Standard-scenario comparison
Cheapest object storage for three backup workloads
There is no single cheapest provider independent of workload. These fixed cases rank only offers with a complete, current-enough bill from published rates. A missing charge stays unranked rather than becoming zero.
Fixed workload
1 TB small backup
1 TB retained, 100 GB leaves in a normal month, 1 TB comes back in a restore, with 100,000 objects, 50,000 Class A requests and 200,000 Class B requests.
Lowest normal-month bills
- 1OVHcloud Object StorageCold Archive · France (Paris)$1.84checked 2026-09-01
- 2Oracle OCI Object StorageArchive · US East (Ashburn)$2.63checked 2026-09-01
- 3Telnyx Cloud StorageRegular Storage · US East$5.53checked 2026-09-01
Lowest full-restore bills
- 1Oracle OCI Object StorageArchive · US East (Ashburn)$3.24checked 2026-09-01
- 2Telnyx Cloud StorageRegular Storage · US East$5.53checked 2026-09-01
- 3IDrive e2IDrive e2 · Virginia$6.00checked 2026-09-01
38 offers from 16 vendors were evaluated. Offers with stale evidence, an incomplete total or an unmet requirement remain outside the ranked three.
Fixed workload
10 TB working backup
10 TB retained, 1 TB leaves in a normal month, 10 TB comes back in a restore, with 1 million objects, 500,000 Class A requests and 2 million Class B requests.
Lowest normal-month bills
- 1OVHcloud Object StorageCold Archive · France (Paris)$18.36checked 2026-09-01
- 2Oracle OCI Object StorageArchive · US East (Ashburn)$26.79checked 2026-09-01
- 3Telnyx Cloud StorageRegular Storage · US East$55.83checked 2026-09-01
Lowest full-restore bills
- 1Oracle OCI Object StorageArchive · US East (Ashburn)$43.76checked 2026-09-01
- 2Telnyx Cloud StorageRegular Storage · US East$55.83checked 2026-09-01
- 3IDrive e2IDrive e2 · Virginia$60.00checked 2026-09-01
38 offers from 16 vendors were evaluated. Offers with stale evidence, an incomplete total or an unmet requirement remain outside the ranked three.
Fixed workload
50 TB large repository
50 TB retained, 2.5 TB leaves in a normal month, 50 TB comes back in a restore, with 5 million objects, 2.5 million Class A requests and 10 million Class B requests.
Lowest normal-month bills
- 1OVHcloud Object StorageCold Archive · France (Paris)$91.78checked 2026-09-01
- 2Oracle OCI Object StorageArchive · US East (Ashburn)$134.19checked 2026-09-01
- 3Telnyx Cloud StorageRegular Storage · US East$280.15checked 2026-09-01
Lowest full-restore bills
- 1Telnyx Cloud StorageRegular Storage · US East$280.35checked 2026-09-01
- 2IDrive e2IDrive e2 · Virginia$300.00checked 2026-09-01
- 3Backblaze B2B2 Cloud Storage · US West$347.43checked 2026-09-01
38 offers from 16 vendors were evaluated. Offers with stale evidence, an incomplete total or an unmet requirement remain outside the ranked three.
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