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Azure Blob Storage pricing for backup storage

Azure Blob Storage pricing changes with Region, redundancy, access tier, account type, transaction group, retrieval priority, destination, and object age. These receipts use locally redundant General Purpose v2 block blobs and keep read-only archive copies separate from destructive in-place tier changes.

Price your own workload against every vendor, including the worst-day restore and how long it takes to come back.

What the pricing page does not lead with

The first 100 GB of monthly internet egress is free, then the captured Premium-routing bands begin at $0.087 per GB.
The allowance must be removed before the graduated paid bands are applied.
Source, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z
The captured paid internet-egress bands are $0.087 per GB through 10,000 GB, $0.083 through 50,000 GB, $0.07 through 150,000 GB, and $0.05 through 500,000 GB.
The tiers are graduated and route- and geography-dependent. Applying the last rate reached to all bytes is wrong.
Source, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z
Same-Region transfer is not charged in the captured offer; the captured cross-Region rate is $0.02 per GB.
Destination classification changes the transfer line before any public-internet rate is considered.
Source, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z

The rest of this vendor's non-obvious rules19 more

Cool and Cold minimum durations apply to General Purpose v2 accounts, but legacy Blob Storage accounts have no Cool or Cold minimum retention duration.
Account type changes whether a delete or move creates the 30-day or 90-day remainder. The worked scenarios are explicitly General Purpose v2.
Source, checked 2026-07-26
Removing, overwriting, or moving a blob out of Cool, Cold, or Archive before the minimum can create an early-deletion charge.
The charge follows a destructive or tier-changing event, not a read-only copy that leaves the source blob in place.
Source, checked 2026-07-26
Moving a blob to a cooler tier is billed as a destination-tier write; moving it to a warmer tier is billed as a source-tier read plus data retrieval.
A tier change can add transactions and per-GB access charges even when the bytes never leave Azure.
Source, checked 2026-07-26
Changing the account default access tier can create tier-change charges for every blob that inherits the default.
An account-level setting can move many implicit-tier blobs at once; it is not only a label change.
Source, checked 2026-07-26
Archive blobs are offline and must be rehydrated before their payload can be read.
Archive storage price alone does not describe recovery time or recovery cost.
Source, checked 2026-07-26
Copy Blob to a new online blob leaves the Archive source unchanged and avoids early deletion on that source.
The read-only path instead pays archive read and retrieval, destination write, and capacity for both the source and new online copy.
Source, checked 2026-07-26
Set Blob Tier changes the source blob in place.
If the Archive source is younger than 180 days, in-place rehydration can create an early-deletion remainder that the read-only Copy Blob scenarios intentionally avoid.
Source, checked 2026-07-26
Standard rehydration may take up to 15 hours for objects under 10 GB; High priority may complete in less than one hour but costs more.
The latency language is conditional, not a guarantee, and priority changes both the request and per-GB retrieval lines.
Source, checked 2026-07-26
Priority rehydration is limited to 10 GiB per hour at the storage-account level.
A 1,000 GB emergency restore does not finish in one hour merely because every individual blob is under 10 GB.
Source, checked 2026-07-26
If a High-priority request for an archived blob under 10 GB takes more than five hours, the High-priority rate is waived and Standard retrieval rates still apply.
The final invoice can differ from the initial High-priority estimate when this vendor condition is met.
Source, checked 2026-07-26
Snapshots and previous versions in Archive cannot be rehydrated in place.
They must be copied to a new Hot or Cool blob, which changes the eligible restore path and adds destination capacity and write transactions.
Source, checked 2026-07-26
Archive supports LRS, GRS, and RA-GRS, but not ZRS, GZRS, or RA-GZRS.
A redundancy requirement can make the Archive class ineligible before price is compared.
Source, checked 2026-07-26
Archived blob metadata is billed at Cool-tier rates.
The payload can be in Archive while its metadata carries a different capacity rate. data/providers.json does not expose metadata quantity as a separate meter, so the worked bills do not invent that amount.
Source, checked 2026-07-26
Soft-deleted blobs are treated as deleted for early-deletion purposes only after their retention period expires.
Soft-delete retention changes when the early-deletion clock event occurs and can keep capacity billed longer.
Source, checked 2026-07-26
A rehydrating blob remains billed as Archive until rehydration completes and its tier changes.
The online-tier capacity clock does not start when the request is submitted.
Source, checked 2026-07-26
Storage, request, and Archive retrieval rates differ between East US and West Europe.
A provider-wide per-TB figure without Region is incomplete.
Source, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z
The minimum billable object size is not published in the captured Azure offers.
A missing object-size rule is not zero. The provider page does not apply an invented small-object uplift or claim there is none.
Source, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z
CDN charges are product-specific and not published in the captured Blob Storage offer.
A direct internet-egress estimate cannot be reused for Azure CDN without selecting and pricing that separate product.
Source, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z
Azure Storage reserved capacity is sold in 100 TiB or 1 PiB monthly units for one-year or three-year terms and is scoped to a selected region, access tier, and redundancy.
The reservation discounts matching storage capacity only. Early deletion, operations, bandwidth, and data transfer remain separate, so it cannot replace the pay-as-you-go receipt.
Source, checked 2026-07-26

