Compare Hub-and-Spoke and Azure Virtual WAN architectures for scalability, governance, cost optimization, and network design
Architecture Comparison Hub-and-Spoke Virtual WAN Cost & Routing Analysis Hub-and-Spoke vs Azure Virtual WAN: Which Network Architecture Wins for Modern Enterprise Deployments? Neither topology is wrong, and neither is universally right — which is exactly why so many teams pick one based on which blog post they read first rather than which one actually fits their region count, their routing complexity, and their appetite for owning the plumbing. This is the comparison with the real numbers: what each one actually costs per hour, where each one actually breaks under scale, and the specific decision points that should move you off the default. $0.25/hr Base fee per Virtual WAN hub — before gateways, firewall, or data processing. Multiply by every region you deploy 2 RIUs Default virtual hub capacity (Routing Infrastructure Units) — each RIU adds 1 Gbps throughput and supports 1,000 more VMs 10,000 routes The hard ceiling on routes a single virtual hub accepts from connected resources...