Object storage · head to head · checked 8 August 2026
Alibaba Cloud OSS vs Google Cloud Storage
2 object storage offers from the two, side by side: what each plan includes, what it costs (for a reference workload of 100 GB stored and 200 GB downloaded a month), and where the price comes from.
Alibaba Cloud OSS
from $9.70/mo
Standard (LRS) · 1 plans listed
Google Cloud Storage
from $14/mo
Standard · 1 plans listed
Which is cheaper, Alibaba Cloud OSS or Google Cloud Storage?
Alibaba Cloud OSS's cheapest listed plan is Standard (LRS) at $9.70/mo; Google Cloud Storage's is Standard at $14/mo. The price shown is for a reference workload of 100 GB stored and 200 GB downloaded a month.
How many object storage offers does each offer here?
We list 1 for Alibaba Cloud OSS and 1 for Google Cloud Storage, each checked against the provider's own pricing page.
Alibaba Cloud OSS
Everything from Alibaba Cloud OSSStandard (LRS)
- Storage
- $0.017 per GB a month
- Egress
- $0.080 per GB
- Free tier
- First 5 GB storage free; first 100 GB/mo egress free, then $0.08/GB (0–10TB tier, steps down at higher volume)
- Region
- Singapore
Google Cloud Storage
Everything from Google Cloud StorageStandard
- Storage
- $0.020 per GB a month
- Egress
- $0.120 per GB
- Free tier
- Always Free tier: 5 GB-months Standard storage + 100 GB/month egress to most destinations (Australia & China excluded), usage aggregated across US-WEST1/US-CENTRAL1/US-EAST1. Egress rate above is the Worldwide (excl. Asia & Australia) 0–10 TiB/month tier; Asia/Australia/China destinations are priced higher.
- Region
- us-central1 (Iowa)
Alibaba Cloud OSS against the rest
Google Cloud Storage against the rest