Guide
A retrieval tier is a speed option, not a storage class
Prices checked · Vendor details further down checked
Making 10 TB in S3 Glacier Deep Archive readable again costs $48.28 with Bulk retrieval, ready within 48 hours, or $286.26 with Standard, ready within 12 hours; the download is billed on top. Glacier Flexible Retrieval's Expedited tier is ready in 1 to 5 minutes but charges $10.00 per 1,000 files, so the same 10 TB in a million files costs $10,279.40.
| Class and tier | Ready | Per GB | Per 1,000 files | 10 TB in 1 million files |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval: Expedited Amazon S3 · United States (Northern Virginia) | 1 to 5 minutes | $0.03 per GB | $10.00 | $10,279.40 |
| S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval: Standard Amazon S3 · United States (Northern Virginia) | 3 to 5 hours | $0.01 per GB | $0.05 | $143.13 |
| S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval: Bulk Amazon S3 · United States (Northern Virginia) | 5 to 12 hours | Free | Free | Free |
| S3 Glacier Deep Archive: Standard Amazon S3 · United States (Northern Virginia) | Within 12 hours | $0.02 per GB | $0.10 | $286.26 |
| S3 Glacier Deep Archive: Bulk Amazon S3 · United States (Northern Virginia) | Within 48 hours | $0.0025 per GB | $0.025 | $48.28 |
| Archive LRS: Standard rehydration Azure Blob Storage · United States (East US) | Up to 15 hours for objects under 10 GB | $0.02 per GB | $0.50 | $700.00 |
| Archive LRS: High-priority rehydration Azure Blob Storage · United States (East US) | May complete in less than 1 hour for objects under 10 GB | $0.10 per GB | $5.00 | $6,000.00 |
Every class with more than one restore speed, in the vendor's first listed region: 10 TB in 1 million files made readable once. The download and the temporary copy are billed on top, the same for every tier.
Put your own numbers through the calculator to see what this charge does to a normal month and to the month you restore.
A retrieval tier chooses recovery speed inside an archive workflow
A retrieval tier is a named speed option for making archive data readable. The selected option can change the expected delay, price per byte of retrieval, and price per restore request. [3] [4] [5]
A retrieval tier is not a storage class. The object remains in its selected class, while the retrieval tier describes how one recovery request is processed. A provider that publishes one retrieval rate with no speed choice has a retrieval charge but no named retrieval-tier choice in the offers we checked. [3] [1]
Show the tableas checked 26 July 2026
| Term | What it selects | What can change | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storage class | The object's ongoing storage and access terms [2] | Storage, retrieval, requests, duration, overhead, and restore workflow | [2] [4] |
| Retrieval tier | The speed mode for one archive recovery request [3] | Latency, retrieval bytes, and restore-request price | [3] [4] |
| Retrieval latency | The published time range before data becomes readable [3] | Whether the recovery time fits your deadline | [3] |
| Egress | The later network path to the recovery destination [4] | Destination-aware transfer cost, separate from retrieval | [4] |
Of the 18 vendors, only Amazon S3 and Azure publish named retrieval speeds
Only Amazon S3 and Azure Blob Storage publish multiple named retrieval-speed options in the 66 offers we checked. The table copies the rates, requests, regions, and latency wording from the vendors' official pages; we do not recalculate them. [1] [6] [7] [8]
A published zero rate is shown as not charged. Missing latency is shown as not published, and a single named option is not presented as a choice between speeds. [1]
Show the table (9 speed options)as checked 26 July 2026
| Provider and class | Retrieval tier | Per-byte retrieval charge | Restore requests | Published latency | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval, us-east-1 | Expedited | $0.03/GB [6] | $10.00 per 1,000 [6] | 1 to 5 minutes [3] | [6] [3] |
| Amazon S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval, us-east-1 | Standard | $0.01/GB [6] | $0.05 per 1,000 [6] | 3 to 5 hours [3] | [6] [3] |
| Amazon S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval, us-east-1 | Bulk | not charged [6] | not charged [6] | 5 to 12 hours [3] | [6] [3] |
| Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive, us-east-1 | Standard | $0.02/GB [6] | $0.10 per 1,000 [6] | Within 12 hours [3] | [6] [3] |
| Amazon S3 Glacier Deep Archive, us-east-1 | Bulk | $0.0025/GB [6] | $0.025 per 1,000 [6] | Within 48 hours [3] | [6] [3] |
| Azure Blob Archive LRS, East US | Standard rehydration | $0.02/GB [7] | $0.50 per 1,000 [7] | Up to 15 hours for objects under 10 GB [5] | [7] [5] |
