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Block blob storage is used for streaming and storing documents, videos, pictures, backups, and other unstructured text or binary data.

Total cost of block blob storage depends on:

  • Volume of data stored per month.
  • Quantity and types of operations performed, along with any data transfer costs.
  • Data redundancy option selected.

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Prices are estimates only and are not intended as actual price quotes. Actual pricing may vary depending on the type of agreement entered with Microsoft, date of purchase, and the currency exchange rate. Prices are calculated based on US dollars and converted using London closing spot rates that are captured in the two business days prior to the last business day of the previous month end. If the two business days prior to the end of the month fall on a bank holiday in major markets, the rate setting day is generally the day immediately preceding the two business days. This rate applies to all transactions during the upcoming month. Sign in to the Azure pricing calculator to see pricing based on your current program/offer with Microsoft. Contact an Azure sales specialist for more information on pricing or to request a price quote. See frequently asked questions about Azure pricing.

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Azure Blob Storage usage is calculated in binary Gigabytes (GB), where 1 GB = 230 bytes. This unit of measurement is also known as Gibibyte (GiB), defined by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). Similarly, 1 TB is 240 bytes, i.e. 1,024 GBs.

Storage Tiers Description
Standard (GPv2) storage Our recommended pricing offers for block blobs and append blobs provide access to the latest Azure Storage features. The Hot tier is applicable for most workloads. The Cool and Archive tiers are for cool or cold data with pricing optimized for lowest GB storage prices.
Premium storage Premium blob storage provides access to block blobs and append blobs with low and consistent latency, with pricing optimized for high transaction rates.

Data storage prices pay-as-you-go

All prices are per GB per month.

Data storage prices pay-as-you-go Premium Hot Cool Cold Archive
First 50 terabyte (TB) / month $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB
Next 450 TB / month $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB
Over 500 TB / month $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB
Data storage prices pay-as-you-go Premium Hot Cool Cold Archive
First 50 terabyte (TB) / month $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB
Next 450 TB / month $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB
Over 500 TB / month $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB
Data storage prices pay-as-you-go Premium Hot Cool Cold Archive
First 50 terabyte (TB) / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB
Next 450 TB / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB
Over 500 TB / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB
Data storage prices pay-as-you-go Premium Hot Cool Cold Archive
First 50 terabyte (TB) / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB
Next 450 TB / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB
Over 500 TB / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB
Data storage prices pay-as-you-go Premium Hot Cool Cold Archive
First 50 terabyte (TB) / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB N/A
Next 450 TB / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB N/A
Over 500 TB / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB N/A
Data storage prices pay-as-you-go Premium Hot Cool Cold Archive
First 50 terabyte (TB) / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB N/A
Next 450 TB / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB N/A
Over 500 TB / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB N/A
Data storage prices pay-as-you-go Premium Hot Cool Cold Archive
First 50 terabyte (TB) / month $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB
Next 450 TB / month $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB
Over 500 TB / month $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB
Data storage prices pay-as-you-go Premium Hot Cool Cold Archive
First 50 terabyte (TB) / month $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB N/A
Next 450 TB / month $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB N/A
Over 500 TB / month $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB N/A
Data storage prices pay-as-you-go Premium Hot Cool Cold Archive
First 50 terabyte (TB) / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB
Next 450 TB / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB
Over 500 TB / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB
Data storage prices pay-as-you-go Premium Hot Cool Cold Archive
First 50 terabyte (TB) / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB
Next 450 TB / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB
Over 500 TB / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB
Data storage prices pay-as-you-go Premium Hot Cool Cold Archive
First 50 terabyte (TB) / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB N/A
Next 450 TB / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB N/A
Over 500 TB / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB N/A
Data storage prices pay-as-you-go Premium Hot Cool Cold Archive
First 50 terabyte (TB) / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB N/A
Next 450 TB / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB N/A
Over 500 TB / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB N/A

Azure Storage Reserved Capacity

Azure Storage Reserved Capacity helps you lower your data storage cost by committing to one-year or three-years of Azure Storage. Reserved capacity can be purchased in increments of 100 TB and 1 PB sizes for 1-year and 3-year commitment duration. All prices are per month. For more information, please see documentation.

Not available 1-year reserved 3-year reserved
Azure Storage Reserved Capacity Hot Cool Archive Hot Cool Archive
100 TB / month $- $- $- $- $- $-
1 PB / month $- $- $- $- $- $-
Not available 1-year reserved 3-year reserved
Azure Storage Reserved Capacity Hot Cool Archive Hot Cool Archive
100 TB / month $- $- N/A Not Available $- $- N/A Not Available
1 PB / month $- $- N/A Not Available $- $- N/A Not Available
Not available 1-year reserved 3-year reserved
Azure Storage Reserved Capacity Hot Cool Archive Hot Cool Archive
100 TB / month $- $- $- $- $- $-
1 PB / month $- $- $- $- $- $-
Not available 1-year reserved 3-year reserved
Azure Storage Reserved Capacity Hot Cool Archive Hot Cool Archive
100 TB / month $- $- $- $- $- $-
1 PB / month $- $- $- $- $- $-
Not available 1-year reserved 3-year reserved
Azure Storage Reserved Capacity Hot Cool Archive Hot Cool Archive
100 TB / month $- $- N/A Not Available $- $- N/A Not Available
1 PB / month $- $- N/A Not Available $- $- N/A Not Available
Not available 1-year reserved 3-year reserved
Azure Storage Reserved Capacity Hot Cool Archive Hot Cool Archive
100 TB / month $- $- N/A Not Available $- $- N/A Not Available
1 PB / month $- $- N/A Not Available $- $- N/A Not Available

