We find the pricing to be a little bit higher side. If that could become a bit more competitive with, for example, AWS or something, that would be great.

We pay approximately $500,000 a year. It's approximately $10,000 a year per license. 

I'd rate it a three out of five in terms of affordability.

The pricing is on the client's side. I can't speak to the exact cost of the product.

Azure Stream Analytics is a little bit expensive.

Customers need to pay for a license. However, we have a three-year upfront licensing arrangement, which helps to keep the costs relatively low.

In terms of pricing, you can't compare it to open source solutions. It would be higher compared to open source, of course, however, with the support and everything you're getting, I would say the price, in general, is fair. 

I have seen AWS as well and can compare it to that and I would say it is fair. The problem is it is not exactly dynamic or serverless, with how the way things are in the cloud. Therefore, it is not completely utilized. You have to set up things beforehand with some level of capability and capacity beforehand. In regards to the price, it's not too high and also not too low.

Their pricing is not exactly serverless. It's per hour. A lot of others are moving towards pricing based on the amount of data you pull. Streaming Analytics charges per hour, and in that sense, you need to set up the capacity by trial and error, literally. 

The current price is substantial.

There are different tiers based on retention policies. There are four tiers. The pricing varies based on steaming units and tiers. The standard pricing is $10/hour. 

From a pricing perspective, I don't have a clear understanding of how the streaming units are built. It takes me a long time when a price report comes in at the end of the day. I spend a lot of time on this. The way the reports break down the charges is very confusing. So that is something that has to be improved. There is a clear, concise reporting structure for other Azure services — the full subscription, Azure Public Cloud service, etc.—but the streaming unit billing part of Stream Analytics confuses me all the time.

Nevertheless, the features are decent, so I continue to use it. Still, it takes me a lot of time when I have to approve specific invoices at the end of the month. But overall, the price is fair because it charges per streaming unit. The price is reasonable. It is what you would expect, given the kinds of features it has. 

The product's price is at par with the other solutions provided by the other cloud service providers in the market.

The licensing for this product is payable on a 'pay as you go' basis.  This means that the cost is only based on data volume, and the frequency that the solution is used.

The cost of this solution is less than competitors such as Amazon or Google Cloud. If we only use one hour then we are only charged for one hour. It is very easy and some products are more expensive.

I rate the price of Azure Stream Analytics a four out of five.

Our firm works in the former Yugoslavia: Croatia, Bosnia, and Serbia, Macedonia, and Montenegro. The prices are different in these markets. Of course, we always want to have the lowest price but that doesn't mean price is the main factor when buying something. It is one of them, for sure. Maybe we cannot afford the most sophisticated tool there is, so price is important, but not the most important thing when we buy something.

I am unsure of what the licensing costs are for this solution.

The product is expensive but has stability and user-centric features. Those who seek comfort, regardless of cost, will choose Azure.

The product does have a free trial offer, however, it is much too short. It's only 14 days and that's not enough time to run a proper POC.