AWS S3 Pricing (2026)
Object storage provides virtually unlimited, highly durable storage for unstructured data. Designed for 99.999999999% (11 nines) durability, it is ideal for backups, media, data lakes, and static website hosting. S3 pioneered cloud object storage with the most mature ecosystem of storage classes and integrations. Starting from $0.0000/hr ($0.00/mo) for API Request.
Key Features
- ✓Multiple storage classes for hot, warm, cold, and archive data
- ✓Lifecycle policies to automatically transition data between tiers
- ✓Built-in versioning and cross-region replication
- ✓Pay only for what you store, plus data transfer and API requests
- ✓Integration with CDN for fast content delivery
Common Use Cases
Data Lakes
Store petabytes of raw data for analytics, feeding into data warehouses and ML pipelines.
Backup & Disaster Recovery
Use archive tiers for cost-effective long-term backup storage with cross-region replication.
Static Website Hosting
Host static websites and single-page applications directly from object storage with CDN integration.
Media Storage
Store and serve images, video, and audio files at scale with high availability.
On-Demand Pricing
Pay-as-you-go pricing with no upfront commitment. You are billed per hour of usage and can start or stop at any time. Hourly rates start at $0.0000/hr ($0.00/mo) for API Request.
| Instance | Price/hr | Price/mo |
|---|---|---|
| AmazonS3 | - | - |
| S3-API-Vectors-Tier3 | - | - |
| API Request | - | - |
| AmazonS3 | - | - |
| Fee | - | - |
| S3-API-Dual-Decyrption | $0.0030 | $2.19 |
| S3-API-Tier8 | - | - |
| S3-API-Tier8 | $0.0000 | $0.02 |
| AmazonS3 | - | - |
| API Request | - | - |
| S3-API-GLACIER-Tier1 | - | - |
| API Request | - | - |
| S3-API-Tier4 | - | - |
| S3-API-Dual-Encryption | - | - |
| Fee | - | - |
| Fee | - | - |
| API Request | $0.0000 | $0.00 |
| Fee | - | - |
| S3-API-Tier4 | - | - |
| S3-API-Tier8 | - | - |
| API Request | - | - |
| S3-API-Tier8 | - | - |
| S3-API-Dual-Encryption | - | - |
| S3-API-GLACIER-Tier1 | - | - |
| API Request | - | - |
| AmazonS3 | $0.0000 | $0.00 |
| S3-API-GDA-Tier2 | - | - |
| Fee | - | - |
| AmazonS3 | $0.2500 | $182.50 |
| S3-API-Tier8 | - | - |
| S3-API-GIR-Tier1 | - | - |
| API Request | - | - |
| AmazonS3 | - | - |
| S3-API-INT-Tier1 | - | - |
| Storage | - | - |
| AmazonS3 | - | - |
| S3-API-Tables-Tier1 | - | - |
| Fee | - | - |
| S3-API-GLACIER-Tier1 | - | - |
| Fee | - | - |
| API Request | - | - |
| Fee | $0.0300 | $21.90 |
| S3-API-INT-Tier1 | - | - |
| AmazonS3 | - | - |
| Storage | - | - |
| AmazonS3 | - | - |
| S3-API-Vectors-Tier2 | - | - |
| S3-API-GLACIER-Tier1 | - | - |
| S3-API-INT-Select-Returned | - | - |
| S3-API-Tier3 | - | - |
Pricing by Instance Family
AmazonS3
62 instance types available
| Instance | Price/hr | Price/mo |
|---|---|---|
| AmazonS3 | - | - |
| S3-API-Vectors-Tier3 | - | - |
| AmazonS3 | - | - |
| S3-API-Dual-Decyrption | $0.0030 | $2.19 |
| S3-API-Tier8 | - | - |
| S3-API-Tier8 | $0.0000 | $0.02 |
| AmazonS3 | - | - |
| S3-API-GLACIER-Tier1 | - | - |
| S3-API-Tier4 | - | - |
| S3-API-Dual-Encryption | - | - |
| S3-API-Tier4 | - | - |
| S3-API-Tier8 | - | - |
| S3-API-Tier8 | - | - |
| S3-API-Dual-Encryption | - | - |
| S3-API-GLACIER-Tier1 | - | - |
| AmazonS3 | $0.0000 | $0.00 |
| S3-API-GDA-Tier2 | - | - |
| AmazonS3 | $0.2500 | $182.50 |
| S3-API-Tier8 | - | - |