Early deletion penalty

Blobs are subject to an early deletion penalty if they are deleted, overwritten or moved to a different tier before the minimum number of days required by the tier have transpired. Any blob that is moved to the Archive tier is subject to an Archive early deletion period of 180 days. Any blob that is moved to the Cold tier is subject to a Cold tier early deletion period of 90 days. Any blob that is moved to the Cool tier is subject to a Cool tier early deletion period of 30 days. This charge is prorated based on the data storage price of the corresponding tier, i.e. deleting an archived blob after 120 days will lead to this object being charged for 180 days. Please refer to the documentation page for the full details.

Operations and data transfer

Operations and data transfer Premium Hot Cool Cold Archive
Write operations (per 10,000)1 $- $- $- $- $-
List and Create Container Operations (per 10,000)1 $- $- $- $- $-
  • Read operations (per 10,000)1

    • Archive High Priority Read (per 10,000)1
$- $- $- $-
  • $-

  • $-
All other Operations (per 10,000), except Delete, which is free1 $- $- $- $- $-
  • Data Retrieval (per GB)

    • Archive High Priority Retrieval (per GB)
Free Free N/A $- $-
  • $-

  • $-
Data Write (per GB) Free Free N/A Free N/A Free N/A Free N/A
Point-in-time restore Data Processed (per MB) N/A $- $- N/A $-

1Information on mapping API calls to transactions can be found here.
Additional cross-region data transfer network changes may apply based on source/destination of each storage access. Learn more at the Bandwidth pricing page.
When using ADLS Gen2 API for transactions, read and write transactions occur for every 4 MB of data.

For blobs in Archive, the only valid operations are GetBlobProperties, GetBlobMetadata, ListBlobs, SetBlobTier, SetBlobTags, GetBlobTags, FindBlobsByTags, DeleteBlob, and CopyBlob. Setting the tier from Archive to Hot or Cool typically takes up to 15 hours to complete. Learn more.

Operations and data transfer Premium Hot Cool Cold Archive
Write operations (per 10,000)1 $- $- $- $- $-
List and Create Container Operations (per 10,000)1 $- $- $- $- $-
  • Read operations (per 10,000)1

    • Archive High Priority Read (per 10,000)1
$- $- $- $-
  • $-

  • $-
All other Operations (per 10,000), except Delete, which is free1 $- $- $- $- $-
  • Data Retrieval (per GB)

    • Archive High Priority Retrieval (per GB)
Free Free N/A $- $-
  • $-

  • $-
Data Write (per GB) Free Free N/A Free N/A Free N/A Free N/A
Point-in-time restore Data Processed (per MB) N/A N/A N/A N/A Free N/A

1Information on mapping API calls to transactions can be found here.
Additional cross-region data transfer network changes may apply based on source/destination of each storage access. Learn more at the Bandwidth pricing page.
When using ADLS Gen2 API for transactions, read and write transactions occur for every 4 MB of data.

For blobs in Archive, the only valid operations are GetBlobProperties, GetBlobMetadata, ListBlobs, SetBlobTier, SetBlobTags, GetBlobTags, FindBlobsByTags, DeleteBlob, and CopyBlob. Setting the tier from Archive to Hot or Cool typically takes up to 15 hours to complete. Learn more.

Operations and data transfer Premium Hot Cool Cold Archive
Write operations (per 10,000)1 N/A $- $- $- $-
List and Create Container Operations (per 10,000)1 N/A $- $- $- $-
  • Read operations (per 10,000)1

    • Archive High Priority Read (per 10,000)1
N/A $- $- $-
  • $-

  • $-
All other Operations (per 10,000), except Delete, which is free1 N/A $- $- $- $-
  • Data Retrieval (per GB)

    • Archive High Priority Retrieval (per GB)
Free Free N/A $- $-
  • $-

  • $-
Data Write (per GB) Free Free N/A Free N/A Free N/A Free N/A
Point-in-time restore Data Processed (per MB) N/A $- $- N/A $-

1Information on mapping API calls to transactions can be found here.
Additional cross-region data transfer network changes may apply based on source/destination of each storage access. Learn more at the Bandwidth pricing page.
When using ADLS Gen2 API for transactions, read and write transactions occur for every 4 MB of data.

For blobs in Archive, the only valid operations are GetBlobProperties, GetBlobMetadata, ListBlobs, SetBlobTier, SetBlobTags, GetBlobTags, FindBlobsByTags, DeleteBlob, and CopyBlob. Setting the tier from Archive to Hot or Cool typically takes up to 15 hours to complete. Learn more.

