Home Compare Azure Blob Storage vs Akamai Cloud Object Storage Azure Blob Storage vs Akamai Cloud Object Storage: which costs less for backups Prices checked 27 September to 13 October 2026
On a 10 TB backup, Azure Blob Storage costs less until the month you restore about 0.5 TB; from there Akamai Cloud Object Storage costs less. Each vendor is priced on its cheapest class for each month, however long that class takes to read; the bills below keep the class each one names.
Data you back up GB TB PB Downloaded in a normal month GB TB PB Downloaded the month you restore GB TB PB
Both sides use the same numbers, and the bills follow as you type. Files, requests, download speed and restore deadlines use the calculator defaults .
Az Based in the United States Cold LRS · East US
$170.83 Normal month Cheaper
$1,347.23 Restore month
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$33.53 $29.00 $78.30 $30.00 $0.00
Ak Based in the United States Object Storage · US East
$200.00 Normal month
$250.00 Restore month
Ready at once
$200.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Three standard backups, both bills Each bill is the vendor's cheapest class with a complete total for that month. 1 TB, 10 TB and 50 TB kept; a tenth, a tenth and a twentieth downloaded in a normal month; everything downloaded in the month you restore. The lower bill in each pair of columns is underlined.
What decides it besides the price Downloads: the first 100 GB of downloads free each month. Minimums: Hot LRS, no minimum; Cool LRS, 30-day minimum per object; Cold LRS, 90-day minimum per object; Archive LRS, 180-day minimum per object. Where the data sits: United States (East US), Netherlands (West Europe). Downloads: the first 1 TB of downloads free each month. Minimums: no minimum duration published. Where the data sits: United States (US East). Price both on your own workload , with your region, an Object Lock requirement or a restore deadline.
Fixed example: 10 TB, line by line These bills are for the standard 10 TB workload and do not follow the controls above. Prices checked 27 September to 13 October 2026 .
Azure Blob Storage: Cold LRS , East US
Normal month
$170.83 Normal-month bill, line by line Azure Blob Storage Cold LRS East US , priced per GB , normal month
$33.53 $29.00 $78.30 $30.00 $0.00
Smallest billed file size Not published Minimum billable object size is not published . No object-size adjustment was applied.
Storage $33.53 How the storage charge is worked out Component Quantity Rate Amount Storage 9,313.226 GB-month 0.0036 $33.53
9,313.226 GB-months billed, after any minimum object size, rounding or minimum capacity the vendor sets.
Downloads (egress) $78.30 How the download charge is worked out Component Quantity Rate Amount Downloads to the internet 900 GB 0.087 $78.30
900 GB billable after the published allowance.
Requests (Class A and B) $29.00 How the Class A and Class B request charge is worked out Component Quantity Rate Amount Class A operations 500 blocks of 1,000 operations 0.018 $9.00 Class B operations 2,000 blocks of 1,000 operations 0.01 $20.00
Class A and Class B operations after published allowances.
Retrieval $30.00 How the retrieval charge is worked out Component Quantity Rate Amount Retrieval 1,000 GB 0.03 $30.00
A restore only reads your data; nothing is deleted, so there is no early-deletion charge.
Fixed fees $0.00 Published fixed monthly fees.
Normal month total $170.83 Calculated from the provider's listed rates.
Month you restore
$1,347.23 Restore-month bill, line by line Azure Blob Storage Cold LRS East US , priced per GB , month you restore
$33.53 $39.00 $944.70 $330.00 $0.00
Smallest billed file size Not published Minimum billable object size is not published . No object-size adjustment was applied.
Storage $33.53 How the storage charge is worked out Component Quantity Rate Amount Storage 9,313.226 GB-month 0.0036 $33.53
9,313.226 GB-months billed, after any minimum object size, rounding or minimum capacity the vendor sets.
Downloads (egress) $944.70 How the download charge is worked out Component Quantity Rate Amount Downloads to the internet 10,000 GB 0.087 $870.00 Downloads to the internet 900 GB 0.083 $74.70
10,900 GB billable after the published allowance.
Requests (Class A and B) $39.00 How the Class A and Class B request charge is worked out Component Quantity Rate Amount Class A operations 500 blocks of 1,000 operations 0.018 $9.00 Class B operations 3,000 blocks of 1,000 operations 0.01 $30.00
Class A and Class B operations after published allowances.
Retrieval $330.00 How the retrieval charge is worked out Component Quantity Rate Amount Retrieval 11,000 GB 0.03 $330.00
A restore only reads your data; nothing is deleted, so there is no early-deletion charge.
Fixed fees $0.00 Published fixed monthly fees.
Month you restore total $1,347.23 Calculated from the provider's listed rates.
Akamai Cloud Object Storage: US East
Normal month
$200.00 Normal-month bill, line by line Akamai Cloud Object Storage US East , priced per GB , normal month
$200.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
Smallest billed file size Not published Minimum billable object size is not published . No object-size adjustment was applied.
Storage $200.00 How the storage charge is worked out Component Quantity Rate Amount Storage 10,000 GB-month 0.02 $200.00
10,000 GB-months billed, after any minimum object size, rounding or minimum capacity the vendor sets.
Downloads (egress) $0.00 1,000 GB internet egress is within the published allowance.
Requests (Class A and B) $0.00 How the Class A and Class B request charge is worked out Component Quantity Rate Amount Class A operations 500 blocks of 1,000 operations 0.00 $0.00 Class B operations 2,000 blocks of 1,000 operations 0.00 $0.00
Class A and Class B operations after published allowances.
Retrieval $0.00 How the retrieval charge is worked out Component Quantity Rate Amount Retrieval 1,000 GB 0.00 $0.00
A restore only reads your data; nothing is deleted, so there is no early-deletion charge.
Fixed fees $0.00 Published fixed monthly fees.
Normal month total $200.00 Calculated from the provider's listed rates.
Month you restore
$250.00 Restore-month bill, line by line Akamai Cloud Object Storage US East , priced per GB , month you restore
$200.00 $0.00 $50.00 $0.00 $0.00
Smallest billed file size Not published Minimum billable object size is not published . No object-size adjustment was applied.
Storage $200.00 How the storage charge is worked out Component Quantity Rate Amount Storage 10,000 GB-month 0.02 $200.00
10,000 GB-months billed, after any minimum object size, rounding or minimum capacity the vendor sets.
Downloads (egress) $50.00 How the download charge is worked out Component Quantity Rate Amount Downloads to the internet 10,000 GB 0.005 $50.00
10,000 GB billable after the published allowance.
Requests (Class A and B) $0.00 How the Class A and Class B request charge is worked out Component Quantity Rate Amount Class A operations 500 blocks of 1,000 operations 0.00 $0.00 Class B operations 3,000 blocks of 1,000 operations 0.00 $0.00
Class A and Class B operations after published allowances.
Retrieval $0.00 How the retrieval charge is worked out Component Quantity Rate Amount Retrieval 11,000 GB 0.00 $0.00
A restore only reads your data; nothing is deleted, so there is no early-deletion charge.
Fixed fees $0.00 Published fixed monthly fees.
Month you restore total $250.00 Calculated from the provider's listed rates.
Price both on your own workload , including the day you restore.
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