Estimate monthly Azure Managed Disk costs by SKU, size, and redundancy.
Last verified: May 2026
| Type | Best For | Max IOPS | Max Throughput | SLA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard HDD | Backups, dev/test | 500 | 60 MB/s | No |
| Standard SSD | Web servers, light workloads | 6,000 | 750 MB/s | Yes |
| Premium SSD | Production, databases | 20,000 | 900 MB/s | Yes |
| Premium SSD v2 | High-perf databases, analytics | 80,000 | 1,200 MB/s | Yes |
| Ultra Disk | SAP HANA, top-tier databases | 400,000 | 4,000 MB/s | Yes |
Output will appear here...The estimator multiplies disk capacity by per-GB rates per SKU/redundancy, then adds per-IOPS and per-MBps charges for SKUs that bill those independently (Premium SSD v2, Ultra Disk). For Premium SSD and Standard SSD, capacity dictates IOPS/throughput tier (P10/P20/P30/etc.), so it shows the implicit performance allocation alongside cost.
The Azure Disk Cost Estimator calculates monthly costs for Azure Managed Disks across all available SKUs including Standard HDD, Standard SSD, Premium SSD, Premium SSD v2, and Ultra Disk. Select your disk size, performance tier, and redundancy option to see a precise monthly cost projection that includes both capacity and any provisioned IOPS or throughput charges. The tool helps you understand the price-performance tradeoffs between disk types so you can match your workload's latency and throughput requirements to the most cost-effective SKU. It is especially useful when planning VM fleets where disk costs can rival or exceed compute costs.
Your DBA team is sizing a new SQL Server VM and considering a 2 TB Premium SSD P40 disk for ~$330/month, providing 7,500 IOPS. The actual workload only needs 5,000 IOPS most of the time. Switching to Premium SSD v2 at 2 TB + 5,000 provisioned IOPS costs $170/month base + $10/month for IOPS above the free 3,000 = $180 total. You save $150/month and can scale IOPS up later if needed without resizing the disk.
Premium SSD v2 fundamentally changes the cost model: you pay for capacity ($0.085/GB/mo), provisioned IOPS above the 3,000 free baseline ($0.005/IOPS/mo), and provisioned throughput above the 125 MB/s free baseline ($0.04/MBps/mo). For most general-purpose VMs, this is significantly cheaper than equivalent Premium SSD because you don't pay for IOPS you don't use.
Bursting on Premium SSD (P30 and below) provides up to 30 minutes of higher IOPS per day. Many teams forget this is included for free and pay for a larger disk SKU than they need. Check whether your workload's burst pattern fits within the credit window before sizing up.
Ultra Disk and Premium SSD v2 do NOT support all VM SKUs and are not available in every region. Verify region/SKU compatibility before sizing, or you'll plan a Premium SSD v2 deployment and discover at provision time that your VM family doesn't support it.
Premium SSD v2 lets you independently provision IOPS (up to 80,000) and throughput (up to 1,200 MBps) without upgrading disk size, and you only pay for what you provision. Premium SSD ties IOPS and throughput to the disk size tier. v2 is ideal when you need high performance on a relatively small disk.
The estimator focuses on running disk costs (capacity plus provisioned performance). Snapshot costs depend on the amount of changed data and the snapshot storage tier, which are separate line items. Factor in snapshot costs separately for a complete picture.
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