Worked bills

Each one states its inputs and every line, so the total can be checked rather than trusted. A state stays a word and is never counted as zero.

Hot LRS month with storage, transactions, and internet egress$289.60

Storage class: Hot LRS · Region: eastus · Storage GB month: 10,000 · Internet egress GB: 1,000 · Write class operations: 500,000 · Read class operations: 2,000,000 · Unused egress allowance GB: 100

Sources: Azure Retail Prices API: Retail prices: storage and transactions, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z · Microsoft Azure: Bandwidth: internet egress allowance and rate, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z

Hot LRS storage	$208.00
Internet egress after the 100 GB allowance	$78.30
Write-class operations	$2.50
Read-class operations	$0.80
Data retrieval	not charged
Early deletion	does not apply
Total	$289.60

Storage = 10,000 GB x $0.0208 = $208.00. Billable egress = 1,000 - 100 = 900 GB; 900 x $0.087 = $78.30. Write operations = 500,000 / 1,000 x $0.005 = $2.50. Read operations = 2,000,000 / 1,000 x $0.0004 = $0.80. Charged-line sum = $208.00 + $78.30 + $2.50 + $0.80 = $289.60.

Cool LRS blob deleted after 10 days of a 30-day minimum$15.20

Storage class: Cool LRS · Region: eastus · Account type: General Purpose v2 · Payload GB: 1,000 · Age at delete days: 10 · Minimum duration days: 30 · Illustrative month days: 30

Sources: Azure Retail Prices API: Retail prices: Cool storage rate and free DELETE, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z · Microsoft Learn: Access tiers overview: 30-day minimum and early-deletion trigger, checked 2026-07-26

Cool storage for first 10 days	$5.07
Cool early-deletion remainder for 20 days	$10.13
DELETE request	$0.00
Total	$15.20

Used storage = 1,000 GB x $0.0152 x 10 / 30 = $5.0667, shown as $5.07. Unused minimum = 30 - 10 = 20 days; remainder = 1,000 GB x $0.0152 x 20 / 30 = $10.1333, shown as $10.13. DELETE is $0.00. Charged-line sum using displayed lines = $5.07 + $10.13 + $0.00 = $15.20.

Cold LRS blob deleted after 30 days of a 90-day minimum$10.80

Storage class: Cold LRS · Region: eastus · Account type: General Purpose v2 · Payload GB: 1,000 · Age at delete days: 30 · Minimum duration days: 90 · Illustrative month days: 30

Sources: Azure Retail Prices API: Retail prices: Cold storage rate and free DELETE, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z · Microsoft Learn: Access tiers overview: 90-day minimum and early-deletion trigger, checked 2026-07-26

Cold storage for first 30 days	$3.60
Cold early-deletion remainder for 60 days	$7.20
DELETE request	$0.00
Total	$10.80

Used storage = 1,000 GB x $0.0036 x 1 month = $3.60. Unused minimum = 90 - 30 = 60 days = two illustrative 30-day months; remainder = 1,000 GB x $0.0036 x 2 = $7.20. DELETE is $0.00. Charged-line sum = $3.60 + $7.20 + $0.00 = $10.80.

