Azure discount
An Azure discount that grows with your usage
Through Intercept, you get a discount on all your Azure usage, rising with your monthly usage: indicatively 5 to 12%. From €50,000 a month, the CSP Enterprise programme applies, with up to 12% discount. On top of that comes structural saving from reservations, savings plans and Azure Hybrid Benefit.
How much discount do you get on Azure?
- 5%up to and including €5,000 per monthSmaller environments
- 7%over €5,000, up to and including €15,000 per monthGrowing environments
- 9%over €15,000, below €50,000 per monthLarger environments
- 12%from €50,000 per monthCSP Enterprise programme, with 24/7 support
Indicative tiers based on monthly usage, excluding VAT. For the CSP Enterprise programme from €50,000 a month, Intercept publishes a discount of up to 12%. The percentages for the lower tiers are indicative; your final percentage is in your calculation.
Worked examples
| Usage per month | Discount | Saving per month | Saving per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| €2,000 | 5% | €100 | €1,200 |
| €5,000 | 5% | €250 | €3,000 |
| €10,000 | 7% | €700 | €8,400 |
| €20,000 | 9% | €1,800 | €21,600 |
| €50,000 | 12% | €6,000 | €72,000 |
| €100,000 | 12% | €12,000 | €144,000 |
What else can you save?
The tiers give a discount on your usage as it is now. Structural saving comes from how you buy and use Azure. Your calculation includes it; the estimate does not.
Reservations
For predictable usage. According to Microsoft, up to 72% discount compared with pay-as-you-go, depending on type, region and term.
Source: Microsoft
Savings plans
An hourly commitment on compute, more flexible than a reservation. Useful if your environment is still changing.
Azure Hybrid Benefit
Bring your existing Windows Server and SQL Server licences. The settings stay in place during a transfer.
Source: Microsoft, 21 August 2026
Clean up and rightsize
Switch off what you do not use. Scale down what is too large. You see the result in the customer portal.
Honest numbers
- We calculate your saving from your own invoice, not from an average.
- The 15 to 25% you may read elsewhere says little about your environment. We show you the actual amount.
- If going directly to Microsoft works out cheaper, for example with a large commitment, we tell you.
Questions about discounts
How much discount do I get through Intercept?
Indicatively 5 to 12% on all your Azure usage, rising with your monthly usage. From €50,000 a month, the CSP Enterprise programme applies, with up to 12% discount. Your final percentage is in your calculation.
Source: Intercept
How can a partner be cheaper than Microsoft itself?
Microsoft rewards partners that manage a customer's Azure environment. We pass part of that on to you as a discount on your usage.
Isn't MCA-E, directly with Microsoft, cheaper?
Sometimes it is. If you have a large consumption commitment with Microsoft, going direct may work out cheaper. Without a commitment, you generally pay the list price with MCA-E. We calculate both routes and tell you honestly which one is better.
How do I keep my AI costs under control?
Start with visibility per application: which model, which workload, which team. Then choose per application between paying per token and fixed capacity in Microsoft Foundry, scale or pause Fabric capacity when it is not in use, and match Copilot licences to the people who use them. Intercept helps with this, so you can scale up AI without surprises on your invoice.
What does the switch itself cost?
That is settled in advance: a fixed price in your proposal, with no extra charges afterwards. After that, you only pay for your Azure usage, with a discount.
Does an invoice from Intercept make a difference for VAT?
No, not for a VAT-registered business in the EU. Microsoft Ireland and Intercept BV invoice business customers in other EU countries under the reverse charge, so you account for the VAT yourself. Dutch customers pay 21% VAT on Intercept's invoice, which they reclaim as input tax. On balance, it comes to the same. What does differ: you get a monthly invoice from Intercept, and the customer portal shows your costs per subscription, resource group and resource.
Prefer your real numbers?
Send your situation and your latest Azure invoice. Within two working days of sending your invoice, you have a calculation based on your actual usage, with the alternatives alongside.