Azure Storage Account Plans Pricing
Azure Storage charges per data service (Blob, Files, Queues, Tables, Disks) on multiple axes - capacity (per GB-month, varying by tier and redundancy), transactions (per 10,000 ops by service / tier), egress (per GB; same-region same-AZ free), and feature add-ons such as object replication, change feed, and reservations. Performance tier (Standard vs Premium) and access tier (Hot, Cool, Cold, Archive) drive both capacity and transaction rates. Reserved capacity (1-yr / 3-yr) provides up to ~38% discount on capacity for predictable workloads.
Plans
General-purpose v2 / Blob Storage with Hot, Cool, Cold, and Archive access tiers and LRS/ZRS/GRS/RA-GRS/GZRS redundancy options.
- Hot / Cool / Cold / Archive tiers
- LRS, ZRS, GRS, RA-GRS, GZRS redundancy
- Lifecycle policies
- Object replication
SSD-backed block blob storage for low-latency / high-IOPS workloads. Higher capacity cost; lower per-transaction cost.
- SSD-backed performance
- LRS / ZRS only
- Lower latency for object workloads
Managed SMB / NFS file shares. Standard (HDD) and Premium (SSD) performance tiers; transaction-optimized / Hot / Cool sub-tiers on Standard.
- SMB 3.x / NFS 4.1
- Transaction-optimized / Hot / Cool / Premium sub-tiers
- Snapshots
Per-message queue / per-entity table storage. Capacity and per-10,000-transaction pricing.
- SLA-backed message queue
- NoSQL key-attribute table store
1-year or 3-year reserved capacity commitment for Block Blob and Azure Files. Up to ~38% capacity discount.
- Block Blob and Azure Files coverage
- Capacity-only discount (transactions still PAYG)
- Account-scoped or shared-scope