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Where each OVHcloud class stops being the cheaper option

Prices checked · Vendor details further down checked

For 10 TB with 1 TB downloaded a month, Cold Archive costs least for a normal month, at $28.73; the month you restore it all, Infrequent Access costs least, at $85.25.

Class Ready to download 10 TB normal month10 TB restore month
Cold Archive France (Paris) Within 2 days $28.73 $132.52
Infrequent Access France (Gravelines) At once $44.65 $85.25
Active Archive France (Paris) Not confirmed $69.31 $266.75
Standard 3-AZ France (Paris) At once $146.31 $146.31
High Performance France (Gravelines) At once $188.87 $188.87

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

  1. Standard 3-AZAt onceKeep: $146.31Read back: free
  2. Active ArchiveNot confirmedKeep: $49.56Read back: $197.44
  3. Infrequent AccessAt onceKeep: $40.59Read back: $40.61
  4. Cold ArchiveWithin 2 daysKeep: $18.36Read back: $103.78
OVHcloud Object Storage's classes, warmest first, with when the data is ready to download. Reading back is the retrieval fee, restore requests for 1 million files and any temporary copy kept for 1 day; downloading the data is billed on top. Left out: High Performance, which costs more to keep in exchange for speed.

Put your own numbers through the calculator to see what this charge does to a normal month and to the month you restore.

OVHcloud needs two warmer baselines because its classes are not all in one Region

The High Performance and Infrequent Access prices we checked are both for GRA, so they form one compatible byte comparison. High Performance costs $0.0202794 per GiB-month, Infrequent Access costs $0.0043581 per GiB-month, and retrieval costs $0.0044 per GiB. The crossover is 361.85% read per month. [1]

The Standard 3-AZ, Active Archive, and Cold Archive prices we checked are for EU-WEST-PAR. Active Archive costs $0.0053217 per GiB-month and retrieval costs $0.0212 per GiB. Against the first Standard 3-AZ storage band at $0.0157096, the crossover is 49.00% per month. Cold Archive, at $0.001971 per GiB-month with $0.01062 per GiB retrieval on OVHcloud's current list, crosses over at 129.37% per month before the restored copy's Standard storage is added. [1] [1]

Show the tableas checked 25 July to 22 October 2026
Classes comparedArithmeticAccess breakpointMinimum durationSource
GRA High Performance versus Infrequent Access ($0.0202794 - $0.0043581) / $0.0044 361.85% per month 3.6185 full reads during Infrequent Access's 730-hour minimum [1]
EU-WEST-PAR Standard 3-AZ first band versus Active Archive ($0.0157096 - $0.0053217) / $0.0212 49.00% per month 1.4700 full reads during Active Archive's 2,190-hour minimum [1] [1]
EU-WEST-PAR Standard 3-AZ first band versus Cold Archive ($0.0157096 - $0.001971) / $0.01062 129.37% per month, before the restored copy's Standard storage 7.7619 full reads during Cold Archive's 4,380-hour minimum [1]
Standard 3-AZ versus High Performance Different Regions and different service capability not comparable does not apply [1] [2]

Where each OVHcloud class stops saving money

Standard 3-AZ uses graduated storage bands. Its first band is the compatible baseline for the Active Archive result, so higher-volume workloads require the applicable Standard band to be substituted before the crossover is recomputed. [1]

Incoming, internal, and public outgoing traffic are included for all five classes, and Class A and Class B operations are not charged. Retrieval and minimum duration are therefore the class-changing byte meters, and a Cold Archive restore also bills the restored copy as Standard storage. [1] [1]

