Storage classes
Where each Oracle OCI tier stops saving money
Prices checked · Vendor details further down checked
For 10 TB with 1 TB downloaded a month, Archive costs least for a normal month, at $25.55, and also the month you restore it all, at $40.15.
| Class | Ready to download | 10 TB normal month | 10 TB restore month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archive United States (Ashburn) | Not confirmed | $25.55 | $40.15 |
| Infrequent Access United States (Ashburn) | At once | $103.08 | $203.01 |
| Standard United States (Ashburn) | At once | $238.07 | $244.87 |
Every class on 10 TB kept, 1 TB downloaded in a normal month, all 10 TB in the month you restore, cheapest normal month first, with the time a restore takes to become ready.
Cheaper to keep, dearer to read back
Keeping 10 TB for a monthReading all 10 TB back
- StandardAt once
- Infrequent AccessAt once
- ArchiveNot confirmed
Put your own numbers through the calculator to see what this charge does to a normal month and to the month you restore.
Infrequent Access crosses Standard at 155% read per month
Above the shared first 10 GB of free storage, OCI Standard costs $0.0255 per GB-month and Infrequent Access costs $0.01 per GB-month plus $0.01 per GB of retrieval. Solving ($0.0255 - $0.01) / $0.01 gives 1.55, or 155% of stored bytes read per month. [1]
Infrequent Access has a 31-day minimum. On a 30-day month convention, the byte crossover corresponds to 1.55 x 31 / 30 = 1.6017 full reads during that minimum. Preserving the source during a read-only restore does not trigger the prorated remainder because nothing is deleted or overwritten. [2] [1]
Show the tableas checked 25 July 2026
| Input | Price we checked | How the break-even uses it | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | First 10 GB not charged, then $0.0255/GB-month; retrieval not charged | Warmer baseline above the shared allowance | [1] |
| Infrequent Access | First 10 GB not charged, then $0.01/GB-month + $0.01/GB retrieval | 155% per month | [1] |
| Infrequent Access minimum | 31 days | 160.17% of stored volume read during the minimum | [2] |
| Requests | $0.00034 per 1,000 after 50,000 free for each tier | Cancels in a same-count tier comparison after the shared allowance | [1] |
Archive has no retrieval-byte fee but its restored Standard copy can erase the saving
OCI Archive costs $0.0026 per GB-month above the first 10 GB and has retrieval not charged. There is no retrieval-byte crossover against Standard. Restored objects are billed in Standard while readable, so restored-copy duration replaces retrieval frequency as the paid access variable. [1] [2]
A full restored copy adds $0.0255 / 30 = $0.00085 per GB-day on the 30-day convention. Archive saves $0.0255 - $0.0026 = $0.0229 per GB-month, so 0.0229 / 0.00085 = 26.94 restored-copy days in a month erase the byte-storage saving. [1] [2]
Show the tableas checked 25 July 2026
| Tier | Storage and retrieval | Minimum duration | Break-even access frequency | Wrong access pattern | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | First 10 GB not charged, then $0.0255/GB-month; retrieval not charged | does not apply | does not apply; online baseline | Long-lived data read below the Infrequent Access crossover when its 31-day minimum is safe | [1] [2] |
| Infrequent Access | First 10 GB not charged, then $0.01/GB-month + $0.01/GB retrieval | 31 days | 155% per month; 160.17% during the 31-day minimum | More than 155% read per month or delete or overwrite before day 31 | [1] [2] |
| Archive | First 10 GB not charged, then $0.0026/GB-month; retrieval not charged; restored Standard copy billed | 90 days | No retrieval-byte crossover; a full restored copy retained for 26.94 days in a month erases the byte-storage saving | Long-lived readable copies, access that cannot wait for restoration, or delete or overwrite before day 90 | [1] [2] |
The first 10,240 GB of monthly internet egress changes the restore decision
OCI includes a 10,240 GB monthly internet-egress allowance and charges $0.0085 per GB above it. A 12,000 GB public restore with the full allowance available therefore adds (12,000 - 10,240) x $0.0085 = $14.96 of egress. [4]
Archive restoration preserves the Archive object and creates a readable Standard copy. The bill can include requests, Standard copy storage, and destination-aware egress, but early deletion does not apply unless the workflow also deletes or overwrites the source before day 90. [2] [1] [3]
Show the tableas checked 25 July to 17 October 2026
| Bill line, 12,000 GB Archive restore | Arithmetic | Charge | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archive retrieval | not charged | $0.00 | [2] |
| Internet egress | (12,000 GB - 10,240 GB) x $0.0085/GB | $14.96 | [4] |
| Restored-copy storage | 12,000 GB x $0.0255/GB-month x retained days / 30 | depends on use | [1] [2] |
| Requests | $0.00034 per 1,000 after 50,000 free | depends on use | [1] |
| Early deletion | Read-only source | does not apply | [2] |
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these pages, on the date shown. Each numbered reference in the text links to its entry here. Vendors change prices; if a date looks old, check the source. Three vendors publish a downloadable price feed and the rest are re-checked by hand, which is why the dates are not uniform.
Source pages checked 4 sources
- 1 Oracle Cloud PaaS and IaaS global price list (PDF) www.oracle.com · checked 25 July 2026
- 2 Oracle docs: Object Storage storage tiers docs.oracle.com · checked 25 July 2026
- 3 Oracle: Virtual Cloud Network pricing www.oracle.com · checked 17 October 2026
- 4 Oracle cloud price list apexapps.oracle.com · checked 17 October 2026