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# azure::1.0.0::aks costs

> Compare azure::1.0.0::aks backend choices using explicit service-adapter planning assumptions.

Tensor9 BYOC planning comparisons for `azure::1.0.0::aks`, with backend choices shown together. Read [how Tensor9 estimates service-adapter costs](/byoc/costs/overview.md) for price scope and capacity qualification, or return to [additional services](/byoc/costs/additional-services.md).

## Managed Kubernetes and discovery (AKS) → Azure AKS API on AWS EKS

Origin API: `azure::1.0.0::aks`. Target backend: `aws::1.0.0::eks::cluster`.

### Managed Kubernetes and discovery (AKS) · Worker CPU-hours per month

Estimated monthly service charges by Worker CPU-hours per month. Adapter hosting and Tensor9 fees are excluded. Source: eastus; target: us-east-1; currency: USD.

![Managed Kubernetes and discovery (AKS) · Worker CPU-hours per month: monthly service charges by Worker CPU-hours per month. Exact values are in the following table.](/images/diagrams/service-cost/ce1259a4d75f7e423af0bde6597347d146a9e985005e3e71b96ef9851c248b47-light.svg)

![Managed Kubernetes and discovery (AKS) · Worker CPU-hours per month: monthly service charges by Worker CPU-hours per month. Exact values are in the following table.](/images/diagrams/service-cost/3b55659bb6dd1ddff7dff831b86b6020f4df5dee81860f0bc1814acc5f978d56-dark.svg)

Comparison pills describe all sampled scale points; card amounts show the named workload. Costs The Same means within 20% at every point. Costs Depend includes mixed results and unpriced samples.

Exact sampled model outputs in USD/month. Difference means target minus origin; a positive difference means the target costs more.

| Worker CPU-hours per month (vCPU-hour/month) | azure::1.0.0::aks | Target scenario | EKS Cluster | Difference |
| -: | -: | - | -: | -: |
| 0 | 160.6 | EKS Cluster | 173.74 | 13.14 |
| 1460 | 208.78 | EKS Cluster | 229.147 | 20.367 |
| 5840 | 353.32 | EKS Cluster | 395.368 | 42.048 |
| 23360 | 931.48 | EKS Cluster | 1060.252 | 128.772 |
| 93440 | 3244.12 | EKS Cluster | 3719.788 | 475.668 |
| 373760 | 12494.68 | EKS Cluster | 14357.932 | 1863.252 |

**Curve assumptions**

| Target scenario | Assumption | Value | Unit |
| - | - | -: | - |
| EKS Cluster | Origin list price · Allocated cluster control plane | 0.1 | USD/cluster-hour |
| EKS Cluster | Origin list price · Allocated worker CPU | 0.033 | USD/vCPU-hour |
| EKS Cluster | Origin list price · Allocated worker memory | 0.00375 | USD/GiB-hour |
| EKS Cluster | Origin list price · Cluster management requests | 0 | USD/Requests |
| EKS Cluster | Target / origin worker allocation | 1.15 | multiplier |
| EKS Cluster | Target price guess · read | 0 | USD/read |
| EKS Cluster | Target price guess · write | 0 | USD/write |
| EKS Cluster | Target price guess · provider operation | 0 | USD/provider operation |
| EKS Cluster | Target list price · GiB-month | 0.08 | USD/GiB-month |
| EKS Cluster | Target price guess · published GiB | 0 | USD/published GiB |
| EKS Cluster | Target price guess · delivered GiB | 0 | USD/delivered GiB |
| EKS Cluster | Target list price · network GiB | 0.09 | USD/network GiB |
| EKS Cluster | Target price guess · replica GiB-month | 0 | USD/replica GiB-month |
| EKS Cluster | Target list price · vCPU-hour | 0.033 | USD/vCPU-hour |
| EKS Cluster | Target list price · GiB-hour | 0.00375 | USD/GiB-hour |
| EKS Cluster | Target list price · resource-hour | 0.1 | USD/resource-hour |
| EKS Cluster | Target price guess · resource-month | 0 | USD/resource-month |
| EKS Cluster | Target price guess · input token | 0 | USD/input token |
| EKS Cluster | Target price guess · output token | 0 | USD/output token |
| EKS Cluster | Target monthly base charge | 0 | USD/month |
| EKS Cluster | Approximate target service minimum | 0 | USD/month |
| EKS Cluster | Minimum primary CPU | 2 | vCPU |
| EKS Cluster | Minimum primary RAM | 8 | GiB |
| EKS Cluster | Minimum primary disk | 100 | GiB |
| EKS Cluster | Additional full-price standby copy | 0 | 0 or 1 |
| EKS Cluster | Allocated share of provisioned cost | 1 | fraction |
| EKS Cluster | Read/write work per vCPU-second | 1500 | operations/vCPU-second |
| EKS Cluster | Planning peak / mean work | 2 | multiplier |
| EKS Cluster | Planning primary CPU utilization | 0.7 | fraction |
| EKS Cluster | Resident state reserved in RAM | 0.1 | fraction |
| EKS Cluster | Planning disk utilization | 0.8 | fraction |
| EKS Cluster | Maintenance and log disk reserve | 20 | GiB |
| EKS Cluster | Staging database CPU unit-price guess | 0.0413 | USD/vCPU-hour |
| EKS Cluster | Staging database RAM unit-price guess | 0.007 | USD/GiB-hour |
| EKS Cluster | Staging database disk unit-price guess | 0.17 | USD/GiB-month |
| EKS Cluster | Dependent object sink storage price guess | 0.023 | USD/GiB-month |
| EKS Cluster | Dependent object sink write price guess | 0.000005 | USD/write |

