Pricing
Azure Managed Services Pricing
Azure managed services pricing should be clear enough to make a sensible decision. IG CloudOps helps UK businesses choose the right level of Azure support based on risk, environment size, monitoring needs and internal capability.
The problem
What affects Azure managed services pricing?
- ✗Number of Azure subscriptions
- ✗Number of production workloads
- ✗Business criticality
- ✗Monitoring requirements
- ✗Support hours required
- ✗Response expectations
- ✗Security operations scope
- ✗Governance maturity
- ✗Compliance requirements
- ✗Internal team capability
- ✗Azure monthly spend
- ✗Amount of change and project work
Common Azure support pricing models
- Pay-as-you-go Azure support
- Monthly support allowance
- Co-managed Azure support
- Managed Azure operations
- Enhanced support for critical services
Find the right Azure managed services model
The best starting point is a short Azure managed services review. We identify what level of support is needed, what can be kept internal, and where managed support would reduce risk.
Pay-as-you-go credits
Azure PAYG hour packages
Buy a block of senior Azure engineering hours and use them whenever you need help — architecture, DevOps, migrations, security or advisory. No retainer, no lock-in.
Starter
8 hours · 1 day
£760
£95/hr
Small fixes, mini-audits or quick DevOps jobs.
Standard
40 hours · 5 days
£2,600
£65/hr
Optimisation, DevOps work and small projects.
Professional
80 hours · 10 days
£4,800
£60/hr
Migrations, CI/CD builds and ongoing projects.
- Use hours whenever you need help
- Hours never expire on annual purchases
- Full time log and summary per task
- No retainer and no lock-in
- Fast UK cloud support, no tickets
- Senior Azure engineers on demand
Need a different size or an annual block? See the full IG CloudOps pay-as-you-go professional services page or compare support plans.
FAQs
It depends on environment size, criticality, support hours, monitoring scope, security operations needs and governance maturity.
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Get a practical Azure support proposal
A short review defines the right pricing model for your environment and team.