Operations and data transfer Premium Hot Cool Cold Archive
Write operations (per 10,000)1 N/A $- $- $- $-
List and Create Container Operations (per 10,000)1 N/A $- $- $- $-
  • Read operations (per 10,000)1

    • Archive High Priority Read (per 10,000)1
N/A $- $- $-
  • $-

  • $-
All other Operations (per 10,000), except Delete, which is free1 N/A $- $- $- $-
  • Data Retrieval (per GB)

    • Archive High Priority Retrieval (per GB)
Free Free N/A $- $-
  • $-

  • $-
Data Write (per GB) Free Free N/A Free N/A Free N/A Free N/A
Point-in-time restore Data Processed (per MB) N/A $- $- N/A $-

1Information on mapping API calls to transactions can be found here.
Additional cross-region data transfer network changes may apply based on source/destination of each storage access. Learn more at the Bandwidth pricing page.
When using ADLS Gen2 API for transactions, read and write transactions occur for every 4 MB of data.

For blobs in Archive, the only valid operations are GetBlobProperties, GetBlobMetadata, ListBlobs, SetBlobTier, SetBlobTags, GetBlobTags, FindBlobsByTags, DeleteBlob, and CopyBlob. Setting the tier from Archive to Hot or Cool typically takes up to 15 hours to complete. Learn more.

Operations and data transfer Premium Hot Cool Cold Archive
Write operations (per 10,000)1 N/A $- $- $- N/A
List and Create Container Operations (per 10,000)1 N/A $- $- $- $-
  • Read operations (per 10,000)1

    • Archive High Priority Read (per 10,000)1
N/A $- $- $-
  • N/A

  • N/A
All other Operations (per 10,000), except Delete, which is free1 N/A $- $- $- $-
  • Data Retrieval (per GB)

    • Archive High Priority Retrieval (per GB)
Free Free N/A $- $-
  • N/A

  • N/A
Data Write (per GB) Free Free N/A Free N/A Free N/A N/A
Point-in-time restore Data Processed (per MB) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

1Information on mapping API calls to transactions can be found here.
Additional cross-region data transfer network changes may apply based on source/destination of each storage access. Learn more at the Bandwidth pricing page.
When using ADLS Gen2 API for transactions, read and write transactions occur for every 4 MB of data.

For blobs in Archive, the only valid operations are GetBlobProperties, GetBlobMetadata, ListBlobs, SetBlobTier, SetBlobTags, GetBlobTags, FindBlobsByTags, DeleteBlob, and CopyBlob. Setting the tier from Archive to Hot or Cool typically takes up to 15 hours to complete. Learn more.

Operations and data transfer Premium Hot Cool Cold Archive
Write operations (per 10,000)1 N/A $- $- $- N/A
List and Create Container Operations (per 10,000)1 N/A $- $- $- $-
  • Read operations (per 10,000)1

    • Archive High Priority Read (per 10,000)1
N/A $- $- $-
  • N/A

  • N/A
All other Operations (per 10,000), except Delete, which is free1 N/A $- $- $- $-
  • Data Retrieval (per GB)

    • Archive High Priority Retrieval (per GB)
Free Free N/A $- $-
  • N/A

  • N/A
Data Write (per GB) Free Free N/A Free N/A Free N/A N/A
Point-in-time restore Data Processed (per MB) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

1Information on mapping API calls to transactions can be found here.
Additional cross-region data transfer network changes may apply based on source/destination of each storage access. Learn more at the Bandwidth pricing page.
When using ADLS Gen2 API for transactions, read and write transactions occur for every 4 MB of data.

For blobs in Archive, the only valid operations are GetBlobProperties, GetBlobMetadata, ListBlobs, SetBlobTier, SetBlobTags, GetBlobTags, FindBlobsByTags, DeleteBlob, and CopyBlob. Setting the tier from Archive to Hot or Cool typically takes up to 15 hours to complete. Learn more.

Operations and data transfer Premium Hot Cool Cold Archive
Write operations (per 10,000)1 $- $- $- $- $-
  • Read operations (per 10,000)1

    • Archive High Priority Read (per 10,000)1
$- $- $- $-
  • $-

  • $-
Iterative Read Operations (per 10,000)1 $- $- $- $- $-
Iterative Write Operations (100’s)1 Free N/A $- $- $- $-
  • Data Retrieval (per GB)

    • Archive High Priority Retrieval (per GB)
Free Free N/A $- $-
  • $-

  • $-
Data Write (per GB) Free Free Free Free Free
Index (GB/month) N/A $- N/A N/A N/A
All other Operations (per 10,000), except Delete, which is free $- $- $- $- $-

1Information on mapping API calls to transactions can be found here.
Additional cross-region data transfer network changes may apply based on source/destination of each storage access. Learn more at the Bandwidth pricing page.
When using ADLS Gen2 API for transactions, read and write transactions occur for every 4 MB of data.

For blobs in Archive, the only valid operations are GetBlobProperties, GetBlobMetadata, ListBlobs, SetBlobTier, SetBlobTags, GetBlobTags, FindBlobsByTags, DeleteBlob, and CopyBlob. Setting the tier from Archive to Hot or Cool typically takes up to 15 hours to complete. Learn more.

