Storage classes
Where Scaleway Glacier stops being cheaper than Standard
Prices checked · Vendor details further down checked
For 10 TB with 1 TB downloaded a month, Standard One Zone costs least for a normal month, at $100.51, and also the month you restore it all, at $212.75.
| Class | Ready to download | 10 TB normal month | 10 TB restore month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard One Zone France (Paris) | At once | $100.51 | $212.75 |
| Standard Multi-AZ France (Paris) | At once | $190.64 | $302.88 |
| Glacier France (Paris) A charge the bill needs is not published; the vendor page names it. | Not confirmed | Price not published | Price not published |
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.
Put your own numbers through the calculator to see what this charge does to a normal month and to the month you restore.
Glacier crosses Standard Multi-AZ at 150.22% read per month
Scaleway publishes the Paris rates we checked in EUR. Standard Multi-AZ costs EUR 0.01606 per GB-month, Glacier costs EUR 0.00254 per GB-month, and Glacier restore costs EUR 0.009 per GB. Solving (EUR 0.01606 - EUR 0.00254) / EUR 0.009 gives 1.5022, or 150.22% of stored bytes restored per month. [1]
Scaleway does not publish a minimum storage duration for any of the three classes. A lifecycle rule that delays transition is not evidence of a minimum-duration billing charge, so we do not give a minimum-window access count. [2]
Show the tableas checked 25 July 2026
| Input | Price we checked | How the break-even uses it | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Multi-AZ | EUR 0.01606/GB-month; retrieval not charged | Warmer baseline for Glacier | [1] |
| Glacier | EUR 0.00254/GB-month + EUR 0.009/GB restored | (0.01606 - 0.00254) / 0.009 = 150.22% per month | [1] |
| Minimum storage duration | not published for all classes | Minimum-window break-even not published | [2] |
| Currency | EUR; USD rates not published | No exchange-rate conversion enters the comparison | [1] |
One Zone has no retrieval crossover, but it is not a Multi-AZ substitute
Standard One Zone costs EUR 0.00803 per GB-month and has retrieval not charged, so its published byte meters never cross Standard Multi-AZ as access frequency rises. The lower rate buys a different availability shape, so the result is not comparable rather than an unconditional price win. [1] [2]
Glacier is the only class with a paid retrieval meter. Requests are not charged for all three classes, while minimum billable object size and minimum storage duration remain not published. [1] [2]
Show the tableas checked 25 July 2026
| Class | Storage and retrieval | Minimum duration | Break-even access frequency | What to check before choosing | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Multi-AZ | EUR 0.01606/GB-month; retrieval not charged | not published | does not apply; warmer baseline | Choose only after Multi-AZ availability is required | [1] [2] |
| Standard One Zone | EUR 0.00803/GB-month; retrieval not charged | not published | No retrieval-byte crossover; not comparable with Multi-AZ | The data must tolerate a one-zone availability shape | [1] [2] |
| Glacier | EUR 0.00254/GB-month + EUR 0.009/GB restored | not published | 150.22% per month versus Standard Multi-AZ; minimum-window result not published | More than 150.22% read per month, or a restore that cannot tolerate the archive workflow | [1] [2] |
For a 1,000 GB Glacier restore, egress costs slightly more than retrieval
Scaleway includes 75 GB of monthly egress and charges EUR 0.01 per GB after the allowance. A 1,000 GB public-internet Glacier restore with the allowance unused therefore adds EUR 9.00 retrieval and EUR 9.25 egress, for EUR 18.25 before any restored-copy storage. [1]
Scaleway does not publish a restored-copy storage price or a minimum storage duration for Glacier, so those lines are not published. Early deletion does not apply to a read-only restore because no source object is deleted, overwritten, moved, or transitioned. [1] [2]
Show the tableas checked 25 July 2026
| Bill line, 1,000 GB Glacier restore | Arithmetic | Charge | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glacier retrieval | 1,000 GB x EUR 0.009/GB | EUR 9.00 | [1] |
| Public-internet egress | (1,000 GB - 75 GB) x EUR 0.01/GB | EUR 9.25 | [1] |
| Class A and Class B requests | not charged | EUR 0.00 | [1] |
| Restored-copy storage | No price published | not published | [2] |
| Early deletion | Read-only source | does not apply | [2] |
| Restore subtotal (published charges) | EUR 9.00 + EUR 9.25 | EUR 18.25 before charges that the source does not publish | [1] [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 2 sources
- 1 Scaleway: Storage pricing www.scaleway.com · checked 25 July 2026
- 2 Scaleway docs: Object Storage FAQ www.scaleway.com · checked 25 July 2026