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Azure Blob Storage prices checked · 8 classes and regions

On a 10 TB backup with 1 TB downloaded a month, Azure Blob Storage's cheapest class is Cold LRS at $170.83 a month; the month you restore all 10 TB, Hot LRS costs least at $1,131.23. Type your own numbers or start from a common backup below.

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Cheapest for a normal month

Azure Blob Storage · Cold LRS East US

$170.83 a normal month

$1,347.23on the month you restore

Cheapest month you restore: Azure Blob Storage Hot LRS $1,131.23

Calculated from the provider's listed rates, not a quote. Checked 12 October 2026

Workload behind this answer10 TB backed up · 1 TB downloaded a month · 10 TB in a restore · 1,000 Mbps · ready within 12 h · any listed region

10 TB backed up; 1 TB downloaded in a normal month; 10 TB downloaded in a restore; 1,000 Mbps download speed; data ready within 12 h; no deadline for everything to be back; any listed region.

Other defaults: 1,000,000 objects; 0 TB upload; 500,000 Class A / 2,000,000 Class B operations; each vendor's standard restore speed; the public internet destination; restored copy for 24 h; 365-day object age; no free tier; object lock not required; S3-compatible API not required.

Lowest normal-month totals

  1. 1Azure Blob Storage
    Normal
    $170.83
    Restore
    $1,347.23

    Ready at once · all back in 22 h at the soonest · meets your limits

    What decides it: minimum object size is not published.

Worked example for a 10 TB backup. Change a field and the answer follows.

Files, requests, download speed and restore deadline 9 settings

Other settings stay at the calculator's labelled defaults. Use the full comparison calculator when a region, Object Lock or S3 compatibility decides the choice.

A restore can change the winner

Same offer, two bills. Vertical positions show cost rank within these 6 offers.

Lowest normal bill$170.83Cold LRS · East US

Lowest restore bill$1,131.23Hot LRS · West Europe

Normal monthRestore month
Cold LRS · East US$170.83
Cold LRS · West Europe$179.21
Cool LRS · West Europe$188.43
Cool LRS · East US$236.86
Hot LRS · West Europe$264.40
Hot LRS · East US$275.32
Hot LRS · West Europe$1,131.23
Hot LRS · East US$1,142.12
Cool LRS · West Europe$1,155.83
Cool LRS · East US$1,204.26
Cold LRS · East US$1,347.23
Cold LRS · West Europe$1,355.61
Every bill in the chart
OfferNormal monthRestore month
Cold LRS · East US$170.83$1,347.23
Cold LRS · West Europe$179.21$1,355.61
Cool LRS · West Europe$188.43$1,155.83
Cool LRS · East US$236.86$1,204.26
Hot LRS · West Europe$264.40$1,131.23
Hot LRS · East US$275.32$1,142.12
Thicker blue lines cross another offer. Thin lines keep their order. The heaviest line marks the lowest normal-month bill. Unpublished totals are not drawn.

How much more the restore month costs

Normal month to restore month
normal $170.83restore month $1,347.23

The month you restore: 7.9 times this vendor's quiet month.

Back online: 22 h at the soonestData ready: Ready at once

Recovery time, price date, and sourceshow details

Restoring everything costs 7.9 times a quiet month with this vendor. That multiple, not the storage rate, is what a backup decision turns on.

Back online
22 h at the soonest
Data ready
Ready at once
Prices checked
12 October 2026

This vendor publishes a downloadable price feed, so its prices can be checked more often.

Every Azure Blob Storage class and region

Azure Blob Storage's cheapest class and region for your workload, with every other one listed under it. 6 of 8 have every price the bill needs and meet your limits; the other 2 show what is known and name the missing price or the limit they miss.

  • 1Azure Blob StorageCold LRS, East US, +7 more offersFirst 100 GB downloaded free each monthImmutable storageChecked 12 October 2026Normal$170.83Restore$1,347.23Ready at once All of it back in 22 h at the soonest.
    $0$170.83
Every offer, each storage class and region ranked8 offers

Ranked offers come first. Offers we cannot rank stay in the list, with the missing price or the requirement they miss.

  • 1Azure Blob Storage Cold LRSeastus$170.83
  • 2Azure Blob Storage Cold LRSwesteurope$179.21
  • 3Azure Blob Storage Cool LRSwesteurope$188.43
  • 4Azure Blob Storage Cool LRSeastus$236.86
  • 5Azure Blob Storage Hot LRSwesteurope$264.40
  • 6Azure Blob Storage Hot LRSeastus$275.32
  • ·Azure Blob Storage Archive LRSeastusNormalPrice not publishedat least $1,163.67RestorePrice not publishedat least $3,241.52Misses your limitsData can take up to 15 hours to be ready, longer than your 12-hour deadline.
  • ·Azure Blob Storage Archive LRSwesteuropeNormalPrice not publishedat least $1,386.21RestorePrice not publishedat least $3,704.10Misses your limitsData can take up to 15 hours to be ready, longer than your 12-hour deadline.

Azure Blob Storage Cold LRS line by line

Normal-month bill, line by lineAzure Blob Storage Cold LRS East US, priced per GB, normal month
Storage $33.53Requests $29.00Downloads (egress) $78.30Retrieval and restored copy $30.00Fixed fees $0.00
Normal month total$170.83

Calculated from the provider's listed rates.

Vendor wait and download

22.2 hEverything back, at the soonest

Vendor gets data readyReady at once

Download at your speedat least 22.2 h

Data in this class can be read at once, with no restore step, so the soonest it can all be back is the download at your full 1000 Mbps. The vendor does not publish how fast it serves a whole restore, so a real restore can take longer.

Restore time in detail
Shortest wait0 h
Longest wait0 h
Download time (at least)22.2 h
Everything back, at the soonest22.2 h
With the longest wait, at the soonest22.2 h
Blue shows the vendor's published wait, hatched where it can run longer; orange shows the download at your speed. Dashed parts are not published. A real restore can take longer.
Time to recovery

At least 22 h before the last file arrives, at the vendor's standard restore speed

022 h
Vendor gets data ready
Ready at once
Download at your speed
22 h

Data in this class can be read at once, with no restore step, so the soonest it can all be back is the download at your full 1000 Mbps. The vendor does not publish how fast it serves a whole restore, so a real restore can take longer.

The vendors nearest to Azure Blob Storage on the same backup

On the worked example (10 TB kept, 1 TB downloaded a month, all 10 TB in the month you restore), these two vendors' cheapest normal months sit closest to Azure Blob Storage's. The calculator above prices Azure Blob Storage alone; the home calculator prices every vendor on your numbers.

Vendor and class 10 TB normal month 10 TB restore month Data ready Side by side
Azure Blob StorageCold LRS, East US $170.83 $1,347.23 At once This calculator
Google Cloud StorageColdline, South Carolina $185.04 $1,498.89 At once Google Cloud Storage pricing
Akamai Cloud Object StorageObject Storage, US East $200.00 $250.00 At once Akamai Cloud Object Storage pricing