Operations and data transfer Premium Hot Cool Cold Archive
Write operations (per 10,000)1 $- $- $- $- $-
  • Read operations (per 10,000)1

    • Archive High Priority Read (per 10,000)1
$- $- $- $-
  • $-

  • $-
Iterative Read Operations (per 10,000)1 $- $- $- $- $-
Iterative Write Operations (100’s)1 Free N/A $- $- $- $-
  • Data Retrieval (per GB)

    • Archive High Priority Retrieval (per GB)
Free Free N/A $- $-
  • $-

  • $-
Data Write (per GB) Free Free Free Free Free
Index (GB/month) N/A $- N/A N/A N/A
All other Operations (per 10,000), except Delete, which is free $- $- $- $- $-

1Information on mapping API calls to transactions can be found here.
Additional cross-region data transfer network changes may apply based on source/destination of each storage access. Learn more at the Bandwidth pricing page.
When using ADLS Gen2 API for transactions, read and write transactions occur for every 4 MB of data.

For blobs in Archive, the only valid operations are GetBlobProperties, GetBlobMetadata, ListBlobs, SetBlobTier, SetBlobTags, GetBlobTags, FindBlobsByTags, DeleteBlob, and CopyBlob. Setting the tier from Archive to Hot or Cool typically takes up to 15 hours to complete. Learn more.

Operations and data transfer Premium Hot Cool Cold Archive
Write operations (per 10,000)1 N/A $- $- $- $-
  • Read operations (per 10,000)1

    • Archive High Priority Read (per 10,000)1
N/A $- $- $-
  • $-

  • $-
Iterative Read Operations (per 10,000)1 N/A $- $- $- $-
Iterative Write Operations (100’s)1 N/A $- $- $- $-
  • Data Retrieval (per GB)

    • Archive High Priority Retrieval (per GB)
Free Free N/A $- $-
  • $-

  • $-
Data Write (per GB) Free Free Free Free Free
Index (GB/month) N/A $- N/A N/A N/A
All other Operations (per 10,000), except Delete, which is free N/A $- $- $- $-

1Information on mapping API calls to transactions can be found here.
Additional cross-region data transfer network changes may apply based on source/destination of each storage access. Learn more at the Bandwidth pricing page.
When using ADLS Gen2 API for transactions, read and write transactions occur for every 4 MB of data.

For blobs in Archive, the only valid operations are GetBlobProperties, GetBlobMetadata, ListBlobs, SetBlobTier, SetBlobTags, GetBlobTags, FindBlobsByTags, DeleteBlob, and CopyBlob. Setting the tier from Archive to Hot or Cool typically takes up to 15 hours to complete. Learn more.

Operations and data transfer Premium Hot Cool Cold Archive
Write operations (per 10,000)1 N/A $- $- $- $-
  • Read operations (per 10,000)1

    • Archive High Priority Read (per 10,000)1
N/A $- $- $-
  • $-

  • $-
Iterative Read Operations (per 10,000)1 N/A $- $- $- $-
Iterative Write Operations (100’s)1 N/A $- $- $- $-
  • Data Retrieval (per GB)

    • Archive High Priority Retrieval (per GB)
Free Free N/A $- $-
  • $-

  • $-
Data Write (per GB) Free Free Free Free Free
Index (GB/month) N/A $- N/A N/A N/A
All other Operations (per 10,000), except Delete, which is free N/A $- $- $- $-

1Information on mapping API calls to transactions can be found here.
Additional cross-region data transfer network changes may apply based on source/destination of each storage access. Learn more at the Bandwidth pricing page.
When using ADLS Gen2 API for transactions, read and write transactions occur for every 4 MB of data.

For blobs in Archive, the only valid operations are GetBlobProperties, GetBlobMetadata, ListBlobs, SetBlobTier, SetBlobTags, GetBlobTags, FindBlobsByTags, DeleteBlob, and CopyBlob. Setting the tier from Archive to Hot or Cool typically takes up to 15 hours to complete. Learn more.

Operations and data transfer Premium Hot Cool Cold Archive
Write operations (per 10,000)1 N/A $- $- $- N/A
  • Read operations (per 10,000)1

    • Archive High Priority Read (per 10,000)1
N/A $- $- $-
  • N/A

  • N/A
Iterative Read Operations (per 10,000)1 N/A $- $- $- $-
Iterative Write Operations (100’s)1 N/A $- $- $- $-
  • Data Retrieval (per GB)

    • Archive High Priority Retrieval (per GB)
Free Free N/A $- $-
  • N/A

  • N/A
Data Write (per GB) Free Free Free Free Free
Index (GB/month) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
All other Operations (per 10,000), except Delete, which is free N/A $- $- $- $-

1Information on mapping API calls to transactions can be found here.
Additional cross-region data transfer network changes may apply based on source/destination of each storage access. Learn more at the Bandwidth pricing page.
When using ADLS Gen2 API for transactions, read and write transactions occur for every 4 MB of data.

