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Fetches real-time Azure retail prices and estimates Copilot Studio agent credit consumption.

Updated Mar 25, 2026
Search Tags:#pricing#azure#cost estimation#odata#copilot studio#cloud billing#retail prices api
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npx skills add https://github.com/lettucebo/Skills --skill azure-pricing-lettucebo
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Skill: azure-pricing
Source: https://github.com/lettucebo/Skills/tree/main/skills/azure/azure-pricing
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/lettucebo/Skills --skill azure-pricing-lettucebo

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

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What problem does it solve? Getting accurate Azure pricing requires navigating the Azure pricing calculator or portal manually, and Copilot Studio credit costs are hard to estimate without knowing current billing rates. This Skill queries the public Azure Retail Prices API directly and applies documented Copilot Studio billing formulas to produce concrete cost estimates. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Real-Time Price Lookup: Query the Azure Retail Prices API with OData filters by service name, region, SKU, and price type, including reservation, savings plan, and spot pricing. - Cost Estimation: Convert unit prices into monthly and annual estimates using documented formulas for VMs, Functions, Storage, Cosmos DB, SQL Database, AKS, and Azure OpenAI. - Copilot Studio Credit Estimation: Calculate Copilot Credit consumption and USD cost for agents based on users, interactions, knowledge sources, and tool usage, with live rates fetched from Microsoft Learn. - Use Case: A user asks "How much would a Standard_D4s_v5 VM cost per month in West Europe with a 1-year reservation?" The Skill builds the correct API filter, fetches the price, and returns a comparison table of pay-as-you-go versus reservation costs. ## Quick Start Ask the agent to estimate the monthly cost of an Azure service in a specific region, for example by requesting the price of a D4s v5 VM in East US with reservation options compared.

Frequently Asked Questions about azure-pricing

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How do I get Azure pricing programmatically via API?▼

Use the Azure Retail Prices API at prices.azure.com/api/retail/prices with api-version=2023-01-01-preview and an OData $filter query. No authentication is required, and filters support serviceName, armRegionName, armSkuName, and priceType fields.

How to estimate Copilot Studio agent costs per month?▼

Multiply total sessions by the credit rate for each feature used: 1 credit per classic answer, 2 per generative answer, 10 per tenant graph grounding, and 5 per agent action. Each Copilot Credit costs $0.01 USD, so total credits times 0.01 gives the monthly cost.

Does the Azure Retail Prices API require authentication?▼

No, the Azure Retail Prices API is public and requires no authentication or subscription key. It only requires internet access to prices.azure.com and returns prices in USD by default.

Why does my Azure pricing query return empty results?▼

Empty results usually come from overly strict filters or incorrect case-sensitive serviceName values. Broaden the filter by removing priceType or armRegionName first, or filter by serviceFamily to discover valid serviceName values.

How do I compare reserved instance vs pay-as-you-go Azure pricing?▼

Query the API twice with priceType eq 'Consumption' and priceType eq 'Reservation' for the same SKU and region. Calculate savings as ((PAYG price minus reserved price) divided by PAYG price) times 100, and check the savingsPlan array for 1-year and 3-year savings plan rates.

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