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Block Storage · $3.2/mo (32 GB)
AWS Lightsail Block Storage at $3.20/mo is significantly more expensive than object-storage and block-storage alternatives from Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle, OVHcloud, and Scaleway, which start at $0.01-$0.05/mo for equivalent capacity. However, Lightsail's main hidden cost is data-transfer overage ($0.09-$0.132/GB by region), which can dwarf the base price; most alternatives also charge egress but often include modest free tiers.
32 GB at $0.01/GB/month = $0.32/mo, a 90% reduction; 99.99% SLA matches or exceeds Lightsail.
Caveat: Cool tier imposes 30-day minimum retention and early-deletion fees; retrieval fees apply; outbound bandwidth billed above 100 GB/month free tier.
| Provider | Plan | Price | Specs | |
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| Microsoft Azure | Blob Storage · Cool tier | $0.01/mo | Per GB/month, LRS. Lower storage cost, retrieval and early-deletion fees apply for objects deleted before 30 days. | Visit |
| Google Cloud | Cloud Storage · Nearline storage | $0.01/mo | $0.010/GB/month, 30-day minimum storage duration, $0.01/GB retrieval fee | Visit |
| Oracle Cloud Infrastructure | Object Storage · Infrequent Access | $0.01/mo |
32 GB at $0.01/GB/month = $0.32/mo; 99.99% SLA; includes 200 GiB/month free egress to certain destinations.
Caveat: 30-day minimum storage duration; $0.01/GB retrieval fee; egress beyond free tier billed per-GB.
32 GB at ~$0.0185/GB/month (~$0.59/mo) for capacity plus performance tier; block storage is more suitable for VM attachment than object storage.
Caveat: Performance (VPU) tier is billed separately and charged regardless of actual I/O; 99.95% SLA is slightly lower than Lightsail's typical availability.
32 GB at $0.05/GB/month = $1.60/mo; S3-compatible; incoming and outgoing traffic included in APAC until end of 2026.
Caveat: Outbound traffic free-egress status expires in APAC after mid-2026; Windows license surcharge applies if using Windows instances.
32 GB at $0.05/GB/month = $1.60/mo; NVMe SSD with up to 20,000 IOPS included; no IOPS surcharge.
Caveat: Bandwidth overage at $0.01/GB past 5 TB/month allowance; Windows/SQL licensing adds undisclosed per-server surcharge at checkout; 99.95% SLA.
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| $0.0102 per GB per month + $0.0102 per GB retrieval fee; minimum storage retention period applies |
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| Oracle Cloud Infrastructure | Block Volume Storage · Balanced (10 VPU/GB, default) | $0.01/mo | Balanced performance tier (default): 10 VPUs per GB/month, ~$0.0085/GB/month performance add-on | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Object Storage · Standard | $0.01/mo | S3-compatible. Incoming/outgoing traffic included (APAC free until 2026-12-31). Billed per GiB/hour. | Visit |
| Scaleway | Object Storage · Standard One Zone | $0.01/mo | Per GB per month equivalent, single availability zone, Paris region | Visit |
| Scaleway | Block Storage · Snapshots | $0.04/mo | Per GB per month equivalent, snapshot storage | Visit |
| IONOS | Block Storage · HDD | $0.05/mo | 200 MB/s throughput, 1,100 static IOPS. Priced per GB per 30 days. | Visit |
| Kamatera | Block Storage · Block Storage (per GB) | $0.05/mo | $0.05/GB/month, NVMe SSD, up to 20,000 IOPS included, no IOPS surcharge. Example: 100 GB = $5/month. Billed by the minute aligned to attached server's billing cycle. | Visit |
| OVHcloud | Block Storage · Classic (per GB) | $0.05/mo | From 500 IOPS. Billed per GB/hour, granularity 1 GB. | Visit |
| Fly.io | Volumes · Volume snapshot storage (per GB) | $0.08/mo | 1 GB NVMe | Visit |
| Scaleway | File Storage · Standard File Storage | $0.16/mo | Per GB per month equivalent, provisioned capacity 25GB-100TB, max 50TB per file system | Visit |
| OVHcloud | File Storage · Standard | $0.17/mo | 0.25 MB/s/GB and 128 MB/s max per volume; 24 IOPS/GB for up to 16000 IOPS per volume. Billed per GB/hour. | Visit |
| Render | Persistent Disks · Per-GB Disk | $0.25/mo | $0.25 per GB per month, prorated by the second, attachable to Web Services/Background Workers/Private Services. | Visit |
| Vultr | Block Storage · HDD 10GB | $0.5/mo | 10 GB | Visit |
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