| Azure Blob Archive LRS, East US | High-priority rehydration | $0.10/GB [7] | $5.00 per 1,000 [7] | May complete in less than 1 hour for objects under 10 GB [5] | [7] [5] |
| Azure Blob Archive LRS, West Europe | Standard rehydration | $0.024/GB [8] | $0.60 per 1,000 [8] | Up to 15 hours for objects under 10 GB [5] | [8] [5] |
| Azure Blob Archive LRS, West Europe | High-priority rehydration | $0.13/GB [8] | $6.50 per 1,000 [8] | May complete in less than 1 hour for objects under 10 GB [5] | [8] [5] |
Most vendors publish a single retrieval rule or no named speed tier
The groups below are by storage class, so a provider with several classes can appear in more than one. They keep apart a named speed choice, one paid retrieval rule, an allowance with a priced excess, a not charged rule, and missing archive details. [1]
A read-only restore can add retrieval, restore and read requests, temporary-copy storage, and egress. It never triggers early deletion. [16] [4]
Show the tableas checked 26 July to 12 October 2026
| How retrieval is priced | Providers or classes | How we show it | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Multiple named speed choices | Amazon S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval and Deep Archive; Azure Blob Archive [1] | Use the selected tier's per-GB, request, and latency figures | [1] |
| Single paid retrieval rule with no named speed choice | Google Nearline, Coldline, and Archive; R2 Infrequent Access; Scaleway Glacier; OVHcloud Infrequent Access, Active Archive, and Cold Archive; Oracle Infrequent Access; Tigris Infrequent Access and Archive Instant Retrieval [1] | A retrieval charge exists, but retrieval-tier latency is not published unless separately sourced | [1] |
| Allowance with priced excess | DigitalOcean Spaces Cold Storage [9] | $0.01/GiB after the monthly 1x average-daily-storage allowance; objects are read directly, with no restore wait | [1] [9] [10] [17] |
| No retrieval fee; a restore keeps the data readable for the days you choose | Vultr Archive [12] | Free retrieval; the restored data is billed as unarchived storage while kept, 7 days by default; restore time not published | [12] [18] [19] |
| No paid retrieval tier in the main offer we checked | Backblaze B2; Wasabi; IDrive e2; Hetzner; Akamai; Storj Standard; Filebase; Telnyx [1] | not charged for retrieval where the vendor states it; this is not a claim about every future class | [1] |
| Cloudflare R2 recovery costs | Infrequent Access retrieval is $0.01/GB while internet egress is not charged; Class A and Class B operations remain billed [13] | A zero egress line does not erase retrieval or requests | [13] |
| Wasabi recovery costs | Retrieval is not charged in the offer we checked, and egress has no fee either, under a fair-use guideline of the amount stored [1] [14] | Show egress above the guideline as $0 with Wasabi's policy beside it | [1] [14] |
| Backblaze B2 recovery costs | Retrieval is not charged; egress is free up to 3 times average monthly storage, then $0.01/GB [1] [15] | Apply the published allowance before the overage | [1] [15] |
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 19 sources
- 1 Our price table (all vendors) backupstorageprices.com · checked 25 July 2026
- 2 Amazon S3 docs: Understanding and managing S3 storage classes docs.aws.amazon.com · checked 26 July 2026
- 3 Amazon S3 docs: Understanding archive retrieval options docs.aws.amazon.com · checked 26 July 2026
- 4 AWS: Amazon S3 pricing aws.amazon.com · checked 26 July 2026
- 5 Azure docs: Blob rehydration from the archive tier learn.microsoft.com · checked 26 July 2026
- 6 AWS price list, US East (S3, version of 20 July 2026) pricing.us-east-1.amazonaws.com · checked 25 July 2026
- 7 Azure retail price list, Blob Storage (East US) prices.azure.com · checked 25 July 2026
- 8 Azure retail price list, Blob Storage (West Europe) prices.azure.com · checked 25 July 2026
- 9 DigitalOcean: Spaces Object Storage pricing www.digitalocean.com · checked 26 July 2026
- 10 DigitalOcean docs: Spaces pricing docs.digitalocean.com · checked 26 July 2026
- 11 OVHcloud: Cold Archive www.ovhcloud.com · checked 25 July 2026
- 12 Vultr docs: Object Storage subscription limits docs.vultr.com · checked 26 July 2026
- 13 Cloudflare R2 docs: Pricing developers.cloudflare.com · checked 25 July 2026
- 14 Wasabi: Pay as you go pricing FAQs wasabi.com · checked 12 October 2026
- 15 Backblaze: B2 API pricing (Class A, B, C, D) www.backblaze.com · checked 25 July 2026
- 16 Amazon S3 docs: Restoring an archived object docs.aws.amazon.com · checked 26 July 2026
- 17 DigitalOcean Spaces www.digitalocean.com · checked 12 October 2026
- 18 Vultr docs: How to restore archived objects docs.vultr.com · checked 12 October 2026
- 19 Vultr blog: Archival storage blogs.vultr.com · checked 12 October 2026