Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) vs Cloud Storage
Head-to-head comparison · Storage
At a glance
- Only Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) offers a free tier.
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Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)
AWS
Amazon S3 is AWS’s core object storage layer, handling massive datasets with high durability and global accessibility. It excels at storing unstructured data like backups, media assets, or static website content, ensurin…
CATEGORY
Storage
PRICING
See pricing page
FREE TIER
Available
TIER
free
Free for 12 months
GO
Cloud Storage
Google Cloud Platform
GCP Cloud Storage handles object storage with configurable redundancy across regions. It’s built for holding large datasets, backups, or static assets where durability and global access matter. You pay strictly for what …
CATEGORY
Storage
PRICING
Pay-as-you-go
FREE TIER
None
TIER
pay-as-you-go
Pricing Tiers
AMAZON SIMPLE STORAGE SERVICE (S3)
Free Tier
Free/month
GET/SELECT
$0.4000/1M requests
Glacier Instant Retrieval
$0.004/GB/month
Intelligent-Tiering
$0.0230/GB/month
On-Demand
$0.0036/GB/month
On-Demand
$0.0007/GB
On-Demand
$0.1000/1M Objects
On-Demand
$0.005/GB
CLOUD STORAGE
Archive
$0.0012/GB/month
Class A Operations
$5.00/1M requests
Class A Ops (Standard)
$0.0500/10K ops
Class B Operations
$0.4000/1M requests
Class B Ops (Standard)
$0.004/10K ops
Coldline
$0.004/GB/month
Egress
$0.1200/GB
Free Tier
Free/month