NGINX Capacity Unit (NCU)
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- Unit
- NCU-hour
- Definition
- NGINXaaS documentation: "An NGINX Capacity Unit (NCU) quantifies the capacity of an NGINX instance based on the underlying compute resources."
- Counting rules
- Each NCU provisioned (not consumed) is billed at the Azure Marketplace rate; the minimum usage interval is 1 hour and the maximum provisioned NCU size is billed for that hour. An NCU provides 3,000 concurrent connections and, on Standard V3, 2.2 Mbps bandwidth.
- Floors / minimums
- 1 hour minimum interval.
- Applies to products
- F5 NGINXaaS for Azure
- Applies to editions
- Standard V2
- Standard V3
- Product category
Evidence 2
"The minimum usage interval is 1 hour, and the maximum provisioned NCU size is billed for that hour."
"NGINXaaS for Azure is billed monthly based on hourly consumption."
Source Documents 1
- Billing overview | NGINXaaS for Azure | NGINX DocumentationDocumentation · retrieved 2026-10-08