Need assistance on backup cost report

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Need assistance on backup cost report

Siva 646

Hi Team,

Do we have any way to get the backup cost in the backup report in the backupcenter or with any api? with detailed way.

Sandhya Kommineni 2,730 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-12-02T08:48:33.1466667+00:00
Hello Siva,

Thanks for posting your question in Microsoft Q&A forum

Yes, you can get backup cost details with Azure Backup Center and via APIs, using Azure Cost Management + Billing and Azure Backup reporting tools.

Using Backup Center and Portal Reports-

Azure Backup Center provides reports with overall backup health, usage, and performance.

For cost specifically, Backup Center and Azure portal integrate with Azure Cost Management + Billing where you can filter for Backup service and drill down by vault, resource group, subscription, or tags. see here

In Cost Management, you can filter by Backup service and select your Recovery Services Vault to obtain backup cost breakdowns by workload and resource. This gives detailed cost visibility including backup storage and transaction costs per workload.

And also use this document to view backup reports in azure portal https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/view-reports

Using APIs to get detailed backup cost:

Use Azure Consumption REST APIs or Cost Management APIs to programmatically get invoices and usage details & query cost data.

API examples: Cost Management Query API lets you query cost by resource or tag with filters for Backup service. You can specify time range, aggregation by resource, and filters for Microsoft.RecoveryServices or Backup services.

This returns detailed cost metrics, which you can further analyze to get backup cost per instance or vault.

Refer document for more details: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/cost-management/query/usage?view=rest-cost-management-2025-03-01&tabs=HTTP

These resources provide detailed methods to retrieve backup cost data either interactively in the portal or programmatically via API.

Referral document:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/backup/azure-backup-pricing#download-detailed-estimates-for-azure-backup-pricing

I hope this helps do let me know if you have any queries
Sandhya Kommineni 2,730 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-12-03T04:30:22.4233333+00:00

Hello Siva, just checking to see if you have a chance to check my previous response and helped, do let me know if you have any further questions on this.
Siva 646 Reputation points

2025-12-04T01:22:00.8533333+00:00

do we have api powershell script for getting the backup cost?
Sandhya Kommineni 2,730 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-12-05T03:09:14.0666667+00:00

Hello Siva, there is no single Get-AzBackupCost cmdlet instead, the supported way is to call the Cost Management API (or use cost exports) from PowerShell and filter/group by the Azure Backup resource types (for example, Recovery Services vaults, protected items) to derive backup costs.

Refer: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/az.costmanagement/invoke-azcostmanagementquery?view=azps-15.1.0

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/az.costmanagement/new-azcostmanagementexport?view=azps-15.0.0

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/az.costmanagement/?view=azps-15.1.0
Siva 646 Reputation points

2025-12-05T06:37:38.5833333+00:00

Is it possible to get cost for each vm and its associated cost, we have modified vm backup with vault archive, but while try to identify the cost , grs data storage cost is common for vm,sql. do we have any different way to get the difference on the cost? while we use vault archive for long retention and stanard cost reduction details? and is there any way to coordinate with azure workbook to update perioedically?
Sandhya Kommineni 2,730 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-12-05T08:59:50.37+00:00
Hello Siva, thanks for follow-up,

As per Microsoft Pricing cost of backup relies on RSV which has two major components:

Protected instances cost -A per‑instance fee based on the size of the protected data before compression

You can usually see or derive per‑instance (per VM or per SQL workload) backup size and instance charges, but you cannot get a fully accurate official storage bill line per VM from the platform when all data is in one vault. Any per‑VM storage cost will be an estimate based on each item’s share of total used backup storage rather than a native billing split.

Please refer to the below screenshot

Please refer to the below Pricing calculator link

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/pricing/details/backup/

2)Storage cost-The total backup data stored in the vault (LRS/GRS, standard vs archive). Storage is aggregated per vault and not naturally split by workload.

