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Google Cloud Storage prices checked · 5 classes and regions

On a 10 TB backup with 1 TB downloaded a month, Google Cloud Storage's cheapest class is Coldline at $185.04 a month; the month you restore all 10 TB, Standard costs least at $1,407.27. Type your own numbers or start from a common backup below.

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Google Cloud Storage · Coldline South Carolina

$185.04 a normal month

$1,498.89on the month you restore

Cheapest month you restore: Google Cloud Storage Standard $1,407.27

Calculated from the provider's listed rates, not a quote. Checked 27 September 2026

Workload behind this answer10 TB backed up · 1 TB downloaded a month · 10 TB in a restore · 1,000 Mbps · ready within 12 h · any listed region

10 TB backed up; 1 TB downloaded in a normal month; 10 TB downloaded in a restore; 1,000 Mbps download speed; data ready within 12 h; no deadline for everything to be back; any listed region.

Other defaults: 1,000,000 objects; 0 TB upload; 500,000 Class A / 2,000,000 Class B operations; each vendor's standard restore speed; the public internet destination; restored copy for 24 h; 365-day object age; no free tier; object lock not required; S3-compatible API not required.

Lowest normal-month totals

  1. 1Google Cloud Storage
    Normal
    $185.04
    Restore
    $1,498.89

    Ready at once · all back in 22 h at the soonest · meets your limits

    What decides it: Downloads (egress) ($99.76).

Worked example for a 10 TB backup. Change a field and the answer follows.

Files, requests, download speed and restore deadline 9 settings

Other settings stay at the calculator's labelled defaults. Use the full comparison calculator when a region, Object Lock or S3 compatibility decides the choice.

A restore can change the winner

Same offer, two bills. Vertical positions show cost rank within these 5 offers.

Lowest normal bill$185.04Coldline · South Carolina

Lowest restore bill$1,407.27Standard · South Carolina

Normal monthRestore month
Coldline · South Carolina$185.04
Nearline · South Carolina$209.10
Archive · South Carolina$279.75
Standard · South Carolina$289.28
Rapid · South Carolina zonal bucket$1,137.74
Standard · South Carolina$1,407.27
Nearline · South Carolina$1,420.82
Coldline · South Carolina$1,498.89
Archive · South Carolina$1,913.00
Rapid · South Carolina zonal bucket$2,261.07
Every bill in the chart
OfferNormal monthRestore month
Coldline · South Carolina$185.04$1,498.89
Nearline · South Carolina$209.10$1,420.82
Archive · South Carolina$279.75$1,913.00
Standard · South Carolina$289.28$1,407.27
Rapid · South Carolina zonal bucket$1,137.74$2,261.07
Thicker blue lines cross another offer. Thin lines keep their order. The heaviest line marks the lowest normal-month bill. Unpublished totals are not drawn.

How much more the restore month costs

Normal month to restore month
normal $185.04restore month $1,498.89

The month you restore: 8.1 times this vendor's quiet month.

Back online: 22 h at the soonestData ready: Ready at once

Recovery time, price date, and sourceshow details

Restoring everything costs 8.1 times a quiet month with this vendor. That multiple, not the storage rate, is what a backup decision turns on.

Back online
22 h at the soonest
Data ready
Ready at once
Prices checked
27 September 2026

This vendor publishes no downloadable price feed, so every figure here is re-checked by hand.

Every Google Cloud Storage class and region

Google Cloud Storage's cheapest class and region for your workload, with every other one listed under it. 5 of 5 have every price the bill needs and meet your limits.

  • 1Google Cloud StorageColdline, South Carolina, +4 more offersFirst 100 GB downloaded free each monthImmutable storageChecked 27 September 2026Normal$185.04Restore$1,498.89Ready at once All of it back in 22 h at the soonest.
    $0$185.04
Every offer, each storage class and region ranked5 offers

Ranked offers come first. Offers we cannot rank stay in the list, with the missing price or the requirement they miss.

  • 1Google Cloud Storage Coldlineus-east1$185.04
  • 2Google Cloud Storage Nearlineus-east1$209.10
  • 3Google Cloud Storage Archiveus-east1$279.75
  • 4Google Cloud Storage Standardus-east1$289.28
  • 5Google Cloud Storage Rapidus-east1$1,137.74

Google Cloud Storage Coldline line by line

Normal-month bill, line by lineGoogle Cloud Storage Coldline South Carolina, priced per GiB, normal month
Storage $37.25Requests $29.40Downloads (egress) $99.76Retrieval and restored copy $18.63Fixed fees $0.00
Normal month total$185.04

Calculated from the provider's listed rates.

Vendor wait and download

22.2 hEverything back, at the soonest

Vendor gets data readyReady at once

Download at your speedat least 22.2 h

Data in this class can be read at once, with no restore step, so the soonest it can all be back is the download at your full 1000 Mbps. The vendor does not publish how fast it serves a whole restore, so a real restore can take longer.

Restore time in detail
Shortest wait0 h
Longest wait0 h
Download time (at least)22.2 h
Everything back, at the soonest22.2 h
With the longest wait, at the soonest22.2 h
Blue shows the vendor's published wait, hatched where it can run longer; orange shows the download at your speed. Dashed parts are not published. A real restore can take longer.
Time to recovery

At least 22 h before the last file arrives, at the vendor's standard restore speed

022 h
Vendor gets data ready
Ready at once
Download at your speed
22 h

Data in this class can be read at once, with no restore step, so the soonest it can all be back is the download at your full 1000 Mbps. The vendor does not publish how fast it serves a whole restore, so a real restore can take longer.

The vendors nearest to Google Cloud Storage on the same backup

On the worked example (10 TB kept, 1 TB downloaded a month, all 10 TB in the month you restore), these two vendors' cheapest normal months sit closest to Google Cloud Storage's. The calculator above prices Google Cloud Storage alone; the home calculator prices every vendor on your numbers.

Vendor and class 10 TB normal month 10 TB restore month Data ready Side by side
Azure Blob StorageCold LRS, East US $170.83 $1,347.23 At once Azure Blob Storage pricing
Google Cloud StorageColdline, South Carolina $185.04 $1,498.89 At once This calculator
Akamai Cloud Object StorageObject Storage, US East $200.00 $250.00 At once Akamai Cloud Object Storage pricing