* Only this native meter varies; all other source usage and translation assumptions retain the displayed defaults. Editable authored planning guesses, not verified provider tariffs, benchmark measurements or a commercial quote. Other native meters retain their explicitly displayed default quantities.
* Planning estimate · editable authored rates and sizing assumptions dated 2026-10-22; not verified provider prices. eastus → us-east-1, USD/month.
* Source prices are reference charges, not an invoice. Target lines cover selected service usage/configuration only; adapter hosting and Tensor9 fees are excluded.
* Explicit tariff samples are not performance measurements or capacity qualification. No interpolation or break-even guarantee is implied.
* Variant assumptions show the first axis sample; any axis-dependent configuration is described by this curve's workload note.
* Rates are cited provider list prices, editable for discounts, commitments or another region. Workload translation and capacity coefficients remain editable planning assumptions, not benchmark measurements or a commercial quote.
* Default-zero rates are explicit assumptions, not evidence that the deployed service or resource is free.
* Provisioned-unit minimums use an editable approximate allocation floor. Modeled target service cost is max(usage/allocation, minimum), with billable network, durable staging and dependent sinks added separately; actual RU/TU sizing, scaling increments and throughput remain unqualified.
* Durable staging is priced once: provisioned targets include adapter state in their selected allocation; native targets add a separate staging allocation when required. Adapter hosting is a separate allocation and must exclude resources already priced as staging, workers or target capacity.
* A declared adapter mapping and cost model do not establish implementation availability or service equivalence.
* This is a declared directed mapping; a planning estimate does not establish deployment or request-serving support.
* Origin unit prices are cited provider list prices; capacity coefficients and translation assumptions are editable authored planning guesses, not measured capacity or a provider quote.
* Management requests do not reveal resource allocation or workload traffic. Provisioned resources and traffic are independent inputs.
* The discovery adapter does not itself own or provision the cluster. Allocate existing cluster capacity once across adapters.
* Cluster control-plane hours bill at the listed management fee and worker CPU/RAM at the provider's VM decomposition; allocate a shared cluster once across adapters. Extended-support Kubernetes versions bill more. AWS: m6i general purpose decomposed against r6i (m7i.large lists 0.1008/hour, 5% higher); gp3 disk; internet egress.
* Azure Retail Prices API: [https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices](https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices)
* Azure Kubernetes Service pricing: [https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/kubernetes-service/](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/kubernetes-service/)
* Amazon EC2 price list (AWS Price List API): [https://pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/offers/v1.0/aws/AmazonEC2/current/us-east-1/index.csv](https://pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/offers/v1.0/aws/AmazonEC2/current/us-east-1/index.csv)
* AWS Data Transfer price list (AWS Price List API): [https://pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/offers/v1.0/aws/AWSDataTransfer/current/us-east-1/index.json](https://pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/offers/v1.0/aws/AWSDataTransfer/current/us-east-1/index.json)
* Amazon EKS price list (AWS Price List API): [https://pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/offers/v1.0/aws/AmazonEKS/current/us-east-1/index.json](https://pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/offers/v1.0/aws/AmazonEKS/current/us-east-1/index.json)

Cost scope: Modeled target native service and explicitly modeled state allocation; hosting and Tensor9 fees only when supplied.

Excluded costs and workload features:

* Worker disks, GPUs, ingress, network traffic, extended support and observability.
* Taxes, discounts, credits and free-tier allowances unless explicitly reflected in edited rates.
* Unmodeled dependent services, task execution and operations outside the selected workload family.

List prices read: 2026-10-22. Model: `plan-81f875cc8106220f4746382cc25d5d85811e9637` / `2026-10-22.planning.2`. Curve: `workload-1`.