Archive LRS blob deleted after 30 days of a 180-day minimum$5.94

Storage class: Archive LRS · Region: eastus · Payload GB: 1,000 · Age at delete days: 30 · Minimum duration days: 180 · Illustrative month days: 30

Sources: Azure Retail Prices API: Retail prices: Archive storage rate and free DELETE, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z · Microsoft Learn: Access tiers overview: 180-day minimum and early-deletion trigger, checked 2026-07-26

Archive storage for first 30 days	$0.99
Archive early-deletion remainder for 150 days	$4.95
DELETE request	$0.00
Total	$5.94

Used storage = 1,000 GB x $0.00099 x 1 month = $0.99. Unused minimum = 180 - 30 = 150 days = five illustrative 30-day months; remainder = 1,000 GB x $0.00099 x 5 = $4.95. DELETE is $0.00. Charged-line sum = $0.99 + $4.95 + $0.00 = $5.94.

Read-only Archive copy with Standard rehydration and internet egress$103.66

Storage class: Archive LRS · Region: eastus · Rehydration priority: Standard · Restored payload GB: 1,000 · Object count: 1,000 · Object size GB: 1 · Destination tier: Hot LRS · Online COPY days: 7 · Internet egress GB: 1,000 · Unused egress allowance GB: 100 · Source object action: Copy Blob to a new name; archive source remains in place

Sources: Azure Retail Prices API: Retail prices: Archive retrieval and rehydration request rates, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z · Azure Retail Prices API: Retail prices: Hot destination storage, write, and read rates, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z · Microsoft Learn: Archive rehydrate overview: copy behavior and early-deletion state, checked 2026-07-26 · Microsoft Azure: Bandwidth: internet egress allowance and rate, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z

Standard data retrieval	$20.00
Standard rehydration read transactions	$0.50
Hot destination write transactions	$0.005
Hot online copy for 7 days	$4.85
GET transactions against the Hot copy	$0.0004
Internet egress after the 100 GB allowance	$78.30
Early deletion	does not apply
Total	$103.66

Retrieval = 1,000 GB x $0.02 = $20.00. Rehydration reads = 1,000 / 1,000 x $0.50 = $0.50. Destination writes = 1,000 / 1,000 x $0.005 = $0.005. Hot copy = 1,000 GB x $0.0208 x 7 / 30 = $4.8533, shown as $4.85. GETs = 1,000 / 1,000 x $0.0004 = $0.0004. Egress = (1,000 - 100) GB x $0.087 = $78.30. Charged-line sum using displayed lines = $20.00 + $0.50 + $0.005 + $4.85 + $0.0004 + $78.30 = $103.6554, rounded to $103.66. Early deletion does not apply because Copy Blob leaves the Archive source unchanged.

Read-only Archive copy with High-priority rehydration and internet egress$188.16

Storage class: Archive LRS · Region: eastus · Rehydration priority: High · Restored payload GB: 1,000 · Object count: 1,000 · Object size GB: 1 · Destination tier: Hot LRS · Online COPY days: 7 · Internet egress GB: 1,000 · Unused egress allowance GB: 100 · Source object action: Copy Blob to a new name; archive source remains in place

Sources: Azure Retail Prices API: Retail prices: High-priority retrieval and rehydration request rates, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z · Azure Retail Prices API: Retail prices: Hot destination storage, write, and read rates, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z · Microsoft Learn: Archive rehydrate overview: priority behavior, copy behavior, and early-deletion state, checked 2026-07-26 · Microsoft Azure: Bandwidth: internet egress allowance and rate, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z

High-priority data retrieval	$100.00
High-priority rehydration read transactions	$5.00
Hot destination write transactions	$0.005
Hot online copy for 7 days	$4.85
GET transactions against the Hot copy	$0.0004
Internet egress after the 100 GB allowance	$78.30
Early deletion	does not apply
Total	$188.16

