Object Storage · $3/mo
AWS Lightsail's $3/mo object storage plan is competitively priced on headline cost, but several providers offer lower per-GB rates with more predictable billing. However, Lightsail's 250 GB included transfer and simple pricing make it attractive if you stay within the bundle—watch for regional data-transfer overages ($0.09–$0.132/GB) which can quickly erode savings.
100 GB at $0.01/GB/month = $1/mo base, with 200 GB free egress per month covering your typical transfer needs.
Caveat: Retrieval fees ($0.01/GB) and 30-day minimum storage duration apply; egress beyond 200 GB/month is billed separately.
| 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 |
100 GB at $0.01/GB/month = $1/mo, with 100 GB free outbound bandwidth per month included in pooled tier.
Caveat: Early-deletion penalties (30-day minimum), retrieval fees, and per-object 128 KiB minimum billing can inflate costs for many small files.
100 GB at $0.0102/GB/month = $1.02/mo storage plus $0.0102/GB retrieval; competitive if you rarely read objects.
Caveat: Per-GB retrieval fees ($0.0102/GB) and minimum retention period mean costs spike if you access data frequently.
S3-compatible object storage with incoming and outgoing traffic included (APAC free until end 2026); billed per GiB/hour.
Caveat: APAC free-egress benefit expires mid-2026; pricing shifts to per-GiB/hour model which may be less predictable than flat monthly rates.
100 GB at ~$0.01/GB/month = $1/mo with 75 GB free egress per month; Paris region, single AZ.
Caveat: Egress beyond 75 GB/month charged at EUR 0.01/GB; single availability zone offers lower redundancy than multi-AZ alternatives.
Before you switch
| $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 |