Sources: [Azure Retail Prices API](https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices), [Azure Kubernetes Service pricing](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/kubernetes-service/), [Amazon EC2 price list (AWS Price List API)](https://pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/offers/v1.0/aws/AmazonEC2/current/us-east-1/index.csv), [AWS Data Transfer price list (AWS Price List API)](https://pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/offers/v1.0/aws/AWSDataTransfer/current/us-east-1/index.json), [Amazon EKS price list (AWS Price List API)](https://pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/offers/v1.0/aws/AmazonEKS/current/us-east-1/index.json).

### Managed Kubernetes and discovery (AKS) · Cluster-hours per month

Estimated monthly service charges by Cluster-hours per month. Adapter hosting and Tensor9 fees are excluded. Source: eastus; target: us-east-1; currency: USD.

![Managed Kubernetes and discovery (AKS) · Cluster-hours per month: monthly service charges by Cluster-hours per month. Exact values are in the following table.](/images/diagrams/service-cost/1e811976aab2fc5671b5a98ec7bb570e072b4cd8d9ac03fc3de4e720695cf4b3-light.svg)

![Managed Kubernetes and discovery (AKS) · Cluster-hours per month: monthly service charges by Cluster-hours per month. Exact values are in the following table.](/images/diagrams/service-cost/ffded4fd212ce137e1105ce1104ed624c8294435ca64b7ca16ab261c0865158f-dark.svg)

Comparison pills describe all sampled scale points; card amounts show the named workload. Costs The Same means within 20% at every point. Costs Depend includes mixed results and unpriced samples.

Exact sampled model outputs in USD/month. Difference means target minus origin; a positive difference means the target costs more.

| Cluster-hours per month (cluster-hour/month) | azure::1.0.0::aks | Target scenario | EKS Cluster | Difference |
| -: | -: | - | -: | -: |
| 0 | 280.32 | EKS Cluster | 322.368 | 42.048 |
| 730 | 353.32 | EKS Cluster | 395.368 | 42.048 |
| 3650 | 645.32 | EKS Cluster | 687.368 | 42.048 |
| 7300 | 1010.32 | EKS Cluster | 1052.368 | 42.048 |
| 36500 | 3930.32 | EKS Cluster | 3972.368 | 42.048 |

**Curve assumptions**

| Target scenario | Assumption | Value | Unit |
| - | - | -: | - |
| EKS Cluster | Origin list price · Allocated cluster control plane | 0.1 | USD/cluster-hour |
| EKS Cluster | Origin list price · Allocated worker CPU | 0.033 | USD/vCPU-hour |
| EKS Cluster | Origin list price · Allocated worker memory | 0.00375 | USD/GiB-hour |
| EKS Cluster | Origin list price · Cluster management requests | 0 | USD/Requests |
| EKS Cluster | Target / origin worker allocation | 1.15 | multiplier |
| EKS Cluster | Target price guess · read | 0 | USD/read |
| EKS Cluster | Target price guess · write | 0 | USD/write |
| EKS Cluster | Target price guess · provider operation | 0 | USD/provider operation |
| EKS Cluster | Target list price · GiB-month | 0.08 | USD/GiB-month |
| EKS Cluster | Target price guess · published GiB | 0 | USD/published GiB |
| EKS Cluster | Target price guess · delivered GiB | 0 | USD/delivered GiB |
| EKS Cluster | Target list price · network GiB | 0.09 | USD/network GiB |
| EKS Cluster | Target price guess · replica GiB-month | 0 | USD/replica GiB-month |
| EKS Cluster | Target list price · vCPU-hour | 0.033 | USD/vCPU-hour |
| EKS Cluster | Target list price · GiB-hour | 0.00375 | USD/GiB-hour |
| EKS Cluster | Target list price · resource-hour | 0.1 | USD/resource-hour |
| EKS Cluster | Target price guess · resource-month | 0 | USD/resource-month |
| EKS Cluster | Target price guess · input token | 0 | USD/input token |
| EKS Cluster | Target price guess · output token | 0 | USD/output token |
| EKS Cluster | Target monthly base charge | 0 | USD/month |
| EKS Cluster | Approximate target service minimum | 0 | USD/month |
| EKS Cluster | Minimum primary CPU | 2 | vCPU |
| EKS Cluster | Minimum primary RAM | 8 | GiB |
| EKS Cluster | Minimum primary disk | 100 | GiB |
| EKS Cluster | Additional full-price standby copy | 0 | 0 or 1 |
| EKS Cluster | Allocated share of provisioned cost | 1 | fraction |
| EKS Cluster | Read/write work per vCPU-second | 1500 | operations/vCPU-second |
| EKS Cluster | Planning peak / mean work | 2 | multiplier |
| EKS Cluster | Planning primary CPU utilization | 0.7 | fraction |
| EKS Cluster | Resident state reserved in RAM | 0.1 | fraction |
| EKS Cluster | Planning disk utilization | 0.8 | fraction |
| EKS Cluster | Maintenance and log disk reserve | 20 | GiB |
| EKS Cluster | Staging database CPU unit-price guess | 0.0413 | USD/vCPU-hour |
| EKS Cluster | Staging database RAM unit-price guess | 0.007 | USD/GiB-hour |
| EKS Cluster | Staging database disk unit-price guess | 0.17 | USD/GiB-month |
| EKS Cluster | Dependent object sink storage price guess | 0.023 | USD/GiB-month |
| EKS Cluster | Dependent object sink write price guess | 0.000005 | USD/write |

