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- IDrive e2
IDrive e2 pricing
Among the lowest published storage rates of any S3-compatible service, with egress free up to three times stored volume and $0.01/GB beyond it. A newer platform with a shorter durability track record than its rivals.
List prices checked
By IDrive · Object storage
Rate card
What IDrive charges, by billing axis.
| Axis | Price | Applies to |
|---|---|---|
| Storage | $0.0060/GB-mo | Standard or hot storage class |
| Data transfer out | $0.010/GB | Standard tier, cheapest common region |
| Free tier | Yes | 10 GB free, with egress included up to 3x stored data |
Source: IDrive pricing (August 2026). Published list prices only — committed-use discounts, regional variation, and per-request charges are not included. Last checked against the vendor’s page on 2026-08-07.
What it costs per month
IDrive e2 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.
$1.12/mo
- 20 GB at $0.006/GB-month$0.12
- 100 GB at $0.01/GB$1.00
Growing SaaS
A funded product serving a few thousand daily users, with an image-heavy frontend and two application servers.
$13/mo
- 500 GB at $0.006/GB-month$3.00
- 1 TB at $0.01/GB$10
Media-heavy site
A publisher or video product where delivery dominates the bill and compute is almost an afterthought.
$112/mo
- 2 TB at $0.006/GB-month$12
- 10 TB at $0.01/GB$100
IDrive e2 vs the alternatives
The closest object storage services on price, with the difference on object storage's headline axis.
| Service | Storage | vs IDrive e2 | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backblaze B2 | $0.0069 | 1.2× dearer | Head to head |
| Storj | $0.0070 | 1.2× dearer | Head to head |
| Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage | $0.0080 | 1.3× dearer | Head to head |
| Cloudflare R2 | $0.015 | 2.5× dearer | Head to head |
| Scaleway Object Storage | $0.018 | 2.9× dearer | Head to head |
| Azure Blob Storage | $0.018 | 3× dearer | Head to head |
Questions about pricing
- How much does IDrive e2 cost in 2026?
- IDrive e2 charges $0.0060 per GB-month of storage, per IDrive's published pricing page. There is also a free tier: 10 GB free, with egress included up to 3x stored data. The tables above break the rate card down by axis and model it against three concrete workloads.
- Does IDrive e2 have a free tier?
- Yes — 10 GB free, with egress included up to 3x stored data. Check whether it is permanent or a trial before you build a budget around it; the two are often presented identically.
- What does IDrive e2 charge for egress?
- $0.010 per GB. Egress is where providers in this category differ most, so it is worth checking against the alternatives before committing.
- Are these IDrive e2 prices current?
- They were checked against IDrive'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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