Azure Synapse Analytics Pricing in 2026
7 plans.
Serverless SQL pool
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Query data in Azure Data Lake without provisioning infrastructure · Pay for data processed by queries
Dedicated SQL pool — pay as you go
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Provisioned SQL data warehousing compute · Compute can be paused
Dedicated SQL pool — 1-year reserved
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Reserved capacity pricing for dedicated SQL pools
Dedicated SQL pool — 3-year reserved
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Reserved capacity pricing for dedicated SQL pools
Apache Spark — Memory Optimized
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Big data processing · Data engineering, preparation, and machine learning
Apache Spark — GPU accelerated
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Hardware-accelerated Apache Spark processing · Machine learning workloads
Data Explorer compute
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Interactive log and telemetry analytics · Time-series and semi-structured data querying
Pricing on request Read from Azure Synapse Analytics's pricing page on 20 Sept 2026.
What the alternatives cost
| Product | Free | Paid from |
|---|---|---|
| Exasol | Free plan | $3.30 |
| Databricks Notebooks | Free plan | $0.07 |
| Databend | Free plan | $23 |
| Teradata VantageCloud | Free plan | $1.50 |
| Yellowbrick Data Warehouse | Free trial | $0.28 |
| Oracle Autonomous AI Lakehouse | Free plan | — |