Is Google Cloud's Archive storage the best deal?

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Best in class

Google Cloud Archive Storage is the market leader for long-term cold storage at $0.0012/GB/month with a 365-day minimum. No cheaper equivalent was found in the filtered results, though you should carefully budget for retrieval fees ($0.05/GB) and egress costs, which can quickly exceed storage fees for active workloads.

Before you switch

Retrieval fee of $0.05/GB applies every time you access archived data; factor this into your total cost if you plan frequent restores
365-day minimum storage duration means early deletion incurs charges; verify your retention policy aligns before committing
Network egress to the internet is metered and billed separately after 200 GiB/month free tier; this can dwarf storage costs if you regularly download large volumes
Compare against AWS Glacier Deep Archive ($0.00099/GB/month) and Azure Archive ($0.00099/GB/month) if those regions serve your use case, as pricing is highly competitive
Confirm your retrieval SLA requirements; Archive Storage has longer restore times than Coldline or Nearline

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