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Cloud Storage Cost Calculator

A quick monthly cost estimate for cloud storage, before adding egress and request fees.

Data stored (GB)

Price per GB/month ($)

Monthly cost ($)

11.5

Check your specific provider's pricing tier — rates often drop at higher storage volumes and vary by storage class (hot vs. cold/archive).

What you entered

Data stored (GB): 500Price per GB/month ($): 0.023

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Cost = stored data × price per GB
500 GB × $0.023= $11.5/mo

Result

Monthly cost ($): 11.5

Storing 500 GB at $0.023/GB costs about $11.5 per month.

Monthly cloud storage cost by volume and tier

Storage is billed per gigabyte per month. Standard object storage runs around $0.023/GB, infrequent-access tiers roughly half that, and archive tiers far less.

Stored	Standard ($0.023)	Infrequent ($0.0125)	Archive ($0.004)
100 GB	$2.30	$1.25	$0.40
1,000 GB	$23.00	$12.50	$4.00
10,000 GB	$230.00	$125.00	$40.00
50,000 GB	$1,150.00	$625.00	$200.00

Storage is only part of the bill. Archive tiers charge retrieval fees and minimum storage durations that can dwarf the per-GB saving if you actually read the data back.

Storage is rarely the only cost

Most cloud storage bills also include charges for data egress (downloading data out) and API requests, which this calculator doesn't include — for storage-heavy but low-traffic use cases those add-ons are often small, but for high-traffic apps they can dominate the bill.

Storage class affects price a lot

'Hot' storage (frequent access) costs more per GB than 'cold' or 'archive' storage (infrequent access, slower retrieval) — matching your data's actual access pattern to the right storage class is one of the biggest cloud cost levers available.

Frequently asked questions

I'm storing 2 TB on S3 Standard at $0.023/GB — what's my monthly bill?

About $46/month for storage alone. But real S3 bills also include request charges and data egress fees, which can add significantly for high-traffic workloads.

How do I reduce my cloud storage costs?

Move infrequently accessed data to cold or archive storage classes (up to 90% cheaper per GB), set lifecycle rules to auto-transition old data, delete orphaned snapshots, and compress data before uploading.

Does this include data transfer (egress) costs?

No — this calculates storage cost only. Egress charges (downloading data out of the cloud) are billed separately and can dominate the bill for high-traffic applications. Use the cloud compute cost calculator for compute-related estimates.