Azure Blob Storage Cost Calculator

Estimate Azure Blob Storage costs for Hot, Cool, Cold and Archive (LRS): storage, operations, retrieval and bandwidth, from official Azure prices. Free.

Quick answer: Compare AWS, Azure and Google Cloud storage costs for your real workload.

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How to use the Azure Blob Storage Cost Calculator

Compare AWS, Azure and Google Cloud storage costs for your real workload.

Cloud Storage Cost Intelligence compares what your data would cost on Amazon S3 and Azure Blob Storage (Google Cloud Storage classes are listed and show as unavailable until Google prices are loaded). You describe your data size, growth, reads, writes, retrieval, egress, retention and how often it is accessed, and it adds up storage, requests, retrieval, egress and early-deletion charges for each storage class. It recommends the cheapest class that fits, not just the lowest price per GB, shows what happens when your data grows 2x, 5x or 10x, suggests savings, and exports a PDF, Excel or CSV report. Prices come from the providers' official price lists and are estimates, not quotes.

  1. Choose providers and a region
  2. Describe your data and how it is used
  3. Review the recommendation and download the report

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Example

Input: 20 TB, mostly cold, 300 GB read a month

Output: Cost per tier and the best fit for your access pattern

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Frequently asked questions

Which Azure tiers are included?

Hot, Cool, Cold and Archive for General Purpose v2 block blobs with locally redundant storage (LRS).

What is the early-deletion fee?

Cool, Cold and Archive blobs are billed for at least 30, 90 and 180 days. Deleting or moving them earlier still costs the remaining days, and the calculator includes it for your retention.

Where do the prices come from?

From the Azure Retail Prices API for the region you pick, with the date shown in the tool.

Is the result a quote?

No. It is an estimate from public pay-as-you-go list prices. Discounts, taxes, committed use and free tiers are not included.

Is my file uploaded?

No. A sample file is measured in your browser and never sent anywhere.

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