Is Kamatera's Block Storage (per GB) the best deal?

Block Storage · $0.05/mo

Competitively priced

Kamatera's Block Storage is competitively priced at $0.05/GB/month with included IOPS, matching or beating most alternatives on raw storage cost. However, several providers offer lower per-GB rates for object/blob storage if your use case permits, and you should verify Kamatera's total cost including bandwidth overages and any managed-services add-ons before committing.

Blob Storage Cool tier

$1/mosave 80%

At $0.01/GB/month, Azure Blob Cool is 80% cheaper than Kamatera for object storage workloads, with no per-IOPS surcharge.

Caveat: Early-deletion penalties (30-day minimum), retrieval fees, and minimum 128 KiB billing per object make this suitable only for infrequent-access archives, not hot block storage.

Cloud Storage Nearline

$1/mosave 80%

Also $0.01/GB/month with 30-day minimum duration and per-GB retrieval fees, matching Azure's cost advantage for cold storage.

Caveat: Retrieval fees ($0.01/GB) and egress charges above 200 GiB/month free tier add up quickly; not a direct block-storage replacement.

Block Volume Storage Balanced (10 VPU/GB)

$0.0185/mosave 63%

At roughly $0.0185/GB/month ($0.01 capacity + $0.0085 performance), OCI Block Volume is 63% cheaper than Kamatera while offering similar performance-tier flexibility.

Caveat: Performance (VPU) is billed separately and charged regardless of actual I/O used; SLA is 99.95% vs Kamatera's implicit tier.

Object Storage Standard One Zone

$1/mosave 80%

At EUR 0.01/GB/month (roughly $0.01 USD), Scaleway matches Azure and Google for object storage at a lower cost than Kamatera block storage.

Caveat: Single availability zone (Paris region), 75 GB free egress per month then EUR 0.01/GB overage; not a block-storage equivalent.

Before you switch

Kamatera's $0.01/GB bandwidth overage charge (past 5 TB pooled allowance in US/Canada/Europe) can add significant cost if you exceed the free tier; verify your expected egress.
Managed Services add-ons ($50-150/server/month) are not included in the base storage price and can dwarf storage costs for small deployments.
Kamatera's Type T (Burstable) CPU incurs a $0.041/hour/CPU overage charge once average usage exceeds 10%; confirm your workload's CPU profile.
Powered-off servers continue to accrue charges on Kamatera; ensure you terminate rather than pause instances to avoid surprise bills.
If your workload is object/blob storage (infrequent access, archival), Azure, Google Cloud, or Scaleway offer 80% savings; if you need hot block storage with guaranteed IOPS, Kamatera's included IOPS is a genuine advantage.

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Comparable plans across providers

Provider	Plan	Price	Specs
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	$0.0102 per GB per month + $0.0102 per GB retrieval fee; minimum storage retention period applies	Visit
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
OVHcloud	Block Storage · Classic (per GB)	$0.05/mo	From 500 IOPS. Billed per GB/hour, granularity 1 GB.	Visit

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Is Kamatera's Block Storage (per GB) the best deal?

Block Storage · $0.05/mo

Competitively priced

Blob Storage Cool tier

$1/mosave 80%

At $0.01/GB/month, Azure Blob Cool is 80% cheaper than Kamatera for object storage workloads, with no per-IOPS surcharge.

Caveat: Early-deletion penalties (30-day minimum), retrieval fees, and minimum 128 KiB billing per object make this suitable only for infrequent-access archives, not hot block storage.

Cloud Storage Nearline

$1/mosave 80%

Also $0.01/GB/month with 30-day minimum duration and per-GB retrieval fees, matching Azure's cost advantage for cold storage.

Caveat: Retrieval fees ($0.01/GB) and egress charges above 200 GiB/month free tier add up quickly; not a direct block-storage replacement.

Block Volume Storage Balanced (10 VPU/GB)

$0.0185/mosave 63%

At roughly $0.0185/GB/month ($0.01 capacity + $0.0085 performance), OCI Block Volume is 63% cheaper than Kamatera while offering similar performance-tier flexibility.

Caveat: Performance (VPU) is billed separately and charged regardless of actual I/O used; SLA is 99.95% vs Kamatera's implicit tier.

Object Storage Standard One Zone

$1/mosave 80%

At EUR 0.01/GB/month (roughly $0.01 USD), Scaleway matches Azure and Google for object storage at a lower cost than Kamatera block storage.

Caveat: Single availability zone (Paris region), 75 GB free egress per month then EUR 0.01/GB overage; not a block-storage equivalent.

Before you switch

Kamatera's $0.01/GB bandwidth overage charge (past 5 TB pooled allowance in US/Canada/Europe) can add significant cost if you exceed the free tier; verify your expected egress.
Managed Services add-ons ($50-150/server/month) are not included in the base storage price and can dwarf storage costs for small deployments.
Kamatera's Type T (Burstable) CPU incurs a $0.041/hour/CPU overage charge once average usage exceeds 10%; confirm your workload's CPU profile.
Powered-off servers continue to accrue charges on Kamatera; ensure you terminate rather than pause instances to avoid surprise bills.
If your workload is object/blob storage (infrequent access, archival), Azure, Google Cloud, or Scaleway offer 80% savings; if you need hot block storage with guaranteed IOPS, Kamatera's included IOPS is a genuine advantage.

Comparable plans across providers

Provider	Plan	Price	Specs
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	$0.0102 per GB per month + $0.0102 per GB retrieval fee; minimum storage retention period applies	Visit
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
OVHcloud	Block Storage · Classic (per GB)	$0.05/mo	From 500 IOPS. Billed per GB/hour, granularity 1 GB.	Visit

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