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Google Cloud Storage pricing for backup storage

Google Cloud Storage has five captured classes in us-east1. Standard, Nearline, Coldline, and Archive share destination-aware network pricing but diverge sharply on retrieval, request rates, and minimum duration. Rapid is a separate zonal offer with hourly storage, ingress and read-transfer meters, extra operation classes, and no Always Free allowances.

Price your own workload against every vendor, including the worst-day restore and how long it takes to come back.

What the pricing page does not lead with

The 100 GiB egress allowance is destination-eligible, not universal.
Australia and China are excluded, and the allowance is scoped from eligible North American buckets to each eligible destination.
Source, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z
Nearline, Coldline, and Archive charge retrieval in addition to internet egress.
A restore can pay two per-byte meters plus requests.
Source, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z
A read-only restore never creates an early-deletion charge.
The 30, 90, and 365-day remainders require deletion, overwrite, movement, or transition of the source.
Source, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z

The rest of this vendor's non-obvious rules5 more

Nearline has a 30-day minimum, Coldline 90 days, and Archive 365 days; Standard and Rapid have no minimum duration.
Delete, replace, move, or rewrite before the class minimum charges the remaining duration. A read-only restore still does not trigger it.
Source, checked 2026-07-26
Qualifying lifecycle and Autoclass movements can be exempt.
A generic transition flag is insufficient; the movement mechanism changes the bill.
Source, checked 2026-07-26
Rapid does not receive Always Free allowances and has Class C and D operation meters.
Applying conventional GCS free tiers or an A/B-only model materially understates Rapid.
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Rapid cross-region and CDN-specific treatment is not published in the captured row.
A destination-specific comparison must remain not published instead of reusing conventional GCS network pricing.
Source, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z
Always Free storage and operation allowances apply only in us-west1, us-central1, and us-east1, while Rapid is excluded.
data/providers.json captures only us-east1 for Google Cloud Storage. It cannot establish another region's price or extend US allowance eligibility to an uncaptured location.
Source, checked 2026-07-26

Worked bills

Each one states its inputs and every line, so the total can be checked rather than trusted. A state stays a word and is never counted as zero.

Standard full restore in an eligible destination$131.16

Storage class: Standard · Storage GiB: 1,000 · Internet egress GiB: 1,000 · Destination: eligible worldwide destination outside Australia and China · Class a operations: 500,000 · Class b operations: 2,000,000 · Mutation: none; read-only restore

Sources: Google Cloud: Storage pricing: all Standard meters and allowances, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z

Storage after 5 GiB free	$19.90
900 GiB internet egress	$108.00
495,000 billable Class A operations	$2.475
1.95 million billable Class B operations	$0.78
Retrieval	not charged
Early deletion	does not apply
Total	$131.16

Storage = (1,000 - 5) x $0.02 = $19.90. Egress = (1,000 - 100) x $0.12 = $108.00. Class A = 495 x $0.005 = $2.475. Class B = 1,950 x $0.0004 = $0.78. Sum = $131.155, rounded to $131.16.

Nearline full restore$134.90

Storage class: Nearline · Storage GiB: 1,000 · Restored GiB: 1,000 · Internet egress GiB: 1,000 · Class a operations: 500,000 · Class b operations: 2,000,000 · Mutation: none; read-only restore

Sources: Google Cloud: Storage pricing: all Nearline meters, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z

Storage	$10.00
Retrieval	$10.00
Internet egress	$108.00
Class A operations	$4.95
Class B operations	$1.95
Early deletion	does not apply
Total	$134.90

Storage = $10.00, retrieval = $10.00, eligible egress = $108.00, Class A = 495 x $0.01 = $4.95, and Class B = 1,950 x $0.001 = $1.95. Total = $134.90. The read-only restore does not activate the 30-day remainder.