| S3-API-GIR-Tier1 | - | - |
| AmazonS3 | - | - |
| S3-API-INT-Tier1 | - | - |
| AmazonS3 | - | - |
| S3-API-Tables-Tier1 | - | - |
| S3-API-GLACIER-Tier1 | - | - |
| S3-API-INT-Tier1 | - | - |
| AmazonS3 | - | - |
| AmazonS3 | - | - |
| S3-API-Vectors-Tier2 | - | - |
| S3-API-GLACIER-Tier1 | - | - |
| S3-API-INT-Select-Returned | - | - |
| S3-API-Tier3 | - | - |
| S3-API-INT-Select-Returned | - | - |
| AmazonS3 | - | - |
| AmazonS3 | - | - |
| S3-API-GIR-Tier2 | - | - |
| AmazonS3 | - | - |
| S3-API-GLACIER-Tier2 | $0.0000 | $0.00 |
| AmazonS3 | - | - |
| S3-API-GIR-Retrieval | - | - |
| AmazonS3 | - | - |
| INT-AA-RestoreObject | - | - |
| S3-API-Tier8 | - | - |
| S3-API-Tier8 | - | - |
| S3-API-GIR-Select-Scanned | - | - |
| S3-API-GLACIER-Tier1 | - | - |
| S3-API-INT-Tier2 | - | - |
| S3-API-Tables-Tier2 | - | - |
| S3-API-GIR-Select-Returned | - | - |
| S3-API-GLACIER-Tier2 | - | - |
API Request
14 instance types available
| Instance | Price/hr | Price/mo |
|---|---|---|
| API Request | - | - |
| API Request | - | - |
| API Request | - | - |
| API Request | $0.0000 | $0.00 |
| API Request | - | - |
| API Request | - | - |
| API Request | - | - |
| API Request | - | - |
| API Request | $0.0100 | $7.30 |
| API Request | $0.0100 | $7.30 |
| API Request | - | - |
| API Request | - | - |
| API Request | - | - |
| API Request | - | - |
Fee
14 instance types available
| Instance | Price/hr | Price/mo |
|---|---|---|
| Fee | - | - |
| Fee | - | - |
| Fee | - | - |
| Fee | - | - |
| Fee | - | - |
| Fee | - | - |
| Fee | - | - |
| Fee | $0.0300 | $21.90 |
| Fee | - | - |
| Fee | - | - |
| Fee | - | - |
| Fee | - | - |
| Fee | - | - |
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Storage
10 instance types available
| Instance | Price/hr | Price/mo |
|---|---|---|
| Storage | - | - |
| Storage | - | - |
| Storage | $0.0010 | $0.72 |
| Storage | - | - |
| Storage | - | - |
| Storage | - | - |
| Storage | - | - |
| Storage | - | - |
| Storage | - | - |
| Storage | - | - |
Reserved Instance & Savings Plans Pricing
Commit to 1 or 3 years for lower hourly rates.
| Instance | Price/hr | Price/mo | 1yr RI/hr | 3yr RI/hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AmazonS3 | - | - | - | - |
| S3-API-Vectors-Tier3 | - | - | - | - |
| API Request | - | - | - | - |
| AmazonS3 | - | - | - | - |
| Fee | - | - | - | - |
| S3-API-Dual-Decyrption | $0.0030 | $2.19 | - | - |
| S3-API-Tier8 | - | - | - | - |
| S3-API-Tier8 | $0.0000 | $0.02 | - | - |
| AmazonS3 | - | - | - | - |
| API Request | - | - | - | - |
| S3-API-GLACIER-Tier1 | - | - | - | - |
| API Request | - | - | - | - |
| S3-API-Tier4 | - | - | - | - |
| S3-API-Dual-Encryption | - | - | - | - |
| Fee | - | - | - | - |
| Fee | - | - | - | - |
| API Request | $0.0000 | $0.00 | - | - |
| Fee | - | - | - | - |
| S3-API-Tier4 | - | - | - | - |
| S3-API-Tier8 | - | - | - | - |
| API Request | - | - | - | - |
| S3-API-Tier8 | - | - | - | - |
| S3-API-Dual-Encryption | - | - | - | - |
| S3-API-GLACIER-Tier1 | - | - | - | - |
| API Request | - | - | - | - |
| AmazonS3 | $0.0000 | $0.00 | - | - |
| S3-API-GDA-Tier2 | - | - | - | - |
| Fee | - | - | - | - |
| AmazonS3 | $0.2500 | $182.50 | - | - |
| S3-API-Tier8 | - | - | - | - |
| S3-API-GIR-Tier1 | - | - | - | - |
| API Request | - | - | - | - |
| AmazonS3 | - | - | - | - |
| S3-API-INT-Tier1 | - | - | - | - |
| Storage | - | - | - | - |
| AