Vendor
Vultr Object Storage pricing for backup storage
Vultr sells five bundled object-storage tiers. Each base fee includes 1,000 GB of storage and 1,000 GB of outbound transfer, then storage overage changes by tier while outbound overage stays $0.01 per GB. Request prices are not published, and Archive also leaves retrieval and temporary-copy billing incomplete, so real restore totals remain not published.
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
Every listed tier has a base fee that includes 1,000 GB storage and 1,000 GB outbound.
The zero per-GB bands are bundled, not free.
Source, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44ZRequest pricing is not published.
All request-bearing restore totals must remain not published even when their storage and egress subtotals are known.
Source, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44ZArchive restore requires a Standard readable copy.
The recovery receipt needs temporary-copy storage in addition to archive storage and outbound transfer.
Source, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z
The rest of this vendor's non-obvious rules1 more
Archive retrieval has no published per-GB rate.
The $22.00 archive subtotal is not a complete 2,000 GB restore bill.
Source, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z
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 tier above storage and outbound bundlesno complete total
Storage class: Standard · Storage GB: 2,000 · Internet egress GB: 2,000 · Class a operations: 500,000 · Class b operations: 2,000,000
Sources: Vultr documentation: How is object storage billed: Standard bundle, overages, requests, and retrieval, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z
| Base plan | $18.00 |
|---|---|
| 1,000 GB storage overage | $18.00 |
| 1,000 GB outbound overage | $10.00 |
| Requests | not published |
| Retrieval | not charged |
| Total | not published |
Published subtotal = $18 + 1,000 x $0.018 + 1,000 x $0.01 = $46.00. Request pricing is not published, so $46.00 is not promoted to a complete total.
Premium tier above storage and outbound bundlesno complete total
Storage class: Premium · Storage GB: 2,000 · Internet egress GB: 2,000 · Class a operations: 500,000 · Class b operations: 2,000,000
Sources: Vultr documentation: How is object storage billed: Premium bundle and request state, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z
| Base plan | $36.00 |
|---|---|
| Storage overage | $36.00 |
| Outbound overage | $10.00 |
| Requests | not published |
| Total | not published |
Published subtotal = $36 + 1,000 x $0.036 + 1,000 x $0.01 = $82.00. Requests remain not published.
Performance tier above storage and outbound bundlesno complete total
Storage class: Performance · Storage GB: 2,000 · Internet egress GB: 2,000 · Class a operations: 500,000 · Class b operations: 2,000,000
Sources: Vultr documentation: How is object storage billed: Performance bundle and request state, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z
| Base plan | $50.00 |
|---|---|
| Storage overage | $50.00 |
| Outbound overage | $10.00 |
| Requests | not published |
| Total | not published |
Published subtotal = $50 + 1,000 x $0.05 + 1,000 x $0.01 = $110.00. Requests remain not published.
Accelerated tier above storage and outbound bundlesno complete total
Storage class: Accelerated · Storage GB: 2,000 · Internet egress GB: 2,000 · Class a operations: 500,000 · Class b operations: 2,000,000
Sources: Vultr documentation: How is object storage billed: Accelerated bundle and request state, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z
| Base plan | $100.00 |
|---|---|
| Storage overage | $100.00 |
| Outbound overage | $10.00 |
| Requests | not published |
| Total | not published |
Published subtotal = $100 + 1,000 x $0.10 + 1,000 x $0.01 = $210.00. Requests remain not published.
Archive full restore above both bundlesno complete total
Storage class: Archive · Storage GB: 2,000 · Restored GB: 2,000 · Internet egress GB: 2,000 · Restored COPY days: 7 · Class b operations: 2,000,000 · Mutation: none; read-only restore
Sources: Vultr documentation: Limits: archive bundle, retrieval state, and temporary copy, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z · Vultr documentation: How is object storage billed: outbound overage and request state, checked 2026-07-25T15:34:44Z
| Archive base plan | $6.00 |
|---|---|
| 1,000 GB archive storage overage | $6.00 |
| 1,000 GB outbound overage | $10.00 |
| Archive retrieval | not published |
| Seven-day Standard restored copy | conditional |
| Requests | not published |
| Early deletion | does not apply |
| Total | not published |
Published archive and outbound subtotal = $6 + 1,000 x $0.006 + 1,000 x $0.01 = $22.00. The restore also needs an unpublished retrieval rate, request rates, and a Standard-copy charge based on restored-copy duration. A read-only restore does not activate early deletion.
