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Azure FinOps — NAT Gateway & Egress Cost Notes
A few pragmatic tips:
- Centralize NAT for small VNETs to avoid idle hourly charges per gateway.
- Right-size SNAT ports — over-allocations aren’t free.
- Tag public IP usage and export flow logs. Unknown egress adds up.
- Prefer Private Endpoints + service tags over broad egress rules.