For blobs in Archive, the only valid operations are GetBlobProperties, GetBlobMetadata, ListBlobs, SetBlobTier, SetBlobTags, GetBlobTags, FindBlobsByTags, DeleteBlob, and CopyBlob. Setting the tier from Archive to Hot or Cool typically takes up to 15 hours to complete. Learn more.

Operations and data transfer Premium Hot Cool Cold Archive
Write operations (per 10,000)1 N/A N/A N/A $- N/A
  • Read operations (per 10,000)1

    • Archive High Priority Read (per 10,000)1
N/A $- $- $-
  • N/A

  • N/A
Iterative Read Operations (per 10,000)1 N/A $- $- $- $-
Iterative Write Operations (100’s)1 N/A $- $- $- $-
  • Data Retrieval (per GB)

    • Archive High Priority Retrieval (per GB)
Free Free N/A $- $-
  • N/A

  • N/A
Data Write (per GB) Free Free Free Free Free
Index (GB/month) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
All other Operations (per 10,000), except Delete, which is free N/A $- $- $- $-

1Information on mapping API calls to transactions can be found here.
Additional cross-region data transfer network changes may apply based on source/destination of each storage access. Learn more at the Bandwidth pricing page.
When using ADLS Gen2 API for transactions, read and write transactions occur for every 4 MB of data.

For blobs in Archive, the only valid operations are GetBlobProperties, GetBlobMetadata, ListBlobs, SetBlobTier, SetBlobTags, GetBlobTags, FindBlobsByTags, DeleteBlob, and CopyBlob. Setting the tier from Archive to Hot or Cool typically takes up to 15 hours to complete. Learn more.

Additional Blob Features

Additional features and protocols can be used on Blob Storage accounts and Data Lake Storage accounts. Not all features are available for every protocol or feature combination. Details can be found here.

SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)

Azure Blob Storage now supports the SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP). This support provides the ability to securely connect to Blob Storage accounts via an SFTP endpoint, allowing you to leverage SFTP for file access, file transfer, as well as file management. Learn more about the feature here.

SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) SFTP enabled for storage account (per hour)
SFTP charges in increments of $-

SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)

Azure Blob Storage now supports the SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP). This support provides the ability to securely connect to Blob Storage accounts via an SFTP endpoint, allowing you to leverage SFTP for file access, file transfer, as well as file management. Learn more about the feature here.

SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) SFTP enabled for storage account (per hour)
SFTP charges in increments of $-

SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)

Azure Blob Storage now supports the SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP). This support provides the ability to securely connect to Blob Storage accounts via an SFTP endpoint, allowing you to leverage SFTP for file access, file transfer, as well as file management. Learn more about the feature here.

SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) SFTP enabled for storage account (per hour)
SFTP charges in increments of $-

SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)

Azure Blob Storage now supports the SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP). This support provides the ability to securely connect to Blob Storage accounts via an SFTP endpoint, allowing you to leverage SFTP for file access, file transfer, as well as file management. Learn more about the feature here.

SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) SFTP enabled for storage account (per hour)
SFTP charges in increments of $-

SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)

Azure Blob Storage now supports the SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP). This support provides the ability to securely connect to Blob Storage accounts via an SFTP endpoint, allowing you to leverage SFTP for file access, file transfer, as well as file management. Learn more about the feature here.

SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) SFTP enabled for storage account (per hour)
SFTP charges in increments of $-

SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP)

Azure Blob Storage now supports the SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP). This support provides the ability to securely connect to Blob Storage accounts via an SFTP endpoint, allowing you to leverage SFTP for file access, file transfer, as well as file management. Learn more about the feature here.

SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) SFTP enabled for storage account (per hour)
SFTP charges in increments of $-

Blob Index

Blob Index is an intelligent data sub-resource for blob; consisting of user-defined key/value tag attributes that are automatically indexed for querying. This provides a managed multi-dimensional classification for your blob objects, allowing for quick, simple, and cost-effective data discovery capabilities beyond listing by prefix filters on blob name. Learn more about the feature at blob documentation.

Blob Index Price
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Data transfer prices for block blobs

When you write data to a GRS, RA-GRS, GZRS, or RA-GZRS account, the data is replicated to another Azure region. The geo-replication data transfer charge is for bandwidth used to replicate data to the second Azure region. This charge also applies when you change the storage account's replication setting from LRS to GRS or RA-GRS or from ZRS to GZRS or RA-GZRS.

GZRS, or RA-GZRS are not currently available for Premium Block Blobs.

Data transfer prices for block blobs GRS, RA-GRS, GZRS, or RA-GZRS
Data transfer per GB $-

Blob inventory

Blob inventory provides a list of the containers, blobs, blob versions, and snapshots in your storage account, along with their associated properties. It generates an output report in either CSV or Apache Parquet format on a daily or weekly basis. You can use the report to audit retention, legal hold or encryption status, or you can use it as a scheduled alternative to the List Blobs API for your workflows. Learn more about Blob inventory.

Feature Price*
Blob inventory (per million objects, per report generated) $-

*The price remains same across all access tiers.
Please refer to the documentation to learn how the price is calculated.

Feature Price*
Blob inventory (per million objects, per report generated) $-

*The price remains same across all access tiers.
Please refer to the documentation to learn how the price is calculated.

