# Azure API Management Optimization | Cloud Efficiency Hub Canonical: https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/azure-api-management 1 documented Azure API Management cost inefficiency, with how to detect it and how to fix it. [Cloud Efficiency Hub](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub) 1 documented Azure API Management cost inefficiency, with how to detect it and how to fix it. ## 1 inefficiency [All services](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub#browse-by-service) - Azure API Management CER-0459 ### [Premium or Standard API Management Tiers on Non-Production Instances](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/premium-or-standard-api-management-tiers-on-non-production-instances) Development, test and proof-of-concept API Management instances are often deployed on the same Premium or Standard tier as production, sometimes with several units, because environments are cloned from the production template. Dedicated... Networking ## More Azure services - [Azure Virtual Machines 12](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/azure-virtual-machines) - [Azure Cognitive Services 10](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/azure-cognitive-services) - [Azure SQL 10](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/azure-sql) - [Azure Managed Disks 9](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/azure-managed-disks) - [Azure Blob Storage 7](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/azure-blob-storage) - [Azure AKS 6](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/azure-aks) - [Azure Cosmos DB 6](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/azure-cosmos-db) - [Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Flexible Server 4](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/azure-database-for-postgresql---flexible-server) - [Azure Log Analytics 4](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/azure-log-analytics) - [Azure App Service 3](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/azure-app-service) --- Source: the public page above. Product screenshots and illustrative interfaces are examples, not live customer data.