Azure Storage Account · FinOps Profile

Azure Storage Account Finops

FOCUS-aligned FinOps for Azure Storage: per-GB-month capacity, per-10K-transaction operations, per-GB egress, and tier-based pricing (Hot/Cool/Cold/Archive on Blob; Standard/Premium on Files). Reserved Capacity covers Block Blob and Azure Files for committed workloads.

Azure Storage Account Finops is the FinOps profile for Azure Storage Account on the APIs.io network, aligned with the FinOps Foundation Framework.

It defines 7 billable meters, billed in USD, on a monthly cycle, and pricing category pay-as-you-go + committed use.

The profile maps 8 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.

Tagged areas include Storage, Blob, FinOps, and FOCUS.

Category: Storage Pricing: Pay-As-You-Go + Committed Use Billing: Monthly FOCUS v1.3
StorageBlobFinOpsFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

UsagePurchaseTaxAdjustment

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
Microsoft Corporation
PricingCategory
Pay-As-You-Go
ProviderName
Microsoft
PublisherName
Microsoft Corporation
ServiceCategory
Storage
ServiceName
Azure Storage

Meters

blob_capacity
Unit: GB-month
Block / page / append blob storage by access tier
blob_transactions
Unit: operation
Read / write / list / scan operations on blob storage
file_capacity
Unit: GB-month
Azure Files capacity
file_transactions
Unit: operation
Azure Files SMB/NFS operations
queue_table_transactions
Unit: operation
Queue and Table operations
data_retrieval
Unit: GB
Cold / Archive retrieval throughput charges
egress_bandwidth
Unit: GB
Cross-region / internet egress

Sources