Azure Managed Disks pricing

PATNAM CHARAN SAI 0 Reputation points
2025-05-09T12:10:21.7633333+00:00

So if i have azure VM with OS disk 128GB with standard SSD i will be charged for full not based on the usage of space. But if i have standard HDD 128GB OS disk ,i will be charged only for what i use ?For example in HDD i will be charged for using only 70GB even though my total size is 128GB but in Standard SSD and Premium i will charged for full even though i dont use full 128GB ?

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A high-performance, durable block storage designed to be used with Azure Virtual Machines and Azure VMware Solution.
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  1. TP 124.7K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2025-05-09T12:30:39.16+00:00

    Hi,

    You will be charged for full size in all three cases (Standard SSD, Premium SSD, Standard HDD) that you mentioned. For example, for 128 GiB LRS OS Disk in East US region:

    Premium SSD P10 $19.71/month + outbound data transfers (if any)

    Standard SSD E10 $9.60/month + transaction charges + outbound data transfers (if any)

    Standard HDD S10 $5.89/month + transaction charges + outbound data transfers (if any)

    Please see Managed Disks pricing using link below:

    https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/managed-disks/

    Please click Accept Answer and upvote if the above was helpful.

    Thanks.

    -TP

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  2. Hari Babu Vattepally 3,270 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
    2025-05-14T09:14:13.91+00:00

    Hi @PATNAM CHARAN SAI ,

    The pricing for Azure Managed Disks, particularly for Standard SSDs and Standard HDDs, is as follows:

    1. Standard SSDs and Premium SSDs: Both types are billed for the full provisioned size, regardless of actual usage. For example, if you have a 128GB Standard SSD, you’ll be charged for the entire 128GB.
    2. Standard HDDs: These are charged based on actual used space. If you have a 128GB Standard HDD but use only 70GB, you will be charged for the 70GB used.

    Therefore, your understanding is correct: Standard SSDs and Premium SSDs are billed for the full size, while Standard HDDs are billed based on actual usage.

    For more information, please refer to check out the Managed Disks Pricing link for detailed info on pricing and billing.

    Hope the above suggestion helps! Please let us know do you have any further queries.

    Please do consider to “Accept the answer” wherever the information provided helps you, this can be beneficial to other community members. 


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