Azure Blob Storage pricing
In Brazil South, storing data in LRS costs $0.0326 per GB a month in Hot, $0.0177 in Cool, $0.00747 in Cold and $0.0032 in Archive. Operations and reading data back are charged on top, so the cheapest tier depends on how you use it.
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What a month costs
Storage, operations and retrieval in Brazil South, LRS. The cheapest tier changes with how much you read. Data transfer out of Azure is extra.
| Usage a month | Hot | Cool | Cold | Archive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Backups1 TB kept, 100,000 writes, 10,000 reads and 10 GB read back | $34.09 | $19.23 | $9.85 Cheapest | $12.56 |
| Website images1 TB kept, 100,000 writes, 50 million reads and 2 TB read back | $62.08 Cheapest | $89.60 | $570.89 | $35,062.62 |
| Data lake100 TB kept, 10 million writes, 100 million reads and 20 TB read back | $3,405.87 | $2,217.28 Cheapest | $2,559.33 | $71,101.12 |
Storage per GB a month
Hot storage gets cheaper with volume; the other tiers have one price.
| Access tier | First 50 TB | Next 450 TB | Over 500 TB |
|---|---|---|---|
| HotData you read often | $0.0326 | $0.03146 | $0.03032 |
| CoolRead now and then; kept at least 30 days | $0.0177 | $0.0177 | $0.0177 |
| ColdRead rarely; kept at least 90 days | $0.00747 | $0.00747 | $0.00747 |
| ArchiveOffline; hours to read back; kept at least 180 days | $0.0032 | $0.0032 | $0.0032 |
Operations and data
A dash means Azure's price list doesn't show that charge for the tier.
| Charge | Per | Hot | Cool | Cold | Archive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Write operationsPut, copy, create and set requests | 10,000 operations | $0.07 | $0.10 | $0.18 | $0.20 |
| Read operationsGet and read requests | 10,000 operations | $0.0056 | $0.01 | $0.10 | $7.00 |
| List and create container | 10,000 operations | $0.07 | — | — | — |
| All other operationsDelete, get properties and the rest | 10,000 operations | $0.0056 | — | — | — |
| Data retrievalReading data back from Cool, Cold or Archive | GB | Free | $0.01 | $0.03 | $0.028 |
| High-priority retrieval (Archive)Rehydrate from Archive in under an hour | GB | — | — | — | $0.20 |
| High-priority reads (Archive) | 10,000 operations | — | — | — | $100.00 |
| Early deletionCharged per GB still owed when data leaves Cool, Cold or Archive before the minimum days | GB | — | $0.0208 | $0.00747 | $0.0032 |
| Blob index tags | 10,000 tags a month | $0.06 | $0.06 | $0.06 | $0.06 |
| Blob inventory | million objects listed | $0.0035 | $0.0035 | $0.05 | — |
Storage by redundancy
First-tier storage per GB a month in Brazil South. Archive is offered with LRS, GRS and RA-GRS only.
| Redundancy | Hot | Cool | Cold | Archive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LRSThree copies in one datacenter | $0.0326 | $0.0177 | $0.00747 | $0.0032 |
| ZRSThree copies across zones in the region | $0.04075 | $0.0221 | $0.0083 | — |
| GRSLRS here plus three copies in the paired region | $0.0652 | $0.0354 | $0.0118 | $0.0056 |
| RA-GRSGRS, with reads from the paired region | $0.0832 | $0.0443 | $0.0147 | $0.0056 |
| GZRSZRS here plus three copies in the paired region | $0.08611 | $0.0684 | $0.0126 | — |
| RA-GZRSGZRS, with reads from the paired region | $0.1076 | $0.0855 | $0.0158 | — |
Reserved capacity
Commit to a block of LRS storage for 1 or 3 years. Shown per month, against the pay-as-you-go price for the same amount. Operations are still pay as you go.
| Tier and amount | 1 year | 1-yr off | 3 years | 3-yr off |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hot · 100 TB | $2,737.33a month | 17% | $2,203.25a month | 33% |
| Hot · 1 PB | $26,663.17a month | 18% | $21,193.81a month | 35% |
| Hot · 10 PB | $252,958.50a month | 21% | $201,683.11a month | 37% |
| Cool · 100 TB | $1,486.25a month | 18% | $1,341.22a month | 26% |
| Cool · 1 PB | $14,476.67a month | 22% | $12,991.86a month | 30% |
| Cool · 10 PB | $137,342.50a month | 26% | $122,494.64a month | 34% |
| Archive · 100 TB | $291.67a month | 11% | $268.69a month | 18% |
| Archive · 1 PB | $2,852.17a month | 15% | $2,617.25a month | 22% |
| Archive · 10 PB | $26,843.58a month | 20% | $24,830.28a month | 26% |
Storage prices by region
First-tier storage per GB a month, LRS, cheapest Hot first.
