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IPv4 Address Price - Single Static IP - October 12, 2021

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Here are the spot prices today for single static IP addresses (based on a 30 day month):

October 12, 2021

Azure: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/#
Google: https://cloud.google.com/compute/pricing#ipaddress
Amazon: https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/on-demand/

Azure - East US

Basic: $2.59/month
Basic ARM: $2.59/month
Standard ARM: $3.60/month

Google - Iowa

In Use (Standard VM):$2.88/month
In Use (Preemptible VM):$1.44/month
Not in Use:$7.20/month

Amazon - US East N. Virginia

First IP while In Use: $0/month
First Not Running or Additional: $3.60/month

Price remains pretty constant so there does not seem to be any demand issues influencing the price of IP addresses. In fact, Azure price seems to have moved down slightly, over and above my mistake in using Azure's default 730 hour month calculation last time (there are no months with 730 hours in them, that I know of).

Perhaps this is the new, metric February we've been hearing so much about. :)

I think it is time to seriously look at the issues with security and factor that into the equation. Will be creating a blog post on this topic in the coming weeks.

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IPv4 Address Price - Single Static IP - April. 20, 2021

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Just because I still think about it sometimes, here are the spot prices today for single static IP addresses (based on a 30 day month):

April 22, 2021

Azure: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/#
Google: https://cloud.google.com/compute/pricing#ipaddress
Amazon: https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/on-demand/

Azure - East US

Basic: $2.59/month
Basic ARM: $2.59/month
Standard ARM: $4.38/month

Google - Iowa

In Use (Standard VM):$2.88/month
In Use (Preemptible VM):$1.44/month
Not in Use:$7.20/month

Amazon - US West N. California

First, In Use: $0/month
Not Running/Additional: $3.60/month

That's it. Not a lot of price movement in the last 18 months. Azure has tweaked their Standard ARM up a little, but has removed it's penalties for additional IP addresses above 5 in other categories.

Google now allows you to select by region, but the region prices are the same.

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IPv4 Address Price - Single Static IP - Aug. 20, 2019

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A few years ago I saw an article about IP v4 addresses and how IoT was causing us to run out of them quickly. At the time it seemed odd, because I knew that you could get them for nothing, or next to nothing, from every cloud provider.

If we were really running out, wouldn't you expect to pay something for them? Wouldn't supply and demand dictate that they couldn't be given away for free?

Earlier posts:

http://jonathanfries.net/ipv4-address-price-single-static-ip-feb-20-2017/
https://jonathanfries.net/ip-address-oct62016/
http://jonathanfries.net/ip-address-price-single-static-ip/


But perhaps this is really starting to happen now.

I just received an email from Google Cloud that, perhaps, There's No Such Thing as a Free IP Address Either (TNSTAAFIAE).

From the email:

First, we’re increasing the price for Google Compute Engine (GCE) VMs that use external IP addresses. Beginning January 1, 2020, a standard GCE instance using an external IP address will cost an additional $0.004/hr and a preemptible GCE instance using an external IP address will cost an additional $0.002/hr.

In addition, there are also price increases at Azure, though not in the classic resource deployment mode.


Here are the spot prices today for single static IP addresses (based on a 30 day month):

Aug. 20, 2019

Azure: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/#
Google: https://cloud.google.com/compute/pricing#ipaddress
Amazon: https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/on-demand/

Azure - East US

ASM First 5: $0/month
ASM Additional: $2.59/month
Basic ARM First 5: $2.88/month
Basic ARM Additional: $5.76/month
Standard ARM All: $3.60/month

Google

In Use (Standard VM):$2.88/month
In Use (Preemptible VM):$1.44/month
Not in Use:$7.20/month

Amazon - US West N. California

First, In Use: $0/month
Not Running/Additional: $3.60/month


I would say that there is some pretty good evidence that the price of IP addresses is going up.

My second thought is that cloud pricing continues to be very complicated. I think I will write a second blog post about that.

Kudos to Amazon for continuing to keep prices low. Will they be able to do that in the long run?

If this is really supply and demand at work, then expect the price to rise.

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IPv4 Address Price - Single Static IP - Feb. 20, 2017

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Feb. 20, 2017

Prices unchanged from Oct. 6th, 2016, sources:

Azure: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/#
Google: https://cloud.google.com/compute/pricing#ipaddress
Amazon: https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/on-demand/

Azure - West US

Cost: $2.98/month

Google

In Use:$0/month
Not in Use:$7.20/month

Amazon - US West N. California

First, In Use: $0/month
Not Running/Additional: $3.60/month

This page is still made with HTML tables and it still looks rough on mobile.

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IPv4 Address Price - Single Static IP - Oct. 6, 2016

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Oct. 6, 2016

Azure: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/#
Google: https://cloud.google.com/compute/pricing#ipaddress
Amazon: https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/on-demand/

Azure -West US

Cost: $2.98/month

Google

In Use:$0/month
Not in Use:$7.20/month

Amazon - US West N. California

First, In Use: $0/month
Not Running/Additional: $3.60/month

I made this with HTML tables! Boom!

Looks terrible on mobile! Boom!

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IPv4 Address Price - Single Static IP

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Updated Aug. 12, 2016

Azure: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/calculator/#
Google: https://cloud.google.com/compute/pricing#ipaddress
Amazon: https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/pricing/on-demand/

Azure -West US

Cost: $2.98/month

Google

In Use:$0/month
Not in Use:$7.20/month

Amazon - US West N. California

First, In Use: $0/month
Not Running/Additional: $3.60/month