Feature Price*
Blob inventory (per million objects, per report generated) $-

*The price remains same across all access tiers.
Please refer to the documentation to learn how the price is calculated.

Feature Price*
Blob inventory (per million objects, per report generated) $-

*The price remains same across all access tiers.
Please refer to the documentation to learn how the price is calculated.

Feature Price*
Blob inventory (per million objects, per report generated) $-

*The price remains same across all access tiers.
Please refer to the documentation to learn how the price is calculated.

Feature Price*
Blob inventory (per million objects, per report generated) $-

*The price remains same across all access tiers.
Please refer to the documentation to learn how the price is calculated.

Feature Price*
Blob inventory (per million objects, per report generated) $-

*The price remains same across all access tiers.
Please refer to the documentation to learn how the price is calculated.

Feature Price*
Blob inventory (per million objects, per report generated) $-

*The price remains same across all access tiers.
Please refer to the documentation to learn how the price is calculated.

Feature Price*
Blob inventory (per million objects, per report generated) $-

*The price remains same across all access tiers.
Please refer to the documentation to learn how the price is calculated.

Feature Price*
Blob inventory (per million objects, per report generated) $-

*The price remains same across all access tiers.
Please refer to the documentation to learn how the price is calculated.

Feature Price*
Blob inventory (per million objects, per report generated) $-

*The price remains same across all access tiers.
Please refer to the documentation to learn how the price is calculated.

Feature Price*
Blob inventory (per million objects, per report generated) $-

*The price remains same across all access tiers.
Please refer to the documentation to learn how the price is calculated.

Other features

Change feed provides you a log of changes in the Blob data in an ordered manner. The feature is by default disabled, and can be enabled on the Storage account. Once enabled, change feed will track each blob change and store the change event in the change feed. Learn more about the feature.

Blob Changes Price
Blob Changes (per 10k changes) $-

Encryption scopes enable you to optionally manage encryption at the level of the container or an individual blob either with a customer-managed key in Key Vault or a Microsoft-managed key. Learn more about encryption scopes.

Encryption Scopes Hot Cool Cold
Encryption Scopes (per month) $- $- $-
Encryption Scopes Hot Cool Cold
Encryption Scopes (per month) $- $- $-
Encryption Scopes Hot Cool Cold
Encryption Scopes (per month) $- $- $-
Encryption Scopes Hot Cool Cold
Encryption Scopes (per month) $- $- $-
Encryption Scopes Hot Cool Cold
Encryption Scopes (per month) $- $- $-
Encryption Scopes Hot Cool Cold
Encryption Scopes (per month) $- $- $-

Blob storage accounts provide access to the latest features, but not to page blobs, files, queues, or tables. Using general-purpose v2 storage accounts is recommended for most users.

Data storage prices pay-as-you-go

All prices are per GB per month.

Data storage prices pay-as-you-go Premium Hot Cool Cold Archive
First 50 terabyte (TB) / month $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB
Next 450 TB / month $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB
Over 500 TB / month $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB
Data storage prices pay-as-you-go Premium Hot Cool Cold Archive
First 50 terabyte (TB) / month $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB N/A $- per GB
Next 450 TB / month $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB N/A $- per GB
Over 500 TB / month $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB N/A $- per GB
Data storage prices pay-as-you-go Premium Hot Cool Cold Archive
First 50 terabyte (TB) / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB
Next 450 TB / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB
Over 500 TB / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB
Data storage prices pay-as-you-go Premium Hot Cool Cold Archive
First 50 terabyte (TB) / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB
Next 450 TB / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB
Over 500 TB / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB
Data storage prices pay-as-you-go Premium Hot Cool Cold Archive
First 50 terabyte (TB) / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB N/A N/A
Next 450 TB / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB N/A N/A
Over 500 TB / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB N/A N/A
Data storage prices pay-as-you-go Premium Hot Cool Cold Archive
First 50 terabyte (TB) / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB N/A N/A
Next 450 TB / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB N/A N/A
Over 500 TB / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB N/A N/A
Data storage prices pay-as-you-go Premium Hot Cool Archive
First 50 terabyte (TB) / month $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB
Next 450 TB / month $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB
Over 500 TB / month $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB
Data storage prices pay-as-you-go Premium Hot Cool Archive
First 50 terabyte (TB) / month $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB N/A
Next 450 TB / month $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB N/A
Over 500 TB / month $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB N/A
Data storage prices pay-as-you-go Premium Hot Cool Archive
First 50 terabyte (TB) / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB
Next 450 TB / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB
Over 500 TB / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB
Data storage prices pay-as-you-go Premium Hot Cool Archive
First 50 terabyte (TB) / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB
Next 450 TB / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB
Over 500 TB / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB $- per GB
Data storage prices pay-as-you-go Premium Hot Cool Archive
First 50 terabyte (TB) / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB N/A
Next 450 TB / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB N/A
Over 500 TB / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB N/A
Data storage prices pay-as-you-go Premium Hot Cool Archive
First 50 terabyte (TB) / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB N/A
Next 450 TB / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB N/A
Over 500 TB / month N/A $- per GB $- per GB N/A

Azure Storage Reserved Capacity

Azure Storage Reserved Capacity helps you lower your data storage cost by committing to one-year or three-years of Azure Storage. Reserved capacity can be purchased in increments of 100 TB and 1 PB sizes for 1-year and 3-year commitment duration. All prices are per month. For more information, please see documentation.