| Region | Hot | Cool | Cold | Archive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia Centralindonesiacentral | $0.018 | $0.01 | $0.00405 | $0.0018 |
| Malaysia Westmalaysiawest | $0.018 | $0.01 | $0.00405 | $0.0018 |
| Central UScentralus | $0.0184 | $0.01 | $0.00443 | $0.002 |
| East US 2eastus2 | $0.0184 | $0.01 | $0.0036 | $0.002 |
| South Central USsouthcentralus | $0.0184 | $0.01 | $0.00432 | $0.0024 |
| Spain Centralspaincentral | $0.0184 | $0.01 | $0.0045 | $0.0018 |
| Sweden Centralswedencentral | $0.0184 | $0.01 | $0.0036 | $0.00099 |
| Sweden Southswedensouth | $0.0184 | $0.01 | $0.0036 | $0.00099 |
| West Central USwestcentralus | $0.0184 | $0.01 | $0.00432 | $0.002 |
| West US 2westus2 | $0.0184 | $0.01 | $0.0036 | $0.00099 |
| West US 3westus3 | $0.0184 | $0.01 | $0.0036 | $0.00099 |
| France Centralfrancecentral | $0.0192 | $0.0105 | $0.0045 | $0.0018 |
| Italy Northitalynorth | $0.0192 | $0.01 | $0.0045 | $0.0018 |
| UK Southuksouth | $0.0192 | $0.0105 | $0.0045 | $0.0018 |
| UK Westukwest | $0.0192 | $0.0105 | $0.00472 | $0.0025 |
| Germany Northgermanynorth | $0.0196 | $0.01 | $0.0045 | $0.0018 |
| Germany West Centralgermanywestcentral | $0.0196 | $0.01 | $0.0045 | $0.0018 |
| Poland Centralpolandcentral | $0.0196 | $0.01 | $0.0045 | — |
| West Europewesteurope | $0.0196 | $0.01 | $0.0045 | $0.0018 |
| Australia Centralaustraliacentral | $0.02 | $0.015 | $0.0045 | $0.00326 |
| Australia Central 2australiacentral2 | $0.02 | $0.015 | $0.0045 | $0.005 |
| Australia Eastaustraliaeast | $0.02 | $0.011 | $0.0045 | $0.002 |
| Australia Southeastaustraliasoutheast | $0.02 | $0.015 | $0.00504 | $0.0029 |
| Canada Centralcanadacentral | $0.02 | $0.011 | $0.0045 | $0.0018 |
| Canada Eastcanadaeast | $0.02 | $0.011 | $0.0045 | $0.0024 |
| Central Indiacentralindia | $0.02 | $0.011 | $0.0045 | $0.002 |
| India South Centralindiasouthcentral | $0.02 | $0.011 | $0.0045 | — |
| Israel Centralisraelcentral | $0.02 | $0.01104 | $0.0045 | — |
| Japan Eastjapaneast | $0.02 | $0.011 | $0.0045 | $0.002 |
| Japan Westjapanwest | $0.02 | $0.011 | $0.0045 | $0.002 |
| Jio India Centraljioindiacentral | $0.02 | $0.011 | $0.0045 | $0.002 |
| Jio India Westjioindiawest | $0.02 | $0.011 | $0.0045 | $0.002 |
| Korea Centralkoreacentral | $0.02 | $0.011 | $0.0045 | $0.002 |
| Korea Southkoreasouth | $0.02 | $0.0144 | $0.0045 | $0.0027 |
| New Zealand Northnewzealandnorth | $0.02 | $0.01155 | $0.004725 | — |
| Qatar Centralqatarcentral | $0.02 | $0.01104 | $0.0045 | — |
| Southeast Asiasoutheastasia | $0.02 | $0.011 | $0.0045 | $0.002 |
| West Indiawestindia | $0.02 | $0.0152 | $0.00497 | — |
| UAE Northuaenorth | $0.02028 | $0.012 | $0.0045 | $0.0018 |
| East USeastus | $0.0208 | $0.0152 | $0.0036 | $0.00099 |
| North Central USnorthcentralus | $0.0208 | $0.0152 | $0.0036 | $0.00099 |
| West USwestus | $0.0208 | $0.0115 | $0.0045 | $0.002 |
| Switzerland Northswitzerlandnorth | $0.02156 | $0.011 | $0.00515 | $0.00198 |
| Norway Eastnorwayeast | $0.0216 | $0.011 | $0.00515 | $0.001416 |
| South Africa Northsouthafricanorth | $0.0219 | $0.0119 | $0.0045 | $0.001326 |
| North Europenortheurope | $0.022 | $0.01 | $0.0036 | $0.00099 |
| Mexico Centralmexicocentral | $0.02288 | $0.01672 | $0.00396 | — |
| South Indiasouthindia | $0.0238 | $0.015 | $0.00544 | $0.003 |
| East Asiaeastasia | $0.024 | $0.011 | $0.0045 | $0.002 |
| France Southfrancesouth | $0.02496 | $0.01365 | $0.00585 | $0.00304 |
| UAE Centraluaecentral | $0.02548 | $0.013 | $0.00585 | $0.00234 |
| South Africa Westsouthafricawest | $0.0274 | $0.0149 | $0.00585 | $0.001663 |
| Norway Westnorwaywest | $0.028 | $0.0143 | $0.00669 | $0.00184 |
| Switzerland Westswitzerlandwest | $0.02807 | $0.0143 | $0.00669 | $0.00351 |
| US Gov Arizonausgovarizona | $0.0296 | $0.016 | $0.00576 | $0.0024 |
| US Gov Texasusgovtexas | $0.0296 | $0.016 | $0.00576 | $0.003 |
| US Gov Virginiausgovvirginia | $0.0296 | $0.016 | $0.00576 | $0.0024 |
| Brazil Southbrazilsouth | $0.0326 | $0.0177 | $0.00747 | $0.0032 |
| Brazil Southeastbrazilsoutheast | $0.04238 | $0.02704 | $0.00971 | — |
Prices from the Azure Retail Prices API for block blobs in a general-purpose v2 account, updated 2026-11-12. Cool, Cold and Archive charge early deletion for data kept fewer than 30, 90 or 180 days. Data transfer out, premium block blobs and Data Lake (hierarchical namespace) are priced separately.