Pricing for Yandex Cloud Backup
To calculate the cost of using Cloud Backup, see the prices on this page.
What goes into the cost of using Cloud Backup
The cost of Cloud Backup depends on the number of protected VMs and the total size of storage used by backups.
VM protection
You start paying for a VM in Cloud Backup once you link it to a backup policy. You will be charged for the VM until you unlink it from the policy regardless of the VM status.
If you delete a VM in Yandex Compute Cloud using the management console
The minimum billing unit is 1 VM per month.
Note
As of April 1, 2024, hourly billing of VMs connected to Cloud Backup will be introduced. The monthly cost of consumption will remain unchanged and will be based on 720 hours per month.
Using storage
A fee is charged for the total size of storage used by backups.
The minimum billable unit is 1 hour of storing 1 MB of data.
In all calculations, 1 GB = 230 bytes.
If a VM is stopped or deleted, its backups are still stored in Cloud Backup and you continue to pay for their volume stored. The backup size depends on the following:
- VM disk usage
- Amount of data updated during regular backups
- Data compression option
Note
To pay less, delete the backups of deleted VMs that you no longer need.
The size of VM backups can fall short of the VM disk size, e.g., if the VM disk usage is low and the level of data compression is high, or exceed the same, e.g., when there are many backups and their data is continuously modified and poorly compressed.
Pricing
Protected Cloud Backup VMs
Resource category | Cost of 1 VM (per month), without VAT |
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VM connected to Cloud Backup | $1.910400 |
Backup storage
Service | Cost of 1 GB per month, without VAT |
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Backup storage | $0.033600 |
The monthly usage rate is based on 720 hours a month.
Example of cost calculation
Example of calculating the cost of Cloud Backup for the following configuration:
- One VM is linked to backup policies.
- The total size of backups is 50 GB.
1 VM × $1.910400 + 50 GB × $0.033600 = $3.590400
Total: $3.590400 is the cost of using Cloud Backup to protect one VM with the total size of backups amounting to 50 GB per month, without VAT.
Where:
- 1: Number of VMs linked to backup policies.
- $1.910400: Cost of connecting 1 VM to Cloud Backup per month, including
- 50 GB: Total size of backups.
- $0.033600: Cost of storing 1 GB of backups per month, without VAT.