Cloud Storage pricing

This document discusses pricing for Cloud Storage. For Google Drive, which offers simple online storage for your personal files, see Google Drive pricing.

If you pay in a currency other than USD, the prices listed in your currency on Cloud Platform SKUs apply.

To learn about key Cloud Storage concepts such as buckets and objects, see Key Terms.

Overview

Cloud Storage pricing is based on the following components:

  • Data storage: the amount of data stored in your buckets. Storage rates vary depending on the storage class of your data and location of your buckets.
  • Network usage: the amount of data read from or moved between your buckets.
  • Operations usage: the actions you take in Cloud Storage, such as listing the objects in your buckets.
  • Retrieval and early deletion fees: applicable for data stored in the Nearline Storage, Coldline Storage, and Archive Storage classes.
  • Inter-region replication: applicable for data replicated across regions.

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Pricing tables

The pricing tables below show what charges apply when using Cloud Storage.

For example scenarios that show usage and charges, see the Pricing examples page. For the Google Cloud pricing calculator, see the Calculator page.

Data storage

Click on a continent to view the at-rest costs for associated locations:

North America

Location Standard Storage
(per GB per Month)		 Nearline Storage
(per GB per Month)		 Coldline Storage
(per GB per Month)		 Archive Storage
(per GB per Month)
Iowa (us-central1) $0.020 $0.010 $0.004 $0.0012
South Carolina (us-east1) $0.020 $0.010 $0.004 $0.0012
Northern Virginia (us-east4) $0.023 $0.013 $0.006 $0.0025
Oregon (us-west1) $0.020 $0.010 $0.004 $0.0012
Los Angeles (us-west2) $0.023 $0.016 $0.007 $0.0025
Salt Lake City (us-west3) $0.023 $0.016 $0.007 $0.0025
Las Vegas (us-west4) $0.023 $0.013 $0.006 $0.0025
Montréal (northamerica-northeast1) $0.023 $0.013 $0.007 $0.0025
Toronto (northamerica-northeast2) $0.023 $0.013 $0.007 $0.0025
Iowa and South Carolina (nam4) $0.036 $0.020 $0.009 $0.005
US (multi-region) $0.026 $0.010 $0.007 $0.004

South America

Location Standard Storage
(per GB per Month)		 Nearline Storage
(per GB per Month)		 Coldline Storage
(per GB per Month)		 Archive Storage
(per GB per Month)
São Paulo (southamerica-east1) $0.035 $0.020 $0.007 $0.0030

Europe

Location Standard Storage
(per GB per Month)		 Nearline Storage
(per GB per Month)		 Coldline Storage
(per GB per Month)		 Archive Storage
(per GB per Month)
Warsaw (europe-central2) $0.023 $0.013 $0.006 $0.0025
Finland (europe-north1) $0.020 $0.010 $0.004 $0.0012
Belgium (europe-west1) $0.020 $0.010 $0.004 $0.0012
London (europe-west2) $0.023 $0.013 $0.007 $0.0025
Frankfurt (europe-west3) $0.023 $0.013 $0.006 $0.0025
Netherlands (europe-west4) $0.020 $0.010 $0.004 $0.0012
Zürich (europe-west6) $0.025 $0.014 $0.007 $0.0025
Finland and Netherlands (eur4) $0.036 $0.020 $0.009 $0.005
EU (multi-region) $0.026 $0.010 $0.007 $0.004

Asia

Location Standard Storage
(per GB per Month)		 Nearline Storage
(per GB per Month)		 Coldline Storage
(per GB per Month)		 Archive Storage
(per GB per Month)
Taiwan (asia-east1) $0.020 $0.010 $0.005 $0.0015
Hong Kong (asia-east2) $0.023 $0.016 $0.007 $0.0025
Tokyo (asia-northeast1) $0.023 $0.016 $0.006 $0.0025
Osaka (asia-northeast2) $0.023 $0.016 $0.006 $0.0025
Seoul (asia-northeast3) $0.023 $0.016 $0.006 $0.0025
Mumbai (asia-south1) $0.023 $0.016 $0.006 $0.0025
Delhi (asia-south2) $0.023 $0.016 $0.006 $0.0025
Singapore (asia-southeast1) $0.020 $0.010 $0.005 $0.0015
Jakarta (asia-southeast2) $0.023 $0.016 $0.006 $0.0025
Tokyo and Osaka (asia1) $0.046 $0.032 $0.012 $0.0065
Asia (multi-region) $0.026 $0.010 $0.007 $0.004

