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articles/storage/common/storage-plan-manage-costs.md

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 author: normesta
 ms.service: storage
 ms.topic: conceptual
-ms.date: 12/07/2022
+ms.date: 03/13/2023
 ms.author: normesta
 ms.subservice: common
 ms.custom: subject-cost-optimization
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 You can also [export your cost data](../../cost-management-billing/costs/tutorial-export-acm-data.md?WT.mc_id=costmanagementcontent_docsacmhorizontal_-inproduct-learn) to a storage account. This is helpful when you need or others to do additional data analysis for costs. For example, a finance team can analyze the data using Excel or Power BI. You can export your costs on a daily, weekly, or monthly schedule and set a custom date range. Exporting cost data is the recommended way to retrieve cost datasets.
 
+## Avoid billing surprises
+
+The use of some features can lead to unexpected charges. In many cases, you can make tweaks to the way that you use a feature to hedge against surprise statements. Use the following table as a guide.
+
+| Category | Action | Potential impact on your bill |
+|----------|--------|-------------------------------|
+| Access tiers | Changing the default access tier setting | If your account contains a large number of blobs for which the access tier is inferred, then This action can lead a significant increase in your bill. <br><br>A change to the default access tier setting of a storage account applies to all blobs in the account for which an access tier hasn't been explicitly set. For example, if you toggle the default access tier setting from hot to cool in a general-purpose v2 account, then you're charged for write operations (per 10,000) for all blobs for which the access tier is inferred. You're charged for both read operations (per 10,000) and data retrieval (per GB) if you toggle from cool to hot in a general-purpose v2 account. <br><br>For more information, see [Default account access tier setting](../blobs/access-tiers-overview.md#default-account-access-tier-setting). |
+| Access tiers | Rehydrating frm archive  | High priority rehydration from archive can lead to higher-than-normal bills. Microsoft recommends reserving high-priority rehydration for use in emergency data restoration situations. <br><br>For more information, see [Rehydration priority](../blobs/archive-rehydrate-overview.md#rehydration-priority).|
+| Data protection | Enabling blob soft delete | Overwriting blobs can lead to blob snapshots. Unlike the case where a blob is deleted, the creation of these snapshots isn't logged. This can lead to unexpected storage costs. Consider whether data that is frequently overwritten should be placed in an account that doesn't have soft delete enabled.<br><br>For more information, see [How overwrites are handled when soft delete is enabled](../blobs/soft-delete-blob-overview.md#how-overwrites-are-handled-when-soft-delete-is-enabled).|
+| Data protection | Enabling blob versioning | Every write operation on a blob creates a new version. As is the case with enabling blob soft delete, consider whether data that is frequently overwritten should be placed in an account that doesn't have versioning enabled. <br><br>For more information, see [Versioning on write operations](../blobs/versioning-overview.md#versioning-on-write-operations). |
+| Monitoring | Enabling Storage Analytics logs (classic logs)| Storage analytics logs can accumulate in your account over time if the retention policy is not set. Make sure to set the retention policy to avoid log build up.<br><br>For more information, see [Modify log data retention period](manage-storage-analytics-logs.md#modify-log-data-retention-period) |
+
 ## FAQ
 
 **If I use Azure Storage for only a few days a month, is the cost prorated?**