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Volumes · $50/mo
DigitalOcean Volumes at $50/mo for 500 GiB is reasonably priced for block storage, but several cheaper object-storage alternatives exist if your workload permits. However, if you need block storage specifically (VM-attached volumes), DigitalOcean is competitive; object storage is a different use case with different retrieval patterns and costs.
At $0.05/GB/month, 500 GiB costs ~$25/mo, half the DigitalOcean price, with 500+ IOPS included and no bandwidth surcharge in most regions.
Caveat: APAC outbound traffic loses free-egress status after mid-2026; performance tier (VPU) not specified, so actual IOPS may vary.
| 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 |
At $0.05/GB/month, 500 GiB costs ~$25/mo with 1,100 static IOPS and 200 MB/s throughput, matching OVHcloud's price.
Caveat: HDD (not NVMe), so latency-sensitive workloads may suffer; outbound bandwidth beyond 2TB pooled allowance is tiered at $0.036-0.018/GB.
At $0.05/GB/month, 500 GiB costs ~$25/mo; NVMe SSD with up to 20,000 IOPS included, no IOPS surcharge.
Caveat: Bandwidth overage at $0.01/GB past pooled allowance; Windows/SQL licensing adds undisclosed surcharge at checkout; billed by the minute.
At $0.08/GB/month, 500 GiB costs ~$40/mo for NVMe snapshot storage; first 10GB of snapshots free per month.
Caveat: Pricing varies by region (Amsterdam base rates shown); stopped machines still incur $0.15/GB/month rootfs storage; cross-region egress can be expensive ($0.12/GB in some regions).
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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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