Yandex Cloud Backup pricing policy before April 1, 2024
This is the old version of the pricing policy that expired on April 1, 2024. For the current Cloud Backup pricing policy, see Yandex Cloud Backup pricing policy.
What goes into the cost of using Cloud Backup
The cost of Cloud Backup depends on the number of VMs to back up and the total storage space used for backups.
VM protection
You start paying for a VM in Cloud Backup as soon as you link it to a backup policy. Regardless of the VM status, you will be charged for the VM until you unlink it from the policy.
If you delete a VM in Yandex Compute Cloud using the management console, this will also unlink such a VM from all policies. If you delete a VM using the CLI, Terraform, or API, it will not be unlinked from policies automatically. You need to unlink it yourself.
The minimum billing unit is one VM per month.
Using the storage
You are charged for the total size of storage used by backups.
The minimum billing unit is 1 hour of storing 1 MB of data.
In all calculations: 1 GB = 230 bytes, 1 MB = 220 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 the 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 it, e.g., when there are many backups and their data is continuously modified and poorly compressed.
Prices
Protected Cloud Backup VMs
| Resource category | Cost per VM per month, including VAT |
|---|---|
| VM connected to Cloud Backup | ₽238.8000 |
Backup storage
| Service | Price per GB per month, including VAT |
|---|---|
| Backup storage | ₽4.2000 |
The monthly prices are based on 720 hours per month.
Cost calculation example
Here is an example of calculating the cost of Cloud Backup for the following configuration:
- One VM is linked to backup policies.
- Total size of backups is 50 GB.
1 VM × ₽238.8000 + 50 GB × ₽4.2000 = ₽448.8000
Total: ₽448.8000, cost of using Cloud Backup per VM with a total of 50 GB of backups per month, including VAT.
Where:
- 1: Number of VMs linked to backup policies.
- ₽238.8000: Price of connecting one VM to Cloud Backup per month, including VAT.
- 50 GB: Total size of backups.
- ₽4.2000: Price of storing 1 GB of backups per month, including VAT.