# 42 Azure services. One place to cut the waste.

> LevelFour fixes waste with ready-to-merge pull requests, and your Azure bill drops by up to 30%.

Source: https://levelfour.ai/integrations/azure

Updated: 2026-10-23

## Find your service

### Compute

- **Virtual Machines**: B-series burstable VMs for intermittent workloads. Up to 30–40% savings · 24h
- **App Service**: Consolidate under-utilized plans. Idle apps detected. Up to 25% savings · 24h
- **Azure Functions**: Switch Premium → Consumption for low-traffic functions. Up to 25% savings · 24h
- **Container Instances**: Eliminate idle container groups. Spot for batch jobs. Up to 20% savings · 24h
- **VM Scale Sets**: Spot VMs in scale sets and autoscaling optimization. Up to 25–40% savings · 24h
- **Azure Batch**: Low-priority VMs for batch workloads save up to 60%. Up to 40–60% savings · 48h

### Databases

- **Azure SQL**: Switch DTU→vCore when beneficial. Idle databases flagged. Up to 30% savings · 24h
- **Cosmos DB**: Right-size throughput. Reserved capacity for predictable workloads. Up to 30–60% savings · 48h
- **Azure Cache for Redis**: Right-size cache instances. Detect idle caches. Up to 25–40% savings · 24h
- **Azure Database for PostgreSQL**: Flexible Server tier optimization. Idle instance detection. Up to 25–40% savings · 24h
- **Azure Database for MySQL**: Flexible Server tier optimization. Idle instance detection. Up to 25–40% savings · 24h
- **SQL Managed Instance**: Hybrid Benefit licensing and vCore rightsizing. Up to 30–50% savings · 48h
- **Azure Data Explorer**: Autostop for dev clusters. Autoscale for production. Up to 25–40% savings · 48h

### Storage

- **Managed Disks**: Premium disks on low-IOPS workloads are common over-spend. Up to 25% savings · 24h
- **Blob Storage**: 40–60% savings on eligible blobs. Up to 40–60% savings · 48h
- **Container Registry**: Image lifecycle policies reduce storage. Basic tier for dev registries. Up to 20% savings · 24h
- **Azure Files**: Tier optimization based on access patterns. Up to 20–40% savings · 24h
- **Azure Backup**: LRS is sufficient for non-critical backups. Retention optimization. Up to 20% savings · 48h
- **Azure NetApp Files**: Capacity pool tier and volume rightsizing. Up to 20–35% savings · 48h

### Networking

- **Azure CDN**: Improve cache hit ratio. Reduce origin traffic. Up to 15–30% savings · 48h
- **Azure Firewall**: Right-size firewall SKU. Basic tier for low-traffic environments. Up to 15–25% savings · 48h
- **Application Gateway**: v2 SKU is more cost-effective. Idle gateway detection. Up to 20–30% savings · 24h
- **Azure Front Door**: Standard tier sufficient for most workloads. Up to 15–25% savings · 48h
- **VPN Gateway**: SKU rightsizing and idle tunnel detection. Up to 20% savings · 24h
- **ExpressRoute**: Circuit bandwidth rightsizing for dedicated connections. Up to 15–25% savings · 48h
- **Azure Load Balancer**: Idle load balancer detection. SKU optimization. Up to 15% savings · 24h
- **Azure NAT Gateway**: Idle NAT gateway detection and port optimization. Up to 15% savings · 24h
- **Azure DNS**: Orphaned zone cleanup. Consolidate zones. Up to 10% savings · 24h

### Analytics & AI/ML

- **HDInsight**: Spot workers and transient clusters for batch analytics. Up to 40–60% savings · 48h
- **Azure Databricks**: Spot pools and job clusters reduce DBU costs significantly. Up to 30–50% savings · 48h
- **Synapse Analytics**: DWU rightsizing and pause scheduling for data warehouses. Up to 30–60% savings · 48h
- **Azure Machine Learning**: Idle compute shutdown and Spot training for ML workloads. Up to 40–70% savings · 48h
- **Data Factory**: Integration Runtime rightsizing reduces execution costs. Up to 25% savings · 48h
- **Stream Analytics**: Streaming unit rightsizing and idle job detection. Up to 25% savings · 24h

### Messaging

- **Event Hubs**: TU/PU rightsizing and tier selection. Up to 25–40% savings · 48h
- **Service Bus**: Tier and MU rightsizing. Idle queue cleanup. Up to 20–30% savings · 24h
- **Event Grid**: Orphaned event resource cleanup. Up to 10% savings · 24h

### Other

- **AKS**: Kubernetes cost allocation and optimization. Up to 30–50% savings · 24h
- **Reservations**: Coverage gaps filled. Unused reservations exchanged. Up to 40–60% savings · 48h
- **Savings Plans**: Flexible discount coverage across Azure compute. Up to 30% savings · 48h
- **Key Vault**: Purge soft-deleted vaults. Remove unused secrets. Up to 10% savings · 24h
- **Log Analytics**: Basic tier for high-volume, low-query tables. Significant ingestion savings. Up to 25–40% savings · 24h

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Which Azure services does LevelFour optimize?

42 Azure services, including Virtual Machines, Azure SQL, AKS, Blob Storage, Cosmos DB, App Service, managed disks, and more. The full list with the optimization applied to each is below.

### How much can I save on Azure?

Azure optimizations average up to 30%. Actual savings depend on your current rightsizing, reservation and Hybrid Benefit coverage, and idle resource levels.

### Does LevelFour apply Azure changes automatically?

No. LevelFour is read-only by default and proposes every change as a Terraform pull request. Nothing is applied until you review and merge, or opt into supervised automation.

### How long does Azure setup take?

Under 15 minutes. You connect your subscriptions with read-only access; there are no agents to install and no code changes required.

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## About LevelFour

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