This document discusses pricing for Google Cloud Storage. Prices are effective April 1, 2014.
Pricing overview
Google Cloud Storage pricing is based on a flat rate for storage and a usage rate for network. Project storage usage and bandwidth usage are calculated in gigabytes (GB), where 1 GB = 2 30 bytes.
Project storage and bandwidth usage charges accrue daily, but Google Cloud Storage bills you only at the end of the month. You can view unbilled monthly usage at any time in the Billing menu of your project in the Google Developers Console . For an example scenario that shows monthly usage and charges, see Detailed Pricing Example .
Important: Google Cloud Storage requires billing information for all accounts before you can start using the service. To sign up for billing, sign in to the Google Developers Console , select a project, and go to the project's Billing page.
Your Google Cloud Storage account is billed according to the following tables:
Storage
| Standard Storage (GB/Month) | Durable Reduced Availability (DRA) Storage (GB/Month) |
|---|---|
| $0.026 | $0.02 |
Network
| Monthly Usage |
Network (Egress) - Americas and
EMEA* Destinations (per GB) |
Network (Egress) - Asia-Pacific
Destinations (per GB) |
Network (Ingress) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Data Transfer to Cloud
services in the same Region |
Free | Free | Free |
| 0 - 1TB | $0.12 | $0.21 | |
| Next 9TB | $0.11 | $0.18 | |
| Next 90TB | $0.08 | $0.15 | |
| Additional Data Transfer | Contact us | ||
Custom metadata
Custom metadata headers are accounted for in your monthly storage and bandwidth
usage. For example, for the custom header
x-goog-meta-
name
:
value
,
Google Cloud Storage counts each character in
name
and
value
as a byte stored with the object and transferred in object requests.
For more information about custom
headers, see
HTTP Headers and Query String Parameters
.
Operations
|
Class A operations
(per 1,000 operations) |
Class B operations
(per 10,000 operations) |
Free operations
|
|---|---|---|
| $0.01 | $0.01 | Free |
XML API operation classes
| Operation | Class |
|---|---|
|
GET Service
GET Bucket (when listing objects in a bucket) PUT POST | Class A |
|
GET Bucket (when retrieving bucket configuration)
GET Object HEAD |
Class B |
| DELETE | Free |
JSON API operation classes
| Operation | Class |
|---|---|
|
storage.*.insert
storage.*.patch storage.*.update storage.buckets.list storage.objects.compose storage.objects.copy storage.objects.list storage.objects.watchAll storage.bucketAccessControls.delete storage.defaultObjectAccessControls.delete storage.objectAccessControls.delete |
Class A |
|
storage.*.get
storage.bucketAccessControls.list storage.defaultObjectAccessControls.list storage.objectAccessControls.list Each notification |
Class B |
|
storage.channels.stop
storage.buckets.delete storage.objects.delete | Free |
Note:
You are not charged for operations that
return 400 or 500 level responses. The exception is 404 responses returned by
buckets with
Website
Configuration
enabled
and a custom
NotFoundPage
object defined.
You can manage billing for a Google Cloud Storage project by going to Google Developers Console , selecting a project, and opening the project's Billing page. More information about quotas and storage limits at our FAQ .
Pricing examples
Simple pricing example
In this example, we show a simple scenario that might apply if you are just getting started with Google Cloud Storage.
Suppose you have the following storage usage pattern in a given month:
- 50 GB of standard data storage, from the first day to the end of the billing month.
- 10 GB of network egress (Americas and EMEA). (Ingress is free.)
- 10,000 total PUT/POST, GET bucket (list), GET service requests, Class A operations.
- 10,000 total GET object and HEAD requests, Class B operations.
Your bill for the month would be calculated as follows:
- 50 GB standard storage at $0.026/per GB: $1.30
- 10 GB of network egress at $0.12/per GB: $1.20
- 10,000 Class A operations at $0.01/per 1,000 operations: $0.10
- 10,000 Class B operations at $0.01/per 10,000 operations: $0.01
Total for Simple Pricing Example: $2.61
Detailed pricing example
In this example, storage usage changes during the monthly billing period. At the end of the billing period, we calculate an average usage for the month, which is billed as if your usage was effectively static at this average value. Furthermore, bandwidth and storage usage spans pricing tiers. These factors are accounted for in the following usage calculation.
Suppose you have the following storage usage pattern in a given month:
- 40 TB of standard data storage, from the first day of the month to the midpoint of the month
- 80 TB of standard data storage, from the midpoint of the month to the end of the month
Furthermore, suppose that your network egress, ingress, and operation count for the entire month are the following:
- 25 TB of network egress (Americas and EMEA)
- 25 TB of network egress (Asia-Pacific)
- 10 TB of network ingress
-
10,000,000 total
GET objectandHEADrequests -
100,000 total
PUT/POST/GET bucket/GET servicerequests
Your bill is broken down as follows:
-
Standard Storage is calculated as 60 TB of equivalent static storage with the following
cost:
- 60TB (61440GB) at $0.026/per GB: $1,597.44
Total Standard Storage Cost: $1,597.44
-
Network
-
Americas and EMEA
- 1TB (1024GB) at $0.12/per GB: $122.88
- 9TB (9216GB) at $0.11/per GB: $1,013.76
- 15TB (15360GB) at $0.08/per GB: $1,228.80
-
Asia-Pacific
- 1TB (1024GB) at $0.21/per GB: $215.04
- 9TB (9216GB) at $0.18/per GB: $1,658.88
- 15TB (15360GB) at $0.15/per GB: $2,304.00
- No charge for network ingress
Total Network Cost: $6,543.36
-
Americas and EMEA
-
Operations
-
$0.01/per 10,000
GET objectandHEADrequests: $10.00 -
$0.01/per 1,000
PUT/POST/GET bucket/GET servicerequests: $1.00
Total Operations Cost: $11.00 -
$0.01/per 10,000
Total for Detailed Pricing Example: $8,151.80
Usage Policies
The use of this service must adhere to the Google Cloud Storage Terms of Service and Program Policies , as well as Google's Privacy Policy .