Retrieval = 1,000 GB x $0.10 = $100.00. Rehydration reads = 1,000 / 1,000 x $5 = $5.00. Destination writes = 1,000 / 1,000 x $0.005 = $0.005. Hot copy = 1,000 GB x $0.0208 x 7 / 30 = $4.8533, shown as $4.85. GETs = 1,000 / 1,000 x $0.0004 = $0.0004. Egress = (1,000 - 100) GB x $0.087 = $78.30. Charged-line sum using displayed lines = $100.00 + $5.00 + $0.005 + $4.85 + $0.0004 + $78.30 = $188.1554, rounded to $188.16. Early deletion does not apply because Copy Blob leaves the Archive source unchanged.

Online-tier read-only restore totals in East US and West Europeno complete total

Storage GB month: 1,000 · Restored GB: 1,000 · Internet egress GB: 1,000 · Unused egress allowance GB: 100 · Write class operations: 500,000 · Read class operations: 2,000,000 · Mutation: none; read-only restore · Comparison: Each class-region line is an alternative full receipt; lines are not additive.

Sources: Azure Retail Prices API: Retail prices: East US storage, retrieval, and transaction rates, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z · Azure Retail Prices API: Retail prices: West Europe storage, retrieval, and transaction rates, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z · Microsoft Azure: Bandwidth: 100 GB allowance and first internet-egress band, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z · Microsoft Learn: Access tiers overview: read-only restore and early-deletion distinction, checked 2026-07-26

East US Hot LRS	$102.40
West Europe Hot LRS	$101.46
East US Cool LRS	$110.50
West Europe Cool LRS	$105.30
East US Cold LRS	$140.90
West Europe Cold LRS	$141.80
Early deletion for every alternative	does not apply
Total	not comparable

Every line includes 1,000 GB-month of storage, 1,000 GB read, 900 billable GB of internet egress at $0.087, 500,000 writes, and 2,000,000 reads. East US totals are Hot $20.80 + $0 + $78.30 + $2.50 + $0.80 = $102.40; Cool $15.20 + $10 + $78.30 + $5 + $2 = $110.50; Cold $3.60 + $30 + $78.30 + $9 + $20 = $140.90. West Europe totals are Hot $19.60 + $0 + $78.30 + $2.70 + $0.86 = $101.46; Cool $10 + $10 + $78.30 + $5 + $2 = $105.30; Cold $4.50 + $30 + $78.30 + $9 + $20 = $141.80.

Archive storage and rehydration-priority subtotal by Regionno complete total

Storage GB month: 1,000 · Restored GB: 1,000 · Object count: 1,000 · Temporary COPY storage gets and egress: excluded to isolate Archive storage and selected rehydration priority · Comparison: Each Region-priority line is an alternative; lines are not additive.

Sources: Azure Retail Prices API: Retail prices: East US Archive storage, Standard, and High-priority rates, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z · Azure Retail Prices API: Retail prices: West Europe Archive storage, Standard, and High-priority rates, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z · Microsoft Learn: Archive rehydrate overview: priority latency and rehydration behavior, checked 2026-07-26

East US Standard rehydration subtotal	$21.49
East US High-priority rehydration subtotal	$105.99
West Europe Standard rehydration subtotal	$26.40
West Europe High-priority rehydration subtotal	$138.30
Total	not comparable

East US Archive storage is $0.99. Standard adds $20 retrieval and $0.50 in rehydration requests; High adds $100 and $5. West Europe Archive storage is $1.80. Standard adds $24 and $0.60; High adds $130 and $6.50. Temporary online-copy storage, GET requests, and destination-aware egress remain separate common lines in a full receipt.