Coldline full restore$161.40

Storage class: Coldline · Storage GiB: 1,000 · Restored GiB: 1,000 · Internet egress GiB: 1,000 · Class a operations: 500,000 · Class b operations: 2,000,000 · Mutation: none; read-only restore

Sources: Google Cloud: Storage pricing: all Coldline meters, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z

Storage	$4.00
Retrieval	$20.00
Internet egress	$108.00
Class A operations	$9.90
Class B operations	$19.50
Early deletion	does not apply
Total	$161.40

Storage = $4.00, retrieval = $20.00, eligible egress = $108.00, Class A = 495 x $0.02 = $9.90, and Class B = 1,950 x $0.01 = $19.50. Total = $161.40.

Archive full restore$281.45

Storage class: Archive · Storage GiB: 1,000 · Restored GiB: 1,000 · Internet egress GiB: 1,000 · Class a operations: 500,000 · Class b operations: 2,000,000 · Mutation: none; read-only restore

Sources: Google Cloud: Storage pricing: all Archive meters, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z

Storage	$1.20
Retrieval	$50.00
Internet egress	$108.00
Class A operations	$24.75
Class B operations	$97.50
Early deletion	does not apply
Total	$281.45

Storage = $1.20, retrieval = $50.00, eligible egress = $108.00, Class A = 495 x $0.05 = $24.75, and Class B = 1,950 x $0.05 = $97.50. Total = $281.45. Reading does not activate the 365-day remainder.

Rapid backup and read month exercises all operation classes$115.41

Storage class: Rapid · Storage GiB month: 1,000 · Ingress GiB: 1,000 · Read transfer GiB: 1,000 · Class a operations: 500,000 · Class b operations: 2,000,000 · Class c operations: 1,000,000 · Class d operations: 1,000,000

Sources: Google Cloud: Storage pricing: all Rapid meters and absence of free allowances, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z

Storage normalized to 730 hours	$110.00
Ingress	$3.20
Read transfer	$0.60
Class A operations	$0.565
Class B operations	$0.40
Class C operations	$0.625
Class D operations	$0.02
Retrieval	not charged
Total	$115.41

Storage = 1,000 x $0.11 = $110.00. Ingress = 1,000 x $0.0032 = $3.20. Read transfer = 1,000 x $0.0006 = $0.60. A = 500 x $0.00113 = $0.565. B = 2,000 x $0.0002 = $0.40. C = 1,000 x $0.000625 = $0.625. D = 1,000 x $0.00002 = $0.02. Total = $115.41.

Standard egress crosses all three graduated bands$17,510.40

Storage class: Standard · Internet egress GiB: 160,100 · Destination: eligible worldwide destination outside Australia and China · Other meters: excluded to isolate egress

Sources: Google Cloud: Storage pricing: 100 GiB allowance and all graduated egress tiers, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z

First 100 GiB	$0.00
First 10,240 billable GiB at $0.12	$1,228.80
Next 143,360 GiB at $0.11	$15,769.60
Final 6,400 GiB at $0.08	$512.00
Total	$17,510.40

Billable egress = 160,100 - 100 = 160,000 GiB. Graduated total = 10,240 x $0.12 + 143,360 x $0.11 + 6,400 x $0.08 = $1,228.80 + $15,769.60 + $512.00 = $17,510.40.

Buyer-driven deletes at each cold-class minimumno complete total

Stored GiB per class: 1,000 · Nearline delete day: 10 · Coldline delete day: 30 · Archive delete day: 30 · Operation: actual deletion, not restore

Sources: Google Cloud: Storage pricing: 30, 90, and 365-day minimums, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z

Nearline remainder after day 10	20 days of prorated Nearline storage
Coldline remainder after day 30	60 days of prorated Coldline storage
Archive remainder after day 30	335 days of prorated Archive storage
Total	conditional

Each deletion occurs before its class minimum. Exact charges depend on object timestamps and provider billing precision. The scenario records the sourced remaining durations without converting calendar-dependent remainders into invented monthly arithmetic.

