Object storage · head to head · checked 8 August 2026
AWS S3 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.
AWS S3
from $11.30/mo
Standard · 1 plans listed
Google Cloud Storage
from $14/mo
Standard · 1 plans listed
Which is cheaper, AWS S3 or Google Cloud Storage?
AWS S3's cheapest listed plan is Standard at $11.30/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 AWS S3 and 1 for Google Cloud Storage, each checked against the provider's own pricing page.
AWS S3
Everything from AWS S3Standardapprox
- Storage
- $0.023 per GB a month
- Egress
- $0.090 per GB
- Free tier
- First 100 GB/mo egress free (shared across all AWS services), then $0.09/GB
- Region
- us-east-1
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)
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How this page is made: every figure above is computed from the plans listed, which were checked against each provider's own pricing page (linked per plan, with the date). Nothing here is ranked by who pays us. The highlighted plan is each provider's best on price. Non-USD prices are converted at an approximate fixed rate for comparison only. See our methodology and how we make money.