Not available 1-year reserved 3-year reserved
Azure Storage Reserved Capacity Hot Cool Archive Hot Cool Archive
100 TB / month $- $- $- $- $- $-
1 PB / month $- $- $- $- $- $-
Not available 1-year reserved 3-year reserved
Azure Storage Reserved Capacity Hot Cool Archive Hot Cool Archive
100 TB / month $- $- N/A Not Available $- $- N/A Not Available
1 PB / month $- $- N/A Not Available $- $- N/A Not Available
Not available 1-year reserved 3-year reserved
Azure Storage Reserved Capacity Hot Cool Archive Hot Cool Archive
100 TB / month $- $- $- $- $- $-
1 PB / month $- $- $- $- $- $-
Not available 1-year reserved 3-year reserved
Azure Storage Reserved Capacity Hot Cool Archive Hot Cool Archive
100 TB / month $- $- $- $- $- $-
1 PB / month $- $- $- $- $- $-
Not available 1-year reserved 3-year reserved
Azure Storage Reserved Capacity Hot Cool Archive Hot Cool Archive
100 TB / month $- $- N/A Not Available $- $- N/A Not Available
1 PB / month $- $- N/A Not Available $- $- N/A Not Available
Not available 1-year reserved 3-year reserved
Azure Storage Reserved Capacity Hot Cool Archive Hot Cool Archive
100 TB / month $- $- N/A Not Available $- $- N/A Not Available
1 PB / month $- $- N/A Not Available $- $- N/A Not Available

Early deletion penalty

Blobs are subject to an early deletion penalty if they are deleted, overwritten or moved to a different tier before the minimum number of days required by the tier have transpired. Any blob that is moved to the Archive tier is subject to an Archive early deletion period of 180 days. Any blob that is moved to the Cold tier is subject to a Cold tier early deletion period of 90 days. Any blob that is moved to the Cool tier is subject to a Cool tier early deletion period of 30 days. This charge is prorated based on the data storage price of the corresponding tier, i.e. deleting an archived blob after 120 days will lead to this object being charged for 180 days. Please refer to the documentation page for the full details.

Operations and data transfer

Operations and data transfer Premium Hot Cool Cold Archive
Write operations (per 10,000)1 $- $- $- $- $-
List and Create Container Operations (per 10,000)1 $- $- $- $- $-
  • Read operations (per 10,000)1

    • Archive High Priority Read (per 10,000)1
$- $- $- $-
  • $-

  • $-
All other Operations (per 10,000), except Delete, which is free1 $- $- $- $- $-
  • Data Retrieval (per GB)

    • Archive High Priority Retrieval (per GB)
Free Free N/A $- $-
  • $-

  • $-
Data Write (per GB) Free Free N/A $- Free N/A Free N/A
Point-in-time restore Data Processed (per MB) N/A $- $- N/A $-

1Information on mapping API calls to transactions can be found here.
Additional cross-region data transfer network changes may apply based on source/destination of each storage access. Learn more at the Bandwidth pricing page.
When using ADLS Gen2 API for transactions, read and write transactions occur for every 4 MB of data.

For blobs in Archive, the only valid operations are GetBlobProperties, GetBlobMetadata, ListBlobs, SetBlobTier, SetBlobTags, GetBlobTags, FindBlobsByTags, DeleteBlob, and CopyBlob. Setting the tier from Archive to Hot or Cool typically takes up to 15 hours to complete. Learn more.

Operations and data transfer Premium Hot Cool Cold Archive
Write operations (per 10,000)1 $- $- $- N/A $-
List and Create Container Operations (per 10,000)1 $- $- $- N/A $-
  • Read operations (per 10,000)1

    • Archive High Priority Read (per 10,000)1
$- $- $- N/A
  • $-

  • $-
All other Operations (per 10,000), except Delete, which is free1 $- $- $- N/A $-
  • Data Retrieval (per GB)

    • Archive High Priority Retrieval (per GB)
Free Free N/A $- N/A
  • $-

  • $-
Data Write (per GB) Free N/A N/A N/A N/A
Point-in-time restore Data Processed (per MB) N/A N/A N/A N/A Free N/A

1Information on mapping API calls to transactions can be found here.
Additional cross-region data transfer network changes may apply based on source/destination of each storage access. Learn more at the Bandwidth pricing page.
When using ADLS Gen2 API for transactions, read and write transactions occur for every 4 MB of data.

For blobs in Archive, the only valid operations are GetBlobProperties, GetBlobMetadata, ListBlobs, SetBlobTier, SetBlobTags, GetBlobTags, FindBlobsByTags, DeleteBlob, and CopyBlob. Setting the tier from Archive to Hot or Cool typically takes up to 15 hours to complete. Learn more.

