Azure Marketplace

One Azure bill for managed Instaclustr services. Subscribing to NetApp Instaclustr through Azure Marketplace links your Instaclustr account to your Azure billing account. Usage of your managed data services then appears on your monthly Azure bill alongside the rest of your cloud spend, with no separate Instaclustr contract or payment method to set up.

The subscription is the only thing that changes. You still create and operate clusters in the Instaclustr Console, receive the same managed service and support, and pay the same charges as customers who sign up with Instaclustr directly. Marketplace is simply a different route to purchase and pay.

This guide walks through the four things you need to get right: choosing the deployment model that matches where your clusters will run, completing the Marketplace subscription and linking it to an Instaclustr account, understanding pricing, invoicing, and scope once you are live, and cancelling cleanly if you ever need to. Before you start, make sure you have an Azure subscription and permission to purchase Marketplace offers.

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Complete the subscription flow

  1. Open the listing

    In Azure Marketplace, open the Instaclustr RIIA or BYOC product listing.

  2. Select Get It Now

    Review the Marketplace offer and select Get It Now to begin activation.

  3. Create your Instaclustr account

    You are redirected to Instaclustr to create an account and link it to your Azure account.

  4. Use Instaclustr

    Continue in the Instaclustr Console to create and manage services on Azure infrastructure.

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Understand billing

Pricing display

Cluster and add-on costs appear in Instacredits. Use the Plans + Pricing tab to convert Instacredits to USD.

Invoice route

Service usage charges are included on your monthly Azure bill.

Commercial parity

Marketplace charges are the same as signing up with Instaclustr directly.

Scope

A subscription purchased through Azure Marketplace can only be used to create clusters on Azure infrastructure.

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How to cancel a subscription

Unsubscribing deletes all clusters in the linked account

Cancel a Marketplace subscription only when you intend to remove the service. Both cancellation routes delete every cluster in the linked Instaclustr account. If this happens accidentally, contact [email protected] immediately—the recovery window before permanent data loss is very limited.

Run in Instaclustr’s Account (RIIA)

Cancel the SaaS subscription in the Azure Portal.

Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC)

Delete the Instaclustr Managed Application from the Azure Portal. Sign in, open Managed applications or the resource group that contains your Instaclustr Managed Application, select the Instaclustr Managed Application, then select Delete.