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How much could you save by escaping Microsoft's stack?

Azure App Service, SQL, and Storage are great — until the bill arrives. Most UK SMEs are paying 5–10× more than they need to. Plug in your tier, plan, and bandwidth and get a real number for your setup, with payback timing for working with us.

01 / Hosting
Your Azure App Service tier

The compute plan running your website or web app.

~£55/mo · 1 core / 1.75GB RAM · production-grade
1
Most SME sites run 1 instance. Scale-out costs multiply linearly.
02 / Database
Azure SQL Database

SQL Server in the cloud. Often the biggest line on the bill.

~£24/mo · 20 DTU · standard for small business apps
03 / Storage & egress
Blob storage and bandwidth

Where the silent costs hide. Egress fees especially.

20 GB
Images, PDFs, backups, uploads.
100 GB
Azure charges ~£0.07 per GB after the first 5 GB. This adds up fast.
04 / Add-ons (optional)
Other Azure services

Tick any that apply to your current setup.

Your estimated bills
Side-by-side comparison
Microsoft Azure
£86
per month
Modern Stack
£24
per month
Your monthly saving
£62
every month, every year
72% reduction
Annual saving
£741
3-year saving
£2,222
Cost breakdown
Compute / hosting
£55
£4.00
Database
£24
£20
Storage
£0.30
£0.24
Bandwidth / egress
£6.65
£0
Total monthly
£86
£24
The other half of the equation

When does this pay itself back?

Saving money each month only matters if you can justify the upfront spend. Pick a package and a migration scope below — we'll show you exactly when you break even and what every month after that is worth to you.

Migration complexityHow much Azure plumbing do we need to translate? Auto-suggested from your inputs above.
Total upfront spend
£7,900
Rebuild + migration · ex VAT
Hosting payback period
2.7 years
When savings cover migration cost
Net 5-year benefit
£-4,197
Total savings minus all costs
Cumulative cost vs. saving over 60 months
Where the green line crosses the blue line, you've broken even
£0£2,339£4,677£7,016£9,354nowY1Y2Y3Y4Y5
Cumulative Azure spend (status quo)Cumulative spend with us (rebuild + migration + hosting)
The honest framing

Your site needs rebuilding to be visible to AI search — that cost is happening anyway. The migration to a modern stack pays for itself in 2.6 years from hosting savings alone.

At your current Azure usage the savings alone don't justify the rebuild — but a modern, AI-ready site is the actual reason to do this. The migration savings are a bonus.

Next step

Get a migration plan tailored to your setup

We'll review your current Azure resources, give you a fixed-price migration quote, and show you exactly what your new stack would look like — including a fully AI-optimised site rebuild while we're at it.

How these numbers are calculatedAzure pricing is based on UK South region pay-as-you-go rates as of 2026, sourced from publicly listed Microsoft pricing. The modern-stack figure assumes enterprise-class edge hosting, a managed PostgreSQL database (~£20/mo when needed), and zero-egress object storage. Real-world bills vary based on Reserved Instances, Enterprise Agreements, support plans, and actual usage patterns. This calculator is a directional estimate, not a quote — for an accurate migration assessment, request a migration plan via the form above.