Australia

Location Standard Storage
(per GB per Month)		 Nearline Storage
(per GB per Month)		 Coldline Storage
(per GB per Month)		 Archive Storage
(per GB per Month)
Sydney (australia-southeast1) $0.023 $0.016 $0.006 $0.0025
Melbourne (australia-southeast2) $0.023 $0.016 $0.006 $0.0025

If you pay in a currency other than USD, the prices listed in your currency on Cloud Platform SKUs apply.

Data storage charges are prorated to the sub-second for each object (but note that Nearline Storage, Coldline Storage, and Archive Storage data that is deleted or modified early is subject to additional charges), and data storage rates are based on the storage class of each object, not the default storage class set on the bucket that contains them.

In addition to the data contained in your uploaded objects, the following count toward your monthly storage usage:

  • Custom metadata. For example, for the custom metadata NAME:VALUE, Cloud Storage counts each character in NAME and VALUE as a byte stored with the object.

  • Uploaded parts of an XML API multipart upload, until the multipart upload is either completed or aborted.

Network

Egress represents data sent from Cloud Storage in HTTP responses. Data or metadata read from a Cloud Storage bucket is an example of egress.

Ingress represents data sent to Cloud Storage in HTTP requests. Data or metadata written to a Cloud Storage bucket is an example of ingress.

Network usage charges apply for egress and are divided into the following cases:

Network egress within Google Cloud

Network egress within Google Cloud applies when you move or copy data from one Cloud Storage bucket to another or when another Google Cloud service accesses data in your Cloud Storage bucket.

Case Examples Rate
Data moves within the same location.
  • US-EAST1 to US-EAST1
  • EU to EU
 Free
Data moves from a Cloud Storage bucket located in a dual-region to a different Google Cloud service located in one of the regions that make up the dual-region.
  • Accessing data in an NAM4 bucket with an US-CENTRAL1 GKE instance.
 Free
Data moves from a Cloud Storage bucket located in a region to a different Google Cloud service located in a multi-region, and both locations are on the same continent.
  • Reading data in a US-EAST1 bucket to create a US BigQuery dataset.
 Free
Data moves from a Cloud Storage bucket located in a multi-region to a different Google Cloud service located in a region, and both locations are on the same continent.
  • Accessing data in an EU bucket with a EUROPE-WEST6 GKE instance.
 Free
Data moves between different locations on the same continent (assuming none of the above free cases apply)
  • US-EAST1 to NORTHAMERICA-NORTHEAST1
  • A NAM4 bucket to a US-EAST1 bucket
  • A US-CENTRAL1 bucket to a US bucket
 $0.01/GB
Data moves between different continents and neither is Australia.
  • US to ASIA
  • EUROPE-WEST1 to SOUTHAMERICA-EAST1
 See the "Egress to Worldwide destinations" column of the General network usage table.
Data moves between different continents and one is Australia.
  • US to AUSTRALIA-SOUTHEAST1
  • AUSTRALIA-SOUTHEAST1 to EUROPE-WEST1
 See the "Egress to Australia destinations" column of the General network usage table.

If you pay in a currency other than USD, the prices listed in your currency on Cloud Platform SKUs apply.

Specialty network services

If you have chosen to use certain Google Cloud network products, egress pricing is based on their pricing tables:

General network usage

General network usage applies for any data read from your Cloud Storage bucket that does not fall into one of the above categories or the Always Free usage limits.

Monthly Usage Egress to Worldwide Destinations (excluding Asia & Australia)
(per GB)		 Egress to Asia Destinations (excluding China, but including Hong Kong)
(per GB)		 Egress to China Destinations (excluding Hong Kong)
(per GB)		 Egress to Australia Destinations
(per GB)		 Ingress
0-1 TB $0.12 $0.12 $0.23 $0.19 Free
1-10 TB $0.11 $0.11 $0.22 $0.18 Free
10+ TB $0.08 $0.08 $0.20 $0.15 Free

If you pay in a currency other than USD, the prices listed in your currency on Cloud Platform SKUs apply.