Show the tableas checked 25 July to 22 October 2026
Class and RegionStorage and retrievalMinimum durationBreak-even access frequencyWrong access patternSource
Standard 3-AZ, EU-WEST-PAR $0.0157096/GiB-month in the first band; retrieval not charged does not apply does not apply; warmer baseline for the Paris archive classes A workload whose required Region or capability is covered only by another class in this table [1] [2]
High Performance, GRA $0.0202794/GiB-month; retrieval not charged does not apply does not apply; warmer baseline for GRA Infrequent Access A workload that does not need the performance capability and reads below the Infrequent Access crossover [1] [2]
Infrequent Access, GRA $0.0043581/GiB-month + $0.0044/GiB retrieval 730 hours 361.85% per month; 3.6185 full reads during the minimum More than 361.85% read per month or delete, overwrite, move, or transition before hour 730 [1] [2]
Active Archive, EU-WEST-PAR $0.0053217/GiB-month + $0.0212/GiB retrieval 2,190 hours 49.00% per month versus the first Standard 3-AZ band; 1.4700 full reads during the minimum More than 49.00% read per month or delete, overwrite, move, or transition before hour 2,190 [1] [1]
Cold Archive, EU-WEST-PAR $0.001971/GiB-month + $0.01062/GiB retrieval, plus Standard storage for the restored copy 4,380 hours 129.37% per month versus the first Standard 3-AZ band, before the restored copy; 7.7619 full reads during the minimum More than 129.37% read per month, restored copies kept for long periods, or delete or overwrite before hour 4,380 [1] [3]

Public egress is not charged, but archive retrieval can still dominate

OVHcloud's worldwide price list includes public outgoing traffic for every OVHcloud class. A public restore therefore keeps egress as not charged rather than dropping the line, while Infrequent Access, Active Archive, and Cold Archive retain their per-GiB retrieval charges. [1] [1]

Restoring without deleting or overwriting the source does not incur an early-deletion remainder. Add that meter only when the workflow also deletes, overwrites, moves, or transitions the source before a published minimum. Active Archive has a 2,190-hour minimum and Cold Archive a 4,380-hour minimum. [1] [3]

Show the tableas checked 25 July to 22 October 2026
Restore lineStandard and High PerformanceInfrequent AccessActive ArchiveCold ArchiveSource
Retrieval not charged $0.0044/GiB $0.0212/GiB $0.01062/GiB, plus Standard storage for the restored copy [1] [1] [1]
Public egress not charged not charged not charged not charged [1]
Class A and Class B operations not charged not charged not charged not charged [1]
Early deletion on read-only source does not apply does not apply does not apply does not apply [2] [3]

Our price table now has OVHcloud's Cold Archive retrieval rate

A check on 2026-07-26 found a $0.011 per GiB Cold Archive retrieval rate on OVHcloud's official public-cloud price list, which our July 25 price table did not yet have because the product text we checked stated only that retrieval fees apply. [1] [3]

Our price table now carries the rate on OVHcloud's list as checked on 11 October 2026, $0.01062 per GiB, and the Cold Archive crossover on this page uses it. OVHcloud bills the restored copy at the Standard rate for the period you choose, so a complete Cold Archive restore costs the retrieval fee plus that Standard storage. [1]

Show the tableas checked 25 July to 22 October 2026
PropertyOur price table, July 25Official price list checked July 26What this page showsSource
Cold Archive retrieval not published $0.011/GiB Now $0.01062/GiB on the list checked 11 October 2026, used in the crossover [1] [3] [1]
Cold Archive storage Starting at $0.002/GiB-month $0.0000027/GiB-hour on the current price list The crossover uses the list's hourly rate: $0.0000027 x 730 hours = $0.001971/GiB-month [1] [3] [1]
Cold Archive minimum 4,380 hours 4,380 hours No disagreement [3] [1]

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 3 sources
  1. 1 OVHcloud: Public Cloud prices www.ovhcloud.com · checked 22 October 2026
  2. 2 OVHcloud docs: Choosing the right Object Storage class docs.ovhcloud.com · checked 25 July 2026
  3. 3 OVHcloud: Cold Archive www.ovhcloud.com · checked 25 July 2026