* Only this native meter varies; all other source usage and translation assumptions retain the displayed defaults. Editable authored planning guesses, not verified provider tariffs, benchmark measurements or a commercial quote. Other native meters retain their explicitly displayed default quantities.
* Planning estimate · editable authored rates and sizing assumptions dated 2026-10-22; not verified provider prices. eastus → us-east-1, USD/month.
* Source prices are reference charges, not an invoice. Target lines cover selected service usage/configuration only; adapter hosting and Tensor9 fees are excluded.
* Explicit tariff samples are not performance measurements or capacity qualification. No interpolation or break-even guarantee is implied.
* Variant assumptions show the first axis sample; any axis-dependent configuration is described by this curve's workload note.
* Rates are cited provider list prices, editable for discounts, commitments or another region. Workload translation and capacity coefficients remain editable planning assumptions, not benchmark measurements or a commercial quote.
* Default-zero rates are explicit assumptions, not evidence that the deployed service or resource is free.
* Provisioned-unit minimums use an editable approximate allocation floor. Modeled target service cost is max(usage/allocation, minimum), with billable network, durable staging and dependent sinks added separately; actual RU/TU sizing, scaling increments and throughput remain unqualified.
* Durable staging is priced once: provisioned targets include adapter state in their selected allocation; native targets add a separate staging allocation when required. Adapter hosting is a separate allocation and must exclude resources already priced as staging, workers or target capacity.
* A declared adapter mapping and cost model do not establish implementation availability or service equivalence.
* This is a declared directed mapping; a planning estimate does not establish deployment or request-serving support.
* Origin unit prices are cited provider list prices; capacity coefficients and translation assumptions are editable authored planning guesses, not measured capacity or a provider quote.
* Management requests do not reveal resource allocation or workload traffic. Provisioned resources and traffic are independent inputs.
* The discovery adapter does not itself own or provision the cluster. Allocate existing cluster capacity once across adapters.
* Cluster control-plane hours bill at the listed management fee and worker CPU/RAM at the provider's VM decomposition; allocate a shared cluster once across adapters. Extended-support Kubernetes versions bill more. AWS: m6i general purpose decomposed against r6i (m7i.large lists 0.1008/hour, 5% higher); gp3 disk; internet egress.
* Azure Retail Prices API: [https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices](https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices)
* Azure Kubernetes Service pricing: [https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/kubernetes-service/](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/kubernetes-service/)
* Amazon EC2 price list (AWS Price List API): [https://pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/offers/v1.0/aws/AmazonEC2/current/us-east-1/index.csv](https://pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/offers/v1.0/aws/AmazonEC2/current/us-east-1/index.csv)
* AWS Data Transfer price list (AWS Price List API): [https://pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/offers/v1.0/aws/AWSDataTransfer/current/us-east-1/index.json](https://pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/offers/v1.0/aws/AWSDataTransfer/current/us-east-1/index.json)
* Amazon EKS price list (AWS Price List API): [https://pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/offers/v1.0/aws/AmazonEKS/current/us-east-1/index.json](https://pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/offers/v1.0/aws/AmazonEKS/current/us-east-1/index.json)

Cost scope: Modeled target native service and explicitly modeled state allocation; hosting and Tensor9 fees only when supplied.

Excluded costs and workload features:

* Worker disks, GPUs, ingress, network traffic, extended support and observability.
* Taxes, discounts, credits and free-tier allowances unless explicitly reflected in edited rates.
* Unmodeled dependent services, task execution and operations outside the selected workload family.

List prices read: 2026-10-22. Model: `plan-81f875cc8106220f4746382cc25d5d85811e9637` / `2026-10-22.planning.2`. Curve: `workload-2`.

Sources: [Azure Retail Prices API](https://prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices), [Azure Kubernetes Service pricing](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/kubernetes-service/), [Amazon EC2 price list (AWS Price List API)](https://pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/offers/v1.0/aws/AmazonEC2/current/us-east-1/index.csv), [AWS Data Transfer price list (AWS Price List API)](https://pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/offers/v1.0/aws/AWSDataTransfer/current/us-east-1/index.json), [Amazon EKS price list (AWS Price List API)](https://pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/offers/v1.0/aws/AmazonEKS/current/us-east-1/index.json).

See the [service catalog](/byoc/service-adapters/catalog.md) for operation coverage, supported directions and backend limitations.


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