Internet egress crosses every captured paid band$28,690.00

Internet egress GB: 500,100 · Unused egress allowance GB: 100 · Route: captured Premium-routing public-internet path · Other meters: excluded to isolate egress

Sources: Microsoft Azure: Bandwidth: 100 GB allowance and four captured paid egress bands, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z

First 100 GB	$0.00
First 10,000 billable GB	$870.00
Next 40,000 billable GB	$3,320.00
Next 100,000 billable GB	$7,000.00
Final 350,000 billable GB	$17,500.00
Total	$28,690.00

Billable egress = 500,100 - 100 = 500,000 GB. Graduated egress = 10,000 x $0.087 + 40,000 x $0.083 + 100,000 x $0.07 + 350,000 x $0.05 = $28,690.00.

The destination changes a 1,000 GB Azure transfer lineno complete total

Transfer GB: 1,000 · Unused egress allowance GB: 100 · Storage and transactions: held constant and excluded · Comparison: Each destination is an alternative; lines are not additive.

Sources: Microsoft Azure: Bandwidth: same-Region, cross-Region, public-internet, and CDN states, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z

Same-Region transfer	not charged
Captured cross-Region transfer	$20.00
Public-internet transfer after the 100 GB allowance	$78.30
CDN-specific transfer	not published
Total	not comparable

Same-Region transfer is not charged. Cross-Region transfer = 1,000 x $0.02 = $20.00. Public-internet transfer = (1,000 - 100) x $0.087 = $78.30. CDN treatment is product-specific and is not published in the captured Blob Storage offer.

Account type changes Cool and Cold deletion remaindersno complete total

Region: eastus · Cool stored GB: 1,000 · Cool delete day: 10 · Cold stored GB: 1,000 · Cold delete day: 30 · Account types: General Purpose v2; legacy Blob Storage · Operation: delete, not restore · Comparison: Each class-account combination is an alternative; lines are not additive.

Sources: Azure Retail Prices API: Retail prices: Cool and Cold storage rates, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z · Microsoft Learn: Access tiers overview: account-type scope of 30-day and 90-day minimums, checked 2026-07-26

General Purpose v2 Cool remainder after day 10	$10.1333
Legacy Blob Storage Cool remainder	not charged
General Purpose v2 Cold remainder after day 30	$7.20
Legacy Blob Storage Cold remainder	not charged
Total	not comparable

For General Purpose v2, the Cool remainder is 1,000 x $0.0152 x 20/30 = $10.1333 and the Cold remainder is 1,000 x $0.0036 x 60/30 = $7.20. The cited Azure documentation says the Cool and Cold minimum retention periods do not apply to legacy Blob Storage accounts. These are mutation alternatives, not restore charges.

Moving data warmer and cooler uses different source metersno complete total

Region: eastus · Payload GB: 1,000 · Object count: 1,000 · Source age days: 30 · Trigger: explicit Set Blob Tier or a change to the account default inherited by these blobs · Alternatives: Hot to Cool; Cool to Hot · Comparison: Each movement is an alternative; lines are not additive.

Sources: Azure Retail Prices API: Retail prices: Hot and Cool read, write, and retrieval rates, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z · Microsoft Learn: Access tiers overview: warmer-versus-cooler tier movement billing direction, checked 2026-07-26

Hot to Cool destination-tier write	$0.01
Cool to Hot source-tier read	$0.001
Cool to Hot data retrieval	$10.00
Early-deletion remainder at day 30	does not apply
Total	not comparable

Moving 1,000 objects from Hot to Cool uses the Cool write rate: 1,000 / 1,000 x $0.01 = $0.01. Moving the same 1,000 GB from Cool to Hot uses the Cool read rate of $0.001 per 1,000 requests plus 1,000 x $0.01 = $10.00 retrieval. The same direction rule applies when an account-default tier change moves blobs that inherit the default. The source is 30 days old, so the Cool minimum has been met.

