# Azure Log Analytics optimization | Cloud Efficiency Hub

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4 documented Azure Log Analytics cost inefficiencies, each with how to detect it and how to fix it.

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4 documented Azure Log Analytics cost inefficiencies, each with how to detect it and how to fix it.

## 4 inefficiencies

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- Azure Log Analytics  CER-0197

### [Suboptimal Table Plan Selection in Log Analytics](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/suboptimal-table-plan-selection-in-log-analytics)

By default, all Log Analytics tables are created under the Analytics plan, which is optimized for high-performance querying and interactive analysis. However, not all telemetry requires real-time access or frequent querying. Some tables...

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- Azure Log Analytics  CER-0422

### [Missing Commitment Tier on High-Volume Log Analytics Workspaces](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/missing-commitment-tier-on-high-volume-log-analytics-workspaces)

Log Analytics workspaces default to pay-as-you-go pricing for Analytics Logs ingestion, with no minimum volume. Workspaces that grow to ingest a steady 100 GB or more per day keep paying the full per-GB rate unless someone changes the...

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- Azure Log Analytics  CER-0423

### [Excessive Analytics Retention in Log Analytics Workspaces](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/excessive-analytics-retention-in-log-analytics-workspaces)

Log Analytics keeps data in two states: analytics (interactive) retention, where it can be queried directly, and long-term retention, a lower-cost state from which data is retrieved with search jobs or restore. When a compliance or audit...

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- Azure Log Analytics  CER-0424

### [Unused Restored Tables in Log Analytics Workspaces](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/unused-restored-tables-in-log-analytics-workspaces)

The Log Analytics restore operation brings a time range of data from long-term retention (or from any Analytics table) into the hot cache as a new table ending in \_RST, so that it can be queried with full KQL at high performance. It is...

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