Provider-managed lifecycle or Autoclass movementno complete total

Source class: Nearline, Coldline, or Archive · Operation: qualifying provider-managed transition

Sources: Google Cloud: Storage pricing: early-deletion exceptions, checked 2026-07-26

Buyer-driven early-deletion remainder	does not apply for a qualifying exempt movement
Eligibility	conditional on the transition type
Total	conditional

Google exempts qualifying lifecycle and Autoclass movements from the normal early-deletion result. The transition type must be resolved before applying the exemption.

Destination or Rapid path lacks a published comparable ruleno complete total

Case a: conventional bucket to Australia or China · Case b: Rapid cross-region or CDN-specific path

Sources: Google Cloud: Storage pricing: conventional allowance exclusions and Rapid missing path rates, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z

Conventional 100 GiB allowance	does not apply for excluded destinations
Rapid cross-region add-on	not published
Rapid CDN-specific rate	not published
Total	not published

The conventional allowance excludes Australia and China. Rapid publishes read transfer but no separate cross-region add-on or CDN-specific rule in the checked table. The path must stay visible and unranked rather than inherit an unrelated rate.

The destination changes a 1,000 GiB conventional-bucket transfer lineno complete total

Storage class: Standard · Region: us-east1 · Transfer GiB: 1,000 · Unused egress allowance GiB: 0 · Storage and operations: held constant and excluded · Comparison: Each destination is an alternative; lines are not additive.

Sources: Google Cloud: Storage pricing: same-region, cross-region, public-internet, and Cloud CDN origin-transfer rules, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z

Same-region transfer	not charged
Captured cross-region transfer	$20.00
Eligible public-internet transfer with the allowance exhausted	$120.00
Cloud CDN origin-transfer waiver	conditional
Total	not comparable

Same-region transfer is not charged. Cross-region transfer = 1,000 x $0.02 = $20.00. With no unused allowance, the first captured public-internet band is 1,000 x $0.12 = $120.00. The Cloud CDN origin-transfer waiver is conditional, and downstream CDN delivery is a separate product meter.

Every class, and the rules that change its bill

5 classes captured for this vendor. Each rule below is a published condition that moves a real line on the bill, with the page it came from.

Standard8 rules

Frequently accessed online objects and backup repositories that should avoid retrieval and minimum-duration charges.

Published rules that move the bill for Standard
Rule	Value	Why it moves the bill
Storage	First 5 GiB free in the eligible us-east1 free-tier region, then $0.02 per GiB-month	The storage allowance is region- and class-eligible, not a universal account credit.
Internet egress allowance	100 GiB monthly from eligible North American buckets to each eligible destination; Australia and China excluded	Destination eligibility decides whether the allowance is subtracted.
Internet egress tiers	$0.12 per GiB through 10 TiB, $0.11 through 150 TiB, then $0.08	The bands are graduated and destination-scoped.
Class A operations	5,000 free monthly, then $0.005 per 1,000	Write and list operations are billed separately from reads.
Class B operations	50,000 free monthly, then $0.0004 per 1,000	Restore GET and metadata calls can exceed the read allowance.
Retrieval and same-region movement	not charged	Standard has no retrieval meter; same-region movement must not be priced as public internet.
Minimum duration and early deletion	does not apply	Standard reads and mutations have no minimum-duration remainder.
Minimum billable object size	not published	No small-object uplift is inferred.

Nearline6 rules

Data read about monthly, where lower storage cost can offset retrieval and higher operation prices.

