How much does AWS S3 cost in 2026?

AWS S3 charges $0.023 per GB-month of storage, per Amazon Web Services's published pricing page. There is also a free tier: 5 GB of standard storage for 12 months. The tables above break the rate card down by axis and model it against three concrete workloads.

Does AWS S3 have a free tier?

Yes — 5 GB of standard storage for 12 months. Check whether it is permanent or a trial before you build a budget around it; the two are often presented identically.

What does AWS S3 charge for egress?

$0.090 per GB. Egress is where providers in this category differ most, so it is worth checking against the alternatives before committing.

Are these AWS S3 prices current?

They were checked against Amazon Web Services's official pricing page and stamped with that date, which is shown at the top of this page and next to every table. Vendors change list prices without notice — the source link is there so you can confirm before you commit.

AWS S3 pricing

The reference implementation every competitor is compatible with. Storage is mid-priced and egress is the most expensive in the category, which is the entire reason the S3-compatible market exists.

List prices checked May 2026

By Amazon Web Services · Object storage

Rate card

What Amazon Web Services charges, by billing axis.

Axis	Price	Applies to
Storage	$0.023/GB-mo	Standard or hot storage class
Data transfer out	$0.090/GB	Standard tier, cheapest common region
Free tier	Yes	5 GB of standard storage for 12 months

Source: Amazon Web Services pricing (May 2026). Published list prices only — committed-use discounts, regional variation, and per-request charges are not included. Not yet independently re-checked against the vendor’s page.

What it costs per month

AWS S3 billed against three workload profiles, using the rates above. Every line shows its arithmetic.

Side project

A personal site or small app with modest traffic, a few gigabytes of assets, and one small always-on process.

$9.46/mo

20 GB at $0.023/GB-month$0.46
100 GB at $0.09/GB$9.00

Growing SaaS

A funded product serving a few thousand daily users, with an image-heavy frontend and two application servers.

$102/mo

500 GB at $0.023/GB-month$12
1 TB at $0.09/GB$90

Media-heavy site

A publisher or video product where delivery dominates the bill and compute is almost an afterthought.

$946/mo

2 TB at $0.023/GB-month$46
10 TB at $0.09/GB$900

AWS S3 vs the alternatives

The closest object storage services on price, with the difference on object storage's headline axis.

Service	Storage	vs AWS S3	Compare
Oracle Object Storage	$0.025	1.1× dearer	Head to head
Google Cloud Storage	$0.020	1.2× cheaper	Head to head
DigitalOcean Spaces	$0.020	1.2× cheaper	Head to head
Linode Object Storage	$0.020	1.2× cheaper	Head to head
Azure Blob Storage	$0.018	1.3× cheaper	Head to head
Scaleway Object Storage	$0.018	1.3× cheaper	Head to head

Questions about pricing

How much does AWS S3 cost in 2026?: AWS S3 charges $0.023 per GB-month of storage, per Amazon Web Services's published pricing page. There is also a free tier: 5 GB of standard storage for 12 months. The tables above break the rate card down by axis and model it against three concrete workloads.
Does AWS S3 have a free tier?: Yes — 5 GB of standard storage for 12 months. Check whether it is permanent or a trial before you build a budget around it; the two are often presented identically.
What does AWS S3 charge for egress?: $0.090 per GB. Egress is where providers in this category differ most, so it is worth checking against the alternatives before committing.
Are these AWS S3 prices current?: They were checked against Amazon Web Services's official pricing page and stamped with that date, which is shown at the top of this page and next to every table. Vendors change list prices without notice — the source link is there so you can confirm before you commit.

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What it costs per month

AWS S3 vs the alternatives

Questions about pricing

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