Microsoft AzureAzure Blob Storage
$235.60- Hot blob storage: 1 TB at $19.60 / TB$19.60
- Internet egress: 3 TB at $72.00 / TB$216.00
Pay-as-you-go reference rates for West Europe, reviewed 25 September 2026. Operation charges are excluded.
Seemi S3-Compatible Storage vs Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage vs Seemi Cloud: Storage and Egress Costs
1 TB stored with 3 TB of internet egress costs $235.60 a month on Azure Blob Storage and $10.31 on Seemi Cloud S3-compatible storage, with egress included. See where the difference comes from.
LIKE-FOR-LIKE BASIS
The configuration being compared
Pricing comparisons are meaningful only when region, capacity, duration, storage, and service assumptions are visible.
West Europe / Amsterdam comparison basis
1 TB stored for one month
3 TB internet egress (downloads from the bucket)
Azure figure excludes read, write, and list operation charges
Flat namespace Azure Blob reference
MONTHLY ESTIMATE
A transparent price comparison
Estimated monthly difference: $225.29 USDEquivalent to 95.6% for the selected assumptions.Seemi Cloud price uses the S3-Compatible Storage Usage-based tier in any storage region: 1,000 GB storage, 3,000 GB egress.
THE EGRESS TRAP
Egress is the cost most cloud buyers don't see coming
Storage is the price everyone compares. But every time data leaves a hyperscaler's network, whether customers download files, your website serves images, or you restore a backup elsewhere, you pay again. On Azure that is $72.00 for every terabyte. In this example, egress makes up 92% of the Azure bill.
The storage looks cheap. The downloads are the bill.
Storing 1 TB on Azure costs $19.60 a month. Downloading it 3 times adds $216.00, 11 times the cost of the storage itself.
Seemi Cloud includes egress in the storage price
Every terabyte you store at $10.31 comes with up to 3 TB of monthly egress. The same workload costs $10.31 in total, about 22 times less than Azure.
Predictable when usage grows
Beyond the allowance, egress costs $25.00 / TB, 35% of Azure's rate. There are no per-request fees for reads, writes, or listings.
How the monthly bill grows with egress (1 TB stored)
| Internet egress per month | Azure Blob Storage | Seemi Cloud | Seemi Cloud saving |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 TB | $19.60 | $10.31 | 47% |
| 1 TB | $91.60 | $10.31 | 89% |
| 3 TB | $235.60 | $10.31 | 96% |
| 5 TB | $379.60 | $60.31 | 84% |
| 10 TB | $739.60 | $185.31 | 75% |
Azure figures use the reference rates above and exclude operation charges. Seemi Cloud figures use current public pricing. Rates last reviewed 25 September 2026.
BEYOND THE NUMBER
Compare service assumptions, not only price
Cloud products rarely map perfectly. Review architectural, operational, support, and billing differences before making a decision.
AreaSeemi CloudAzure example
API modelS3-compatible HTTPS API.Azure Blob Storage API and Azure SDK ecosystem.
Internet egressIncluded up to 3x stored data, then $25.00 / TB.Charged on every TB downloaded: $72.00 / TB in this example.
Request chargesNo separate read, write, or list request charges.Read, write, and list operations are billed in addition to storage and egress.
Free tierThe free Seemi storage tier includes up to 5 GB.Azure free-account or promotional allowances are separate and time dependent.
ReplicationSupported cross-region replication can be configured where available.Azure redundancy and replication models depend on the selected storage option.
QUESTIONS
Frequently asked questions
Why do egress fees surprise so many cloud customers?+
Most buyers compare storage prices, but egress is billed separately every time data leaves the provider's network: user downloads, website and CDN traffic, backups restored elsewhere, and migrations. It depends on how your data is used, which is hard to predict before launch. In this example egress is 92% of the Azure bill, 11 times the cost of the storage itself.
How is Seemi Cloud 95.6% cheaper in this example?+
Seemi Cloud charges $10.31 / TB of stored data and includes egress up to 3x that amount. For 1 TB stored and 3 TB downloaded, the bill is $10.31. The same workload on Azure costs $235.60, mostly in egress charges.
What happens if I use more egress than the included allowance?+
Egress beyond 3x your stored data costs $25.00 / TB, compared with $72.00 / TB in this Azure example.
Are API calls charged separately by Seemi?+
No. The current public pricing model does not add a separate read, write, or list request line item. Review the current pricing page and agreement before purchase.
Is Seemi object storage Amazon S3?+
No. It is an S3-compatible service. Standard operations are supported according to the documented implementation, but provider-specific features must be tested.
Is replication the same as backup?+
No. Replication improves resilience but can replicate unwanted changes or deletion. Critical data needs an independently tested recovery plan.
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