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microsoft-365/archive/archive-pricing.md

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 # Pricing model for Microsoft 365 Archive
 
-Microsoft 365 Archive charges you for storage and reactivation.
+Microsoft 365 Archive charges you for storage.
 
 - **Storage consumption** that is charged at a per-GB monthly rate. This meter is charged only when archived storage plus active storage in SharePoint exceeds the included or licensed allocated SharePoint storage capacity limit of the tenant. In other words, there's no additional storage cost for archived sites if the tenant has not consumed its already licensed storage quota. For more information about storage capacity limits, see [SharePoint limits](/office365/servicedescriptions/sharepoint-online-service-description/sharepoint-online-limits).
 
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 - The average archive storage expected to be consumed annually, in terabytes (TB)
 
-- The percentage of archived content expected to be reactivated annually, in percentage (%)
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-- The annual frequency of reactivations for expected percentage reactivation, expressed as a count (number of times per year)
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-- The storage, archive, and reactivation costs per gigabyte/per gigabyte per month, as applicable
+- The storage cost per gigabyte/per gigabyte per month, as applicable
 
 ### Using the pricing calculator
 
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 - In the Microsoft 365 Archive pricing calculator, any Excel spreadsheet cell that is colored orange can have data entered.
 
-### Cost savings using Microsoft 365 Archive
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-The following table helps visualize the savings you realize by archiving content based on the frequency and percent of all archived content you're restoring. The key takeaway is that if you aren't reactivating more than 30% of your data more than twice a year, you achieve most of the savings offered by the product.
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-![Table showing the COGS savings if you archive with Microsoft 365 Archive.](../media/m365-archive/archive-cogs-savings.png)
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 ## Billing scenarios
 
 Your charges for Microsoft 365 Archive depend on your tenant’s standard storage quota. The following scenarios and diagram can help you compare charges based on excess storage.