How much does Google Cloud Storage cost in 2026?

Google Cloud Storage charges $0.020 per GB-month of storage, per Google's published pricing page. There is also a free tier: 5 GB-month always free in US regions. The tables above break the rate card down by axis and model it against three concrete workloads.

Does Google Cloud Storage have a free tier?

Yes — 5 GB-month always free in US regions. Check whether it is permanent or a trial before you build a budget around it; the two are often presented identically.

What does Google Cloud Storage charge for egress?

$0.120 per GB. Egress is where providers in this category differ most, so it is worth checking against the alternatives before committing.

Are these Google Cloud Storage prices current?

They were checked against Google'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.

Google Cloud Storage pricing

Google's object store, priced slightly under S3 on storage and above it on egress. Worth using when the compute reading the data already sits in the same region.

List prices checked May 2026

By Google · Object storage

Rate card

What Google charges, by billing axis.

Axis	Price	Applies to
Storage	$0.020/GB-mo	Standard or hot storage class
Data transfer out	$0.120/GB	Standard tier, cheapest common region
Free tier	Yes	5 GB-month always free in US regions

Source: Google 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

Google Cloud Storage 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.

$12/mo

20 GB at $0.02/GB-month$0.40
100 GB at $0.12/GB$12

Growing SaaS

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

$130/mo

500 GB at $0.02/GB-month$10
1 TB at $0.12/GB$120

Media-heavy site

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

$1,240/mo

2 TB at $0.02/GB-month$40
10 TB at $0.12/GB$1,200

Google Cloud Storage vs the alternatives

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

Service	Storage	vs Google Cloud Storage	Compare
DigitalOcean Spaces	$0.020	—	Head to head
Linode Object Storage	$0.020	—	Head to head
Azure Blob Storage	$0.018	1.1× cheaper	Head to head
Scaleway Object Storage	$0.018	1.1× cheaper	Head to head
AWS S3	$0.023	1.2× dearer	Head to head
Cloudflare R2	$0.015	1.3× cheaper	Head to head

Questions about pricing

How much does Google Cloud Storage cost in 2026?: Google Cloud Storage charges $0.020 per GB-month of storage, per Google's published pricing page. There is also a free tier: 5 GB-month always free in US regions. The tables above break the rate card down by axis and model it against three concrete workloads.
Does Google Cloud Storage have a free tier?: Yes — 5 GB-month always free in US regions. Check whether it is permanent or a trial before you build a budget around it; the two are often presented identically.
What does Google Cloud Storage charge for egress?: $0.120 per GB. Egress is where providers in this category differ most, so it is worth checking against the alternatives before committing.
Are these Google Cloud Storage prices current?: They were checked against Google'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.

Rate card

What it costs per month

Google Cloud Storage vs the alternatives

Questions about pricing

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