Because the storage line item is per vault, the GRS backup storage cost appears as a single bucket covering VM, SQL, and other workloads together

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/pricing/calculator/ From above link Navigate to Management and Governance-->azure backup-->provide your inputs and export

I hope this helps

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Sandhya Kommineni 2,730 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-12-03T04:30:22.4233333+00:00

Hello Siva, just checking to see if you have a chance to check my previous response and helped, do let me know if you have any further questions on this.
Siva 646 Reputation points

2025-12-04T01:22:00.8533333+00:00

do we have api powershell script for getting the backup cost?
Sandhya Kommineni 2,730 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-12-05T03:09:14.0666667+00:00

Hello Siva, there is no single Get-AzBackupCost cmdlet instead, the supported way is to call the Cost Management API (or use cost exports) from PowerShell and filter/group by the Azure Backup resource types (for example, Recovery Services vaults, protected items) to derive backup costs.

Refer: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/az.costmanagement/invoke-azcostmanagementquery?view=azps-15.1.0

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/az.costmanagement/new-azcostmanagementexport?view=azps-15.0.0

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/az.costmanagement/?view=azps-15.1.0
Siva 646 Reputation points

2025-12-05T06:37:38.5833333+00:00

Is it possible to get cost for each vm and its associated cost, we have modified vm backup with vault archive, but while try to identify the cost , grs data storage cost is common for vm,sql. do we have any different way to get the difference on the cost? while we use vault archive for long retention and stanard cost reduction details? and is there any way to coordinate with azure workbook to update perioedically?
Sandhya Kommineni 2,730 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-12-05T08:59:50.37+00:00

Hello Siva, thanks for follow-up,

As per Microsoft Pricing cost of backup relies on RSV which has two major components:

Protected instances cost -A per‑instance fee based on the size of the protected data before compression

You can usually see or derive per‑instance (per VM or per SQL workload) backup size and instance charges, but you cannot get a fully accurate official storage bill line per VM from the platform when all data is in one vault. Any per‑VM storage cost will be an estimate based on each item’s share of total used backup storage rather than a native billing split.

Please refer to the below screenshot

Please refer to the below Pricing calculator link

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/pricing/details/backup/

2)Storage cost-The total backup data stored in the vault (LRS/GRS, standard vs archive). Storage is aggregated per vault and not naturally split by workload.

Because the storage line item is per vault, the GRS backup storage cost appears as a single bucket covering VM, SQL, and other workloads together

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/pricing/calculator/ From above link Navigate to Management and Governance-->azure backup-->provide your inputs and export

I hope this helps

Answer 1

To obtain backup cost information in Azure Backup, you can utilize the Backup Reports feature within the Backup Center. This feature allows you to analyze historical trends and gain deeper insights into your backups, including cost-related data. Here are some key points to consider:

Backup Reports: This feature provides an interface to analyze your backup costs. It uses Azure Monitor Logs and Azure Workbooks to offer capabilities such as:
- Allocating and forecasting cloud storage consumed.
- Auditing of backups and restores.
- Identifying key trends at different levels of granularity.
- Gaining visibility into cost optimization opportunities for your backups.
Cost Management in Azure Portal: You can view actual and accumulated cost breakdowns by tenants and service types for your backup resources. To access this:
- Sign in to the Azure portal.
- Navigate to Cost Management + Billing.
- Use the Cost analysis feature to see accumulated and forecasted costs, and filter by meters and tags for detailed insights.
Public APIs: For programmatic access, you can utilize the Cost Management public APIs. This allows you to retrieve detailed cost information related to your backups, enabling integration with other systems or custom reporting solutions.
Backup Vaults: Note that Backup Reports is currently not supported for workloads that are backed up using Backup vaults. Ensure that your workloads are compatible with the reporting features you wish to use.

By leveraging these tools and features, you can gain a comprehensive understanding of your backup costs and optimize your backup strategy accordingly.

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