In-place Archive rehydration before the 180-day minimum$26.44

Storage class: Archive LRS · Region: eastus · Payload GB: 1,000 · Object count: 1,000 · Object age days: 30 · Rehydration priority: Standard · Operation: Set Blob Tier to Hot; source blob changes tier in place · Subsequent hot storage and egress: excluded from this mutation subtotal

Sources: Azure Retail Prices API: Retail prices: Archive storage, Standard retrieval, and rehydration request rates, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z · Microsoft Learn: Archive rehydrate overview: in-place tier change and 180-day early-deletion behavior, checked 2026-07-26

First 30 days of Archive storage	$0.99
Standard data retrieval	$20.00
Standard rehydration requests	$0.50
Remaining 150 minimum-duration days	$4.95
Total	$26.44

Archive storage for the first 30 days = 1,000 x $0.00099 = $0.99. Standard retrieval = 1,000 x $0.02 = $20.00. Rehydration requests = 1,000 / 1,000 x $0.50 = $0.50. The in-place tier change leaves 150 days of the 180-day minimum, costing 1,000 x $0.00099 x 5 = $4.95. Mutation subtotal = $26.44. This differs from Copy Blob, which leaves the Archive source in place.

High-priority waiver after more than five hours$20.50

Storage class: Archive LRS · Region: eastus · Restored payload GB: 1,000 · Object count: 1,000 · Object size GB: 1 · Requested priority: High · Actual rehydration time hours: more than 5 · Temporary COPY storage gets and egress: excluded to isolate the waived priority surcharge

Sources: Azure Retail Prices API: Retail prices: East US Standard and High-priority retrieval and request rates, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z · Microsoft Learn: Archive rehydrate overview: High-priority waiver condition for archived blobs under 10 GB, checked 2026-07-26

High-priority surcharge	not charged
Standard data retrieval	$20.00
Standard rehydration requests	$0.50
Total	$20.50

Every object is under 10 GB and the High-priority request took more than five hours, so the cited waiver removes the High-priority rate. Standard retrieval remains: 1,000 x $0.02 = $20.00 plus 1,000 / 1,000 x $0.50 = $0.50.

Rehydrating data stays on the Archive storage clock until completionno complete total

Storage class: Archive LRS · Region: eastus · Payload GB: 1,000 · Rehydration submitted at: buyer-specific · Rehydration completed at: buyer-specific · Target tier: Hot LRS

Sources: Azure Retail Prices API: Retail prices: Archive and Hot storage rates, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z · Microsoft Learn: Access tiers overview: storage-tier billing during rehydration, checked 2026-07-26

Archive storage through rehydration completion	conditional
Hot storage after the tier changes	conditional
Exact storage total	conditional
Total	conditional

The Archive storage clock continues until rehydration completes and the tier changes. Submission and completion timestamps are required to split the bill between Archive and Hot rates. The request submission time alone does not start Hot billing.

Soft-delete retention postpones the Cold early-deletion event$10.80

Storage class: Cold LRS · Region: eastus · Stored GB: 1,000 · Soft delete day: 30 · Soft delete retention days: 30 · Minimum duration days: 90 · Operation: soft delete, not restore

Sources: Azure Retail Prices API: Retail prices: Cold storage rate, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z · Microsoft Learn: Access tiers overview: 90-day minimum and soft-delete event timing, checked 2026-07-26

Cold storage through 60 days	$7.20
Remaining 30 minimum-duration days	$3.60
Total	$10.80

Soft deletion occurs on day 30, but the blob is treated as deleted for early-deletion purposes only when the 30-day retention expires on day 60. Storage through day 60 = 1,000 x $0.0036 x 2 = $7.20. The remaining 30 days cost $3.60. Total = $10.80.

Archive metadata quantity is absent from the local rate datasetno complete total

Storage class: Archive LRS · Region: eastus · Payload GB: 1,000 · Object count: 1,000,000 · Metadata bytes per object: unknown

Sources: Azure Retail Prices API: Retail prices: Cool storage rate used for archived metadata, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z · Microsoft Learn: Access tiers overview: rule that archived blob metadata is billed at the Cool rate, checked 2026-07-26 · GitHub: Providers: local Azure records, which expose no archived-metadata quantity meter, checked 2026-07-27

Archived metadata rate class	conditional
Billable archived metadata quantity	unknown
Archived metadata charge	unknown
Total	unknown

Azure bills archived metadata at the Cool-tier rate, but data/providers.json does not expose the billable metadata quantity. The Cool rate alone cannot produce an amount, so the charge remains unknown and is not treated as zero.

