How is CloudGuard for Azure licensed in PAYG (Pay As You Go) mode?

The correct answer is A. Per hour based on resources consumed. In PAYG (Pay As You Go) mode, CloudGuard for Azure is licensed per hour based on resources consumed (A), which aligns with the cloud-native billing model where you pay only for what you use - no upfront commitments, costs scale dynamically with your workload. Why the…

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APer hour based on resources consumed
BPer Gateway
CPer Socket
DPer vCore

How the community answered

(26 responses)

A
88% (23)
B
4% (1)
C
8% (2)

Explanation

In PAYG (Pay As You Go) mode, CloudGuard for Azure is licensed per hour based on resources consumed (A), which aligns with the cloud-native billing model where you pay only for what you use - no upfront commitments, costs scale dynamically with your workload.

Why the distractors are wrong:

B (Per Gateway) and C (Per Socket) reflect on-premises licensing models where physical or virtual appliances are the billing unit - not applicable in a cloud consumption model.
D (Per vCore) is a common licensing metric for database and some VM services, but CloudGuard's PAYG model doesn't tie billing to compute cores.

Memory tip: Think "PAYG = Pay As You Go = cloud clock is ticking" - you're billed by the hour for resources consumed, just like your electricity bill. If it's PAYG in the cloud, it's almost always time-based consumption, not fixed appliance counts.

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#CloudGuard Azure licensing#PAYG billing model#Azure resource metering#cost management

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