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.
Standard5 rules
General-purpose online object storage for backups that fit the Standard performance profile.
| Rule | Value | Why it moves the bill |
|---|---|---|
| Standard bundle | $18 per month including 1,000 GB storage and 1,000 GB outbound | The included tiers are not a zero-dollar offer. |
| Storage and outbound overage | $0.018 per GB-month storage and $0.01 per GB outbound above the included quantities | Storage and restore transfer cross separate 1,000 GB boundaries. |
| Requests | not published | A request-bearing restore cannot produce a complete total. |
| Retrieval | not charged | Online data has no separate retrieval fee; outbound transfer remains. |
| Minimum object size, duration, and early deletion | not published | No small-object or mutation remainder is assumed. |
Premium5 rules
Online backup data needing the Premium tier's service characteristics.
| Rule | Value | Why it moves the bill |
|---|---|---|
| Premium bundle | $36 per month including 1,000 GB storage and 1,000 GB outbound | Tier eligibility changes the fixed invoice floor. |
| Storage and outbound overage | $0.036 per GB-month storage and $0.01 per GB outbound above the bundle | Premium doubles Standard's storage overage while keeping the same transfer overage. |
| Requests | not published | The request portion of a restore remains unknown. |
| Retrieval | not charged | Outbound transfer is the per-byte restore line for the online tier. |
| Minimum object size, duration, and early deletion | not published | No missing rule is treated as zero. |
Performance5 rules
Online object storage for performance-sensitive backup and application workloads.
| Rule | Value | Why it moves the bill |
|---|---|---|
| Performance bundle | $50 per month including 1,000 GB storage and 1,000 GB outbound | The selected performance tier determines the fixed fee. |
| Storage and outbound overage | $0.05 per GB-month storage and $0.01 per GB outbound above the bundle | The storage overage is tier-specific. |
| Requests | not published | The bill cannot close with request counts present. |
| Retrieval | not charged | Online restore bytes pay outbound rather than retrieval. |
| Minimum object size, duration, and early deletion | not published | No unsupported mutation or small-object result is added. |
Accelerated5 rules
Online object storage for the highest captured Vultr performance tier.
| Rule | Value | Why it moves the bill |
|---|---|---|
| Accelerated bundle | $100 per month including 1,000 GB storage and 1,000 GB outbound | The base fee is the dominant bill below the included quantities. |
| Storage and outbound overage | $0.10 per GB-month storage and $0.01 per GB outbound above the bundle | Accelerated has the highest captured storage overage. |
| Requests | not published | A complete restore total is unavailable. |
| Retrieval | not charged | Internet outbound remains the recovery byte meter. |
| Minimum object size, duration, and early deletion | not published | Unknown is not converted to zero. |
Archive6 rules
Archived objects that can tolerate a restore-to-Standard step before reading.
| Rule | Value | Why it moves the bill |
|---|---|---|
| Archive bundle | $6 per month including 1,000 GB storage and 1,000 GB outbound | The archive's low fixed fee is still a paid bundle. |
| Storage and outbound overage | $0.006 per GB-month storage and $0.01 per GB outbound above the bundle | Both included quantities can be crossed by a large archive and full restore. |
| Archive retrieval | not published | Objects must be restored, but no per-GB retrieval rate is published. |
| Temporary restored-copy storage | conditional: restored copies use Standard storage; exact charge depends on size and retained duration | A restore can add Standard storage before outbound transfer. |
| Requests | not published | Restore and GET calls cannot be priced. |
| Minimum object size, duration, and early deletion | not published | The archive source does not support a mutation remainder. |