Reserved capacity cannot replace the Pay As You Go receiptno complete total

Reservation size: 100 TiB or 1 PiB · Reservation term: one year or three years · Region tier and redundancy: buyer-specific · Captured offer: Pay As You Go

Sources: Microsoft Learn: Storage blob reserved capacity: reserved-capacity units, terms, scope, and storage-only discount, checked 2026-07-26 · GitHub: Providers: local dataset scope, which contains Pay As You Go rates only, checked 2026-07-27

Matching reserved storage rate	unknown
Reservation discount on operations, bandwidth, retrieval, and early deletion	does not apply
Cross-offer total	not comparable
Total	not comparable

Reserved capacity discounts only matching storage capacity and depends on reservation size, term, Region, tier, and redundancy. data/providers.json contains no reservation rates. Operations, bandwidth, retrieval, and early deletion remain separate, so the reservation cannot replace the Pay As You Go receipt.

Every class, and the rules that change its bill

8 classes captured for this vendor. Each rule below is a published condition that moves a real line on the bill, with the page it came from.

Hot LRS3 rules

Frequently read or modified block blobs in an East US locally redundant General Purpose v2 account.

Published rules that move the bill for Hot LRS
Rule	Value	Why it moves the bill
Storage tiers	$0.0208 per GB-month through 51,200 GB, $0.019968 from 51,200 through 512,000 GB, then $0.019136 above 512,000 GB; graduated.	Only the bytes in each capacity band receive that band's rate.
Transactions	Write-class operations cost $0.005 per 1,000; read-class operations cost $0.0004 per 1,000; delete requests are not charged.	A hot backup month can have request charges even when retrieval is free.
Retrieval and minimum duration	Retrieval not charged; minimum duration does not apply.	A read-only hot-tier restore has transaction and transfer lines, but no retrieval or early-deletion remainder.

Cool LRS3 rules

Infrequently accessed East US block blobs that remain online and are expected to stay in the tier for at least 30 days.

Published rules that move the bill for Cool LRS
Rule	Value	Why it moves the bill
Cool capacity and read access	$0.0152 per GB-month plus $0.01 per GB retrieved.	The capacity discount introduces a per-GB read meter.
Transactions	Write-class operations cost $0.01 per 1,000; read-class operations cost $0.001 per 1,000; delete requests are not charged.	Cool-tier operations cost more than Hot-tier operations, and moving data back to a warmer tier is billed as a read from Cool.
Minimum duration	30 days for General Purpose v2; early deletion uses the prorated remainder.	Removing, overwriting, or moving the blob to another tier before day 30 charges the unused Cool storage period.

Cold LRS3 rules

Rarely accessed East US block blobs that must stay online and are expected to remain for at least 90 days.

Published rules that move the bill for Cold LRS
Rule	Value	Why it moves the bill
Cold capacity and read access	$0.0036 per GB-month plus $0.03 per GB retrieved.	A full read can cost more than eight months of payload storage at the captured rate.
Transactions	Write-class operations cost $0.018 per 1,000; read-class operations cost $0.01 per 1,000; delete requests are not charged.	Colder capacity raises both access and transaction costs.
Minimum duration	90 days for General Purpose v2; early deletion uses the prorated remainder.	Removing, overwriting, or moving the blob to another tier before day 90 charges the unused Cold storage period.

Archive LRS5 rules

Offline East US archive data that can wait for rehydration and is expected to stay archived for at least 180 days.

