Cost Calculator

How much is your Azure backup actually costing you?

Storage is only part of the equation. Understand the true cost of backup, including recovery time, risk exposure and long-term resilience.

Estimate your storage savings and see how backup architecture impacts cost at scale.

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Azure File Shares (TB)
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Retention Period
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Data Change Rate
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Monthly Cost Comparison
Native Azure Backup
Azure Backup
$153.06
per month
VS
Datto Backup
Datto Backup for Microsoft Azure
$104.08
estimated per month
$48.98
Estimated monthly savings
$587.76 estimated annual savings
32%
Cost Reduction
Azure Archive Tier in Effect: At this retention period, Azure reduces costs by moving data to archive storage. This introduces delayed recovery times (hours to days), additional access costs, no immediate file-level restores, and more complex recovery workflows.

Backup cost isn’t just what you store, it’s how you can recover

Native Azure Backup focuses on storage, leveraging archive tiers as retention grows. While this flattens storage costs, it introduces tradeoffs when accessing or restoring data.

  • Delayed recovery due to rehydration requirements
  • Additional costs to access archived data
  • Limited immediate access to older backups
  • More complex recovery workflows

Datto Backup for Microsoft Azure is built differently. By optimizing how backup data is stored, protected and accessed, costs scale more efficiently over time – especially in larger environments and over longer retention periods – without sacrificing recoverability or resilience.

Built for cyber resilience, not just storage

Datto Backup for Microsot Azure leverages next-generation object storage and purpose-built cloud architecture to deliver efficiency, protection, and recovery performance at scale.

Smarter storage with deduplication and compression

Only unique data is stored across backups using file- and block-level deduplication and compression, dramatically reducing storage footprint as your environment grows.

Immutable backups with Cloud Deletion Defense

Backup data is protected from modification or deletion, safeguarding it from ransomware and malicious activity. Cloud Deletion Defense ensures recoverability even if backup policies are mistakenly or maliciously altered.

Redundant cloud architecture and isolated credentials

Store backups in a purpose-built cloud outside of Microsoft Azure. Access is fully separated from production credentials, reducing the risk of attackers compromising both environments at once.

Early threat detection with anomaly monitoring

Identify suspicious activity before it becomes a full-scale incident. Backup-based anomaly detection continuously analyzes changes in data patterns, helping detect ransomware or mass data changes early.

Blazing fast backup and recovery

Multi-threaded storage architecture delivers high-performance backup and restore operations, even for large file shares, so you're not waiting when recovery matters most.

See your true backup cost, and how to reduce it

Get a personalized estimate of your potential savings and see how Datto improves recovery performance and reduces cost without compromising resilience.

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Azure calculator costs apply the following assumptions: GRS (region-redundant support), GFS retention with snapshot backup policy, hot performance tier storage, 24x7 Standard support.

Savings estimates are directional, based on modeled assumptions for data growth, retention and data reduction. Actual results may vary based on dataset composition, change rates, and achieved deduplication and compression efficiency.