You can view your current usage in the billing details for your project.

Operations

Operation charges apply when you perform operations within Cloud Storage. An operation is an action that makes changes to or retrieves information about resources such as buckets and objects in Cloud Storage.

Operations are divided into three categories: Class A, Class B, and free. See below for a breakdown of which operations fall into each class.

Storage Class1 Class A operations
(per 10,000 operations)2		 Class B operations
(per 10,000 operations)		 Free operations
Standard Storage $0.05 $0.004 Free
Nearline Storage and Durable Reduced Availability (DRA) Storage $0.10 $0.01 Free
Coldline Storage $0.10 $0.05 Free
Archive Storage $0.50 $0.50 Free

If you pay in a currency other than USD, the prices listed in your currency on Cloud Platform SKUs apply.

1 The storage class for an operation is determined by the following considerations:

  • When listing buckets in a project, the Class A Standard Storage rate always applies.

  • When an operation applies to a bucket, such as listing the objects in a bucket, the default storage class set for that bucket determines the operation cost.

  • When an operation applies to an object, the storage class of that object determines the operation cost.

  • When changing the storage class of an object, either yourself or with Object Lifecycle Management, the Class A rate associated with the object's destination storage class applies. For example, changing 1,000 objects from Standard Storage to Coldline Storage counts as 1,000 Class A operations and is billed at the Class A operations rate for Coldline Storage.

2 Billing SKUs for class A operations display pricing in units of cost per 1,000 operations.

Operations that fall into each class

The following table lists the operations that fall into each class. If you access Cloud Storage through the Google Cloud Console or one of the Cloud Storage client libraries, applicable operations are in the JSON API row. If you access Cloud Storage through gsutil, JSON API operations are used by default, but you may have configured gsutil to go through the XML API instead.

API or Feature Class A Operations Class B Operations Free Operations
JSON API storage.*.insert1
storage.*.patch
storage.*.update
storage.*.setIamPolicy
storage.buckets.list
storage.buckets.lockRetentionPolicy
storage.notifications.delete
storage.objects.compose
storage.objects.copy
storage.objects.list
storage.objects.rewrite
storage.objects.watchAll
storage.projects.hmacKeys.create
storage.projects.hmacKeys.list
storage.*AccessControls.delete
 storage.*.get
storage.*.getIamPolicy
storage.*.testIamPermissions
storage.*AccessControls.list
storage.notifications.list
Each object change notification2
 storage.channels.stop
storage.buckets.delete
storage.objects.delete
storage.projects.hmacKeys.delete
XML API GET Service
GET Bucket (when listing objects in a bucket)
PUT
POST
 GET Bucket (when retrieving bucket configuration or when listing ongoing multipart uploads)
GET Object
HEAD
 DELETE
Object Lifecycle Management SetStorageClass Delete

1 Simple, multipart, and resumable uploads with the JSON API are each considered one Class A operation.

2 Applies specifically to Object Change Notifications. For Pub/Sub notifications, see Pub/Sub pricing.

Retrieval and early deletion

Because Nearline Storage, Coldline Storage, and Archive Storage are intended for storing infrequently accessed data, there are additional costs associated with retrieving data or metadata stored in these classes, as well as minimum storage durations that you are charged for.

  • A retrieval cost applies when you read, copy, or rewrite data or metadata that is stored using one of these storage classes. This cost is in addition to any network charges associated with reading the data.

  • A minimum storage duration applies to data stored using one of these storage classes. You can delete the data before it has been stored for this duration, but at the time of deletion you are charged as if the data was stored for the minimum duration.

    • In buckets that use Object Versioning, these early deletion charges apply when an object version is removed from the bucket, not when it becomes noncurrent. Early deletion charges are billed through early delete SKUs.

    • For XML API multipart uploads, a part is subject to early deletion charges if it's not used when assembling the final object, or if the part is overwritten by another part, or if the multipart upload is aborted.

      The storage duration for each part in a multipart upload begins at the time the upload of the part completes, and the storage duration for the overall object begins when the object is assembled.

