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Storage 7.9/10

Archive-tier block blob storage; rehydration delay (hours), 180-day minimum retention, retrieval and egress fees apply

Azure Blob Storage scores 7.9/10 for free value in Storage. The main constraint: Paid — $0.00099/GB-month. Archive-tier block blob storage; rehydration delay (hours), 180-day minimum retention, retrieval and egress fees apply.

Category Storage Kind Paid plan

Free value score

7.9 / 10
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Overall 7.9/10
value = 7.9/100
weighted_components_v1
Storage value 7.7/10
value = 23.2 ×
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Egress/API fit 8.2/10
value = 8.2/100
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Access friction 8/10
value = 8/100
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Key metrics

$0.00099/GB
180-day
archive

What you get

Paid — $0.00099/GB-month. Archive-tier block blob storage; rehydration delay (hours), 180-day minimum retention, retrieval and egress fees apply

~1,010 GB stored per $1/mo; cold archive, retrieval extra

Gotchas

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Sources

paid value storage
Open service ← All Storage

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