Lightbits Calculator

See How Much You Can Save on Your Cloud Storage Costs

Native cloud storage on Azure can be up to 7x more expensive than Lightbits. For performance-sensitive, large-scale workloads Lightbits offers the fastest block storage on Azure today with predictable low cost that will not bust your IT budget.

Storage Type*– Please select one

Ultra Disk Premium SSD v2

Provisioned Capacity (TiB)*

Maximum Cost Savings: $7,983,380

Maximum Savings: 87%

Lightbits outperforms Ultra Disk by approximately 3.3x

Total Cost Savings in 5 years - Lower is Better

Save up to 80% more with Lightbits
Year OneYear TwoYear ThreeYear FourYear Five01,000,0002,000,0003,000,0004,000,0005,000,0006,000,0007,000,0008,000,0009,000,00010,000,000YearCost of ownership over 5 years in $
YearUltraDiskLightbits
Year One1,354,862.717170,803.2
Year Two2,912,954.842367,226.88
Year Three4,704,760.786593,114.112
Year Four6,765,337.621852,884.429
Year Five9,135,000.9811,151,620.293
Ultra Disk Lightbits

Max IOPS per Provisioned Capacity

Lightbits outperforms Ultra Disk by approximately 3.3x
Ultra DiskLightbits01,000,0002,000,0003,000,0004,000,0005,000,0006,000,0007,000,0002,000,0006,600,000Storage TypeIOPS
ElementCapacity
Ultra Disk2,000,000
Lightbits6,600,000

TCO - Cumulative (15% yoy)

Year's 1 year 2 year 3 year 4 year 5 year Total Cost Savings Total Savings
Ultra Disk $1,354,862.717 $2,912,954.842 $4,704,760.786 $6,765,337.621 $9,135,000.981 0 0
Premiun SSD v2 $194,574.206 $418,334.543 $675,658.931 $971,581.977 $1,311,893.480 0 0
Lightbits $170,803.200 $367,226.880 $593,114.112 $852,884.429 $1,151,620.293 0 0
Avs 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Avs 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Max IOPS Per Provsioned Capacity
Ultra Disk 2000000
Premiun SSD v2 1500000
Lightbits 6600000

Key Assumptions

  • Data Reduction: 3:1: Achieved through compression, thin provisioning with auto-scaling, space-efficient snapshots, and clones.
  • Highly Available w/ 3 replicas: Ensures high availability of data with three replicas.
  • Azure VMs: Reserved 3 Year, EastUS: Utilizes reserved VM instances for 3 years in the EastUS region.
  • Annual Expected Growth: 15%: Accounts for a projected annual growth rate of 15%.
  • LRS Azure: Utilizes Locally Redundant Storage (LRS) in Azure.
  • Ultra Disk Billing: Billed based on provisioned size, provisioned IOPS, and provisioned throughput, with 20 IOPS per GB and 2KBs per 1 I/O.