Standard Storage Nearline Storage Coldline Storage Archive Storage
Data retrieval $0 per GB $0.01 per GB $0.02 per GB $0.05 per GB
Minimum storage duration None 30 days 90 days 365 days

If you pay in a currency other than USD, the prices listed in your currency on Cloud Platform SKUs apply.

See the early deletion example for an example of charges that occur when objects are deleted before reaching their minimum storage duration.

Replacing and moving objects

Keep in mind the following when you replace an object or move an object within your buckets:

  • When you replace an existing object before it's reached its minimum storage duration, early deletion charges apply because the action deletes the existing object.

    For example, if you create a Nearline Storage object and 10 days later you rewrite it in order to change its storage class to Standard Storage, this action is considered an early deletion. You are charged for the remaining 20 days of storage, and charges for storing the new Standard Storage version of the object begin as soon as the action occurs.

  • When you move an object before it's reached its minimum storage duration, early deletion charges apply because the original object is deleted in the move. If your move also replaces an existing object at the destination of the move, there may be additional early deletion charges for deleting that object.

  • For both replaces and moves, if the source object is subject to data retrieval charges, such charges apply, because the source object must be read in order to use it in the action.

Inter-region replication

Where applicable, inter-region replication is billed on a per-GB written basis. For more information, see Turbo replication.

Click on a continent to view the inter-region replication costs for associated locations:

North America

Location Default replication
(per GB)		 Turbo replication
(per GB)
Iowa and South Carolina (nam4) $0.00 (free) $0.04
US (multi-region) $0.00 (free) Not available

Europe

Location Default replication
(per GB)		 Turbo replication
(per GB)
Finland and Netherlands (eur4) $0.00 (free) $0.04
EU (multi-region) $0.00 (free) Not available

Asia

Location Default replication
(per GB)		 Turbo replication
(per GB)
Tokyo and Osaka (asia1) $0.00 (free) $0.11
Asia (multi-region) $0.00 (free) Not available

Pricing notes

  • Storage and network usage are calculated in binary gigabytes (GB), where 1GB is 230 bytes. This unit of measurement is also known as a gibibyte (GiB). Similarly, 1TB is 240 bytes, i.e. 1024 GBs.

  • Network egress costs and retrieval fees are based on the amount of data accessed, not the size of the entire object. For example, if you request only the first 8 MB of a 100 MB Nearline Storage object or if the download connection is broken after 8 MB is served, the network egress cost and the retrieval fee are based on 8 MB.

  • Charges accrue daily, but Cloud Storage bills you only at the end of the billing period. You can view unbilled usage in your project's billing page in the Google Cloud Console.

  • For compressed objects that are transcoded during download, storage rates are based on the compressed size of the object. Egress rates are based on the uncompressed size of the object.

  • For buckets with Object Versioning enabled, each noncurrent version of an object is charged at the same rate as the live version of the object.

  • Cloud Storage also has the storage class Durable Reduced Availability (DRA) Storage; however, you should use Standard Storage in favor of DRA. Standard Storage has lower pricing for operations but otherwise has the same price structure. Standard Storage also provides better performance, particularly in terms of availability.

  • There are no extra costs for using the Storage Transfer Service; however, normal Cloud Storage and external provider costs apply when using the Storage Transfer Service. See Storage Transfer Service pricing for a list of potential costs.

Cloud Storage Always Free usage limits

As part of the Google Cloud Free Tier, Cloud Storage provides resources that are free to use up to specific limits. These usage limits are available both during and after the free trial period. If you are no longer in the free trial period, usage beyond these Always Free limits is charged according to the pricing tables above.

Resource Monthly Free Usage Limits1
Standard Storage 5 GB-months
Class A Operations 5,000
Class B Operations 50,000
Network Egress 1 GB from North America to each GCP egress destination (Australia and China excluded)

1Cloud Storage Always Free quotas apply to usage in US-WEST1, US-CENTRAL1, and US-EAST1 regions. Usage is aggregated across these 3 regions. Always Free is subject to change. Please see our FAQ for eligibility requirements and other restrictions.

To prevent getting billed for usage beyond the Always Free usage limits, you can set API request caps.

Usage Policies

The use of this service must adhere to the Cloud Storage Terms of Service and Program Policies, as well as Google's Privacy Policy.

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