# Azure VPN Gateway Optimization | Cloud Efficiency Hub Canonical: https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/azure-vpn-gateway 1 documented Azure VPN Gateway cost inefficiency, with how to detect it and how to fix it. [Cloud Efficiency Hub](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub) 1 documented Azure VPN Gateway 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 VPN Gateway CER-0416 ### [Idle Virtual Network Gateway Without Connections](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/idle-virtual-network-gateway-without-connections) Azure virtual network gateways, both VPN gateways and ExpressRoute gateways, are billed by the hour for as long as they are provisioned, at a rate set by the gateway SKU. The charge does not depend on whether any site-to-site tunnel,... 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.