com/en/webhosting/windows-hosting/, httpswww.seekdotnet.com/

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