Published rules that move the bill for Archive LRS
Rule	Value	Why it moves the bill
Storage	$0.00099 per GB-month.	The low capacity rate applies while the blob remains offline; readable online copies use their destination-tier rate.
Standard rehydration	$0.02 per GB plus $0.50 per 1,000 rehydration read transactions; may take up to 15 hours for objects under 10 GB.	Archive restore has both a per-GB retrieval line and a request line before the online copy is read or transferred.
High-priority rehydration	$0.10 per GB plus $5 per 1,000 rehydration read transactions; may complete in less than one hour for objects under 10 GB.	High priority is five times the captured per-GB retrieval rate and ten times the rehydration request rate of Standard.
Other transactions	Write-class operations cost $0.01 per 1,000; delete requests are not charged.	Copying an archived blob to an online destination adds a destination write transaction after the archive read and retrieval meters.
Minimum duration and eligibility	180 days; early deletion uses the prorated remainder. Archive supports LRS, GRS, and RA-GRS, but not ZRS, GZRS, or RA-GZRS.	An in-place tier change or delete before day 180 creates a remainder, and some redundancy choices cannot use Archive at all.

Hot LRS3 rules

Frequently read or modified block blobs in a West Europe locally redundant General Purpose v2 account.

Published rules that move the bill for Hot LRS
Rule	Value	Why it moves the bill
Storage tiers	$0.0196 per GB-month through 51,200 GB, $0.018816 from 51,200 through 512,000 GB, then $0.018032 above 512,000 GB; graduated.	West Europe has a different captured capacity schedule from East US.
Transactions	Write-class operations cost $0.0054 per 1,000; read-class operations cost $0.00043 per 1,000; delete requests are not charged.	The Region changes request rates as well as storage.
Retrieval and minimum duration	Retrieval not charged; minimum duration does not apply.	A read-only hot-tier restore has transaction and transfer lines, but no retrieval or early-deletion remainder.

Cool LRS3 rules

Infrequently accessed West Europe block blobs that remain online and are expected to stay for at least 30 days.

Published rules that move the bill for Cool LRS
Rule	Value	Why it moves the bill
West Europe Cool capacity and reads	$0.01 per GB-month plus $0.01 per GB retrieved.	West Europe lowers the captured Cool capacity rate relative to East US, but reads still add retrieval.
Transactions	Write-class operations cost $0.01 per 1,000; read-class operations cost $0.001 per 1,000; delete requests are not charged.	Cool-tier operations remain more expensive than Hot-tier operations.
Minimum duration	30 days for General Purpose v2; early deletion uses the prorated remainder.	Removing, overwriting, or moving the blob before day 30 charges the unused Cool storage period.

Cold LRS3 rules

Rarely accessed West Europe block blobs that must stay online and are expected to remain for at least 90 days.

Published rules that move the bill for Cold LRS
Rule	Value	Why it moves the bill
West Europe Cold capacity and reads	$0.0045 per GB-month plus $0.03 per GB retrieved.	Region changes the capacity rate while a full read remains a large separate meter.
Transactions	Write-class operations cost $0.018 per 1,000; read-class operations cost $0.01 per 1,000; delete requests are not charged.	Colder capacity raises both access and transaction costs.
Minimum duration	90 days for General Purpose v2; early deletion uses the prorated remainder.	Removing, overwriting, or moving the blob before day 90 charges the unused Cold storage period.

Archive LRS5 rules

Offline West Europe archive data that can wait for rehydration and is expected to stay archived for at least 180 days.

Published rules that move the bill for Archive LRS
Rule	Value	Why it moves the bill
Storage	$0.0018 per GB-month.	The West Europe Archive capacity rate differs from East US and applies only while the blob remains offline.
Standard rehydration	$0.024 per GB plus $0.60 per 1,000 rehydration read transactions; may take up to 15 hours for objects under 10 GB.	West Europe has higher captured Standard retrieval and request rates than East US.
High-priority rehydration	$0.13 per GB plus $6.50 per 1,000 rehydration read transactions; may complete in less than one hour for objects under 10 GB.	The priority premium and its absolute rates vary by Region.
Other transactions	Write-class operations cost $0.012 per 1,000; delete requests are not charged.	Copying to an online destination adds its write transaction after archive retrieval.
Minimum duration and eligibility	180 days; early deletion uses the prorated remainder. Archive supports LRS, GRS, and RA-GRS, but not ZRS, GZRS, or RA-GZRS.	An in-place tier change or delete before day 180 creates a remainder, and some redundancy choices cannot use Archive.