Azure Blob Storage pricing

In Brazil Southeast, storing data in LRS costs $0.04238 per GB a month in Hot, $0.02704 in Cool and $0.00971 in Cold. 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 Southeast, LRS. The cheapest tier changes with how much you read. Data transfer out of Azure is extra.

Usage a monthHotCoolCold
Backups1 TB kept, 100,000 writes, 10,000 reads and 10 GB read back$44.31$29.13$12.80 Cheapest
Website images1 TB kept, 100,000 writes, 50 million reads and 2 TB read back$80.71 Cheapest$120.61$742.16
Data lake100 TB kept, 10 million writes, 100 million reads and 20 TB read back$4,416.47$3,295.14 Cheapest$3,327.02

Storage per GB a month

Hot storage gets cheaper with volume; the other tiers have one price.

Access tierFirst 50 TBNext 450 TBOver 500 TB
HotData you read often$0.04238$0.04068$0.03899
CoolRead now and then; kept at least 30 days$0.02704$0.02704$0.02704
ColdRead rarely; kept at least 90 days$0.00971$0.00971$0.00971

Operations and data

A dash means Azure's price list doesn't show that charge for the tier.

ChargePerHotCoolCold
Write operationsPut, copy, create and set requests10,000 operations$0.091$0.13$0.234
Read operationsGet and read requests10,000 operations$0.00728$0.013$0.13
List and create container10,000 operations$0.091——
All other operationsDelete, get properties and the rest10,000 operations$0.00728——
Data retrievalReading data back from Cool, Cold or ArchiveGBFree$0.013$0.039
Early deletionCharged per GB still owed when data leaves Cool, Cold or Archive before the minimum daysGB—$0.02704$0.00971
Blob index tags10,000 tags a month$0.078$0.078$0.078
Blob inventorymillion objects listed$0.00455$0.00455$0.065

Storage by redundancy

First-tier storage per GB a month in Brazil Southeast. Archive is offered with LRS, GRS and RA-GRS only.

RedundancyHotCoolColdArchive
LRSThree copies in one datacenter$0.04238$0.02704$0.00971—
ZRSThree copies across zones in the region————
GRSLRS here plus three copies in the paired region$0.07498$0.04784$0.0172—
RA-GRSGRS, with reads from the paired region$0.09373$0.0598$0.0215—
GZRSZRS here plus three copies in the paired region————
RA-GZRSGZRS, with reads from the paired region————

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 amount1 year1-yr off3 years3-yr off
Hot · 100 TB$3,558.58a month16%$3,211.39a month24%
Hot · 1 PB$34,662.17a month17%$31,107.06a month26%
Hot · 10 PB$328,846.00a month20%$293,295.08a month28%
Cool · 100 TB$2,270.50a month18%$2,048.97a month26%
Cool · 1 PB$22,115.75a month22%$19,847.44a month30%
Cool · 10 PB$209,815.83a month26%$187,133.06a month34%

Storage prices by region

First-tier storage per GB a month, LRS, cheapest Hot first.

RegionHotCoolColdArchive
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.