Operations and data transfer Premium Hot Cool Cold Archive
Write operations (per 10,000)1 N/A $- $- $- $-
List and Create Container Operations (per 10,000)1 N/A $- $- $- $-
  • Read operations (per 10,000)1

    • Archive High Priority Read (per 10,000)1
N/A $- $- $-
  • $-

  • $-
All other Operations (per 10,000), except Delete, which is free1 N/A $- $- $- $-
  • Data Retrieval (per GB)

    • Archive High Priority Retrieval (per GB)
Free Free N/A $- $-
  • $-

  • $-
Data Write (per GB) Free Free N/A $- Free N/A Free N/A
Point-in-time restore Data Processed (per MB) N/A $- $- N/A $-

1Information on mapping API calls to transactions can be found here.
Additional cross-region data transfer network changes may apply based on source/destination of each storage access. Learn more at the Bandwidth pricing page.
When using ADLS Gen2 API for transactions, read and write transactions occur for every 4 MB of data.

For blobs in Archive, the only valid operations are GetBlobProperties, GetBlobMetadata, ListBlobs, SetBlobTier, SetBlobTags, GetBlobTags, FindBlobsByTags, DeleteBlob, and CopyBlob. Setting the tier from Archive to Hot or Cool typically takes up to 15 hours to complete. Learn more.

Operations and data transfer Premium Hot Cool Cold Archive
Write operations (per 10,000)1 N/A $- $- $- $-
List and Create Container Operations (per 10,000)1 N/A $- $- $- $-
  • Read operations (per 10,000)1

    • Archive High Priority Read (per 10,000)1
N/A $- $- $-
  • $-

  • $-
All other Operations (per 10,000), except Delete, which is free1 N/A $- $- $- $-
  • Data Retrieval (per GB)

    • Archive High Priority Retrieval (per GB)
Free Free N/A $- $-
  • $-

  • $-
Data Write (per GB) Free Free N/A $- Free N/A Free N/A
Point-in-time restore Data Processed (per MB) N/A $- $- N/A $-

1Information on mapping API calls to transactions can be found here.
Additional cross-region data transfer network changes may apply based on source/destination of each storage access. Learn more at the Bandwidth pricing page.
When using ADLS Gen2 API for transactions, read and write transactions occur for every 4 MB of data.

For blobs in Archive, the only valid operations are GetBlobProperties, GetBlobMetadata, ListBlobs, SetBlobTier, SetBlobTags, GetBlobTags, FindBlobsByTags, DeleteBlob, and CopyBlob. Setting the tier from Archive to Hot or Cool typically takes up to 15 hours to complete. Learn more.

Operations and data transfer Premium Hot Cool Cold Archive
Write operations (per 10,000)1 N/A $- $- N/A N/A
List and Create Container Operations (per 10,000)1 N/A $- $- N/A $-
  • Read operations (per 10,000)1

    • Archive High Priority Read (per 10,000)1
N/A $- $- N/A
  • N/A

  • N/A
All other Operations (per 10,000), except Delete, which is free1 N/A $- $- N/A $-
  • Data Retrieval (per GB)

    • Archive High Priority Retrieval (per GB)
Free Free N/A $- N/A
  • N/A

  • N/A
Data Write (per GB) Free N/A N/A N/A N/A
Point-in-time restore Data Processed (per MB) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

1Information on mapping API calls to transactions can be found here.
Additional cross-region data transfer network changes may apply based on source/destination of each storage access. Learn more at the Bandwidth pricing page.
When using ADLS Gen2 API for transactions, read and write transactions occur for every 4 MB of data.

For blobs in Archive, the only valid operations are GetBlobProperties, GetBlobMetadata, ListBlobs, SetBlobTier, SetBlobTags, GetBlobTags, FindBlobsByTags, DeleteBlob, and CopyBlob. Setting the tier from Archive to Hot or Cool typically takes up to 15 hours to complete. Learn more.

Operations and data transfer Premium Hot Cool Cold Archive
Write operations (per 10,000)1 N/A $- $- N/A N/A
List and Create Container Operations (per 10,000)1 N/A $- $- N/A $-
  • Read operations (per 10,000)1

    • Archive High Priority Read (per 10,000)1
N/A $- $- N/A
  • N/A

  • N/A
All other Operations (per 10,000), except Delete, which is free1 N/A $- $- N/A $-
  • Data Retrieval (per GB)

    • Archive High Priority Retrieval (per GB)
Free Free N/A $- N/A
  • N/A

  • N/A
Data Write (per GB) Free N/A N/A N/A N/A
Point-in-time restore Data Processed (per MB) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

1Information on mapping API calls to transactions can be found here.
Additional cross-region data transfer network changes may apply based on source/destination of each storage access. Learn more at the Bandwidth pricing page.
When using ADLS Gen2 API for transactions, read and write transactions occur for every 4 MB of data.

For blobs in Archive, the only valid operations are GetBlobProperties, GetBlobMetadata, ListBlobs, SetBlobTier, SetBlobTags, GetBlobTags, FindBlobsByTags, DeleteBlob, and CopyBlob. Setting the tier from Archive to Hot or Cool typically takes up to 15 hours to complete. Learn more.

Operations and data transfer Premium Hot Cool Archive
Write operations (per 10,000)1 $- $-