Published rules that move the bill for Nearline
Rule	Value	Why it moves the bill
Storage and retrieval	$0.01 per GiB-month storage and $0.01 per GiB retrieved	A full restore adds one month of storage-rate-equivalent retrieval.
Internet egress	Eligible 100 GiB allowance, then graduated $0.12, $0.11, and $0.08 destination tiers	Retrieval and transfer are separate byte meters.
Class A and Class B operations	5,000 A and 50,000 B free monthly, then $0.01 and $0.001 per 1,000	Nearline request rates exceed Standard's.
Minimum storage duration	30 days with a prorated early-deletion remainder	Delete, overwrite, move, or transition can bill unused duration. A read-only restore cannot.
Lifecycle and Autoclass exceptions	conditional: qualifying provider-managed transitions are exempt from early-deletion charges	A managed transition and a buyer-driven mutation do not always receive the same duration result.
Minimum billable object size	not published	No object-size floor is assumed.

Coldline6 rules

Quarterly or less frequent recovery data where lower storage cost offsets higher retrieval and request prices.

Published rules that move the bill for Coldline
Rule	Value	Why it moves the bill
Storage and retrieval	$0.004 per GiB-month storage and $0.02 per GiB retrieved	A full restore costs five storage months in retrieval before egress.
Internet egress	Eligible 100 GiB allowance, then graduated $0.12, $0.11, and $0.08 tiers	Cold retrieval does not include public network transfer.
Class A and Class B operations	5,000 A and 50,000 B free monthly, then $0.02 and $0.01 per 1,000	Coldline reads can make request cost material for small objects.
Minimum storage duration	90 days with a prorated early-deletion remainder	Removing young data can owe multiple months; restoring it without mutation cannot.
Lifecycle and Autoclass exceptions	conditional	Qualifying managed movements can avoid the buyer-driven early-deletion result.
Minimum billable object size	not published	No small-object uplift is added.

Archive6 rules

Long-lived backup data that needs online access semantics but is expected to be read rarely.

Published rules that move the bill for Archive
Rule	Value	Why it moves the bill
Storage and retrieval	$0.0012 per GiB-month storage and $0.05 per GiB retrieved	The lowest conventional GCS storage rate has the highest captured retrieval rate.
Internet egress	Eligible 100 GiB allowance, then graduated $0.12, $0.11, and $0.08 tiers	Archive retrieval and internet egress both apply to the same restored byte.
Class A and Class B operations	5,000 A and 50,000 B free monthly, then $0.05 per 1,000 for either class	Request-heavy archive restores can exceed both allowances.
Minimum storage duration	365 days with a prorated early-deletion remainder	A buyer-driven mutation can owe most of a year of remaining storage.
Lifecycle and Autoclass exceptions	conditional	Provider-managed movements must be distinguished from deletion, overwrite, or buyer-driven transition.
Minimum billable object size	not published	No object-size floor is inferred.

Rapid9 rules

Zonal, very-low-latency storage when Rapid Bucket eligibility and per-operation economics are required.

Published rules that move the bill for Rapid
Rule	Value	Why it moves the bill
Hourly storage	$0.000150685 per GiB-hour, recorded as $0.11 per GiB-month at 730 hours	The monthly figure is a transparent normalization of the official hourly rate.
Ingress and read transfer	$0.0032 per GiB written in and $0.0006 per GiB read	Rapid charges byte movement in both directions; a read-only restore incurs read transfer but not ingress.
Class A and Class B operations	$0.00113 and $0.0002 per 1,000 with no free allowance	Rapid does not inherit conventional GCS request free tiers.
Class C and Class D operations	$0.000625 and $0.00002 per 1,000 with no published free allowance	A/B-only models omit two bill-changing Rapid operation classes.
Always Free allowances	does not apply	Rapid explicitly receives none of the conventional storage, egress, or operation allowances.
Retrieval	not charged	The per-byte recovery line is Rapid read transfer, not a separate cold retrieval fee.
Cross-region and CDN-specific transfer	not published	The captured table publishes a universal read-transfer line but no separate cross-region add-on or CDN rule.
Minimum duration and early deletion	does not apply	Rapid publishes no minimum retention.
Minimum billable object size	not published	No small-object uplift is assumed.