
To reduce the cost, you can try the following workarounds: The estimated cost may occur to be significantly higher due to the backup frequency, cross-region data transfer and snapshot charges.
The cost of making API requests to Microsoft Azure during data protection operations. If you get a warning message regarding additional costs associated with cross-region data transfer, you can click View details to see available cost-effective options. The cost of transferring Azure VM data between Azure regions during data protection operations (for example, if a protected Azure VM and the target storage account reside in different regions). The cost of creating and maintaining image-level backups of the Azure VMs.įor each Azure VM included in the backup policy, Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure takes into account the total size of virtual disks attached, the number of restore points to be kept in the backup chain, and the configured scheduling settings. The cost of creating and maintaining snapshots of the Azure VMs.įor each Azure VM included in the backup policy, Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure takes into account the total size of virtual disks attached, the number of restore points to be kept in the snapshot chain, and the configured scheduling settings. The total estimated cost includes the following: At the Cost Estimation step of the wizard, review the approximate monthly cost of Azure services that Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure will require to protect the Azure VMs added to the backup policy.