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DLT Advanced Compute pricing on AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud
54 list prices for DLT Advanced Compute across 3 clouds and 52 cloud regions (AWS 1, Azure 50, Google Cloud 1). In each cloud's reference region, Premium is cheapest on AWS at $0.36 per DBU and highest on Azure at $0.54, a 50% gap. Prices vary by region on Azure: on Azure the Premium rate runs from $0.54 in Global to $1.755 in IN Central Jio. Enterprise costs the same as Premium on AWS ($0.36).
Data as of Oct 27, 2026 10:15 UTC. Sources: the Azure Retail Prices API and the pricing data behind databricks.com/product/pricing. USD per DBU; list prices only. DLT Advanced Compute Photon is priced the same as DLT Advanced Compute wherever both are listed, so it is covered on this page (with Photon). On Azure this product is billed under the meter name Advanced Compute Delta Live Tables.
DLT Advanced Compute by cloud and tier
Reference region: AWS and Google Cloud one price for all regions (or US East / US Iowa), Azure Global or East US.
| Cloud | Tier | Reference | Lowest | Highest | Regions | Meter |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | Enterprise | $0.36 | $0.36 | $0.36 | 1 | DLT Advanced Compute · history |
| AWS | Premium | $0.36 | $0.36 | $0.36 | 1 | DLT Advanced Compute · history |
| Azure | Premium | $0.54 | $0.54 | $1.755 | 50 | Advanced Compute Delta Live Tables · history |
| Google Cloud | Enterprise | $0.36 | $0.36 | $0.36 | 1 | DLT Advanced Compute · history |
| Google Cloud | Premium | $0.36 | $0.36 | $0.36 | 1 | DLT Advanced Compute · history |
DLT Advanced Compute regional prices, cheapest first
Regions grouped by identical list price.
| Cloud | Tier | Price | Regions | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure | Premium | $0.54 | 45 | AE North, AP East, AP Southeast, AU Central, AU Central 2, AU East, AU Southeast, BR South, BR Southeast, CA Central, CA East, CH North, CH West, CL Central, DE West Central, EU North, EU West, FR Central, FR South, Global, IL Central, IN Central, IN South, IN West, IT North, JA East, JA West, KR Central, KR South, MX Central, NO East, QA Central, SE Central, UK South, UK West, US Central, US East, US East 2, US North Central, US South Central, US West, US West 2, US West 3, US West Central, ZA North |
| Azure | Premium | $0.675 | 3 | US Gov AZ, US Gov TX, US Gov Virginia |
| Azure | Premium | $1.755 | 2 | IN Central Jio, IN West Jio |
DLT Advanced Compute with Photon (DLT Advanced Compute Photon)
Compute with Photon enabled bills under a separate DLT Advanced Compute Photon meter (Azure: Advanced Compute Photon Delta Live Tables). Its list price per DBU is the same as DLT Advanced Compute at all 54 price points where both are listed, on AWS, Azure, Google Cloud. Photon clusters use more DBUs per hour than the same instance without Photon, so the same rate does not mean the same bill: the Photon break-even calculator uses each instance's Photon DBU rate.