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 BackupWhat goes into the cost of using Cloud Backup

The cost of Cloud Backup depends on the number of protected VMs and the total size of storage used by backups.

VM protectionVM 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, the VM will be unlinked 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 1 VM per month.

Using storageUsing 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.

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

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.

PricingPricing

Protected Cloud Backup VMsProtected Cloud Backup VMs

Resource category	Cost of 1 VM (per month), without VAT
VM connected to Cloud Backup	$1.910400

Backup storageBackup storage

Service	Cost of 1 GB per month, without VAT
Backup storage	$0.033600

The monthly usage rate is based on 720 hours per month.

Cost calculation exampleCost 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 × $1.910400 + 50 GB × $0.033600 = $3.590400

$3.590400 is the cost of using Cloud Backup to protect one VM with the total size of backups amounting to 50 GB per month, without VAT.

Where:

• 1: Number of VMs linked to backup policies.
• $1.910400: Cost of connecting 1 VM to Cloud Backup per month, without VAT.
• 50 GB: Total size of backups.
• $0.033600: Cost of storing 1 GB of backups per month, without VAT.