Google Cloud Storage vs Oracle Object Storage
Oracle Object Storage is cheaper across every workload modelled here.
List prices checked
Rate cards side by side
Only the axes at least one of them bills on. A dash means that provider does not charge for it.
| Billing axis | Google Cloud Storage | Oracle Object Storage | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storage | $0.020/GB-mo | $0.025/GB-mo | 1.3× Google Cloud Storage |
| Data transfer out | $0.120/GB | $0.0085/GB | 14.1× Oracle Object Storage |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes | — |
Source: Google pricing (May 2026) · Oracle 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.
Monthly cost for three real workloads
The rate cards applied to identical usage. This is where the winner changes.
| Workload | Google Cloud Storage | Oracle Object Storage | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Side projectA personal site or small app with modest traffic, a few gigabytes of assets, and one small always-on process. | $12 | $1.36 | Oracle Object Storagesaves $11/mo (89%) |
| Growing SaaSA funded product serving a few thousand daily users, with an image-heavy frontend and two application servers. | $130 | $21 | Oracle Object Storagesaves $109/mo (84%) |
| Media-heavy siteA publisher or video product where delivery dominates the bill and compute is almost an afterthought. | $1,240 | $136 | Oracle Object Storagesaves $1,104/mo (89%) |
Workload definitions are identical on every comparison page, so figures here can be read against any other pair in the same category.
What each one is for
Google Cloud Storage
by Google
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.
Free tier: 5 GB-month always free in US regions
Oracle Object Storage
by Oracle
Priced above S3 on storage and roughly a tenth of it on egress, which inverts the usual trade-off and suits data that is written rarely and read constantly.
Free tier: 20 GB of storage, always free
Common questions
- Is Google Cloud Storage or Oracle Object Storage cheaper in 2026?
- Oracle Object Storage is cheaper in all 3 modelled workloads.
- What is the difference in egress cost between Google Cloud Storage and Oracle Object Storage?
- Oracle Object Storage charges $0.0085 per GB against Google Cloud Storage's $0.120, roughly 14.1× cheaper. Egress usually dominates the bill once traffic is measured in terabytes.
- Which has the better free tier, Google Cloud Storage or Oracle Object Storage?
- Both publish one. Google Cloud Storage: 5 GB-month always free in US regions. Oracle Object Storage: 20 GB of storage, always free.
- What do these estimates not include?
- Committed-use and reserved discounts, regional price variation, per-request API charges, support plans, and minimum retention periods. All of those move real invoices, sometimes by a lot. These figures compare published list prices for the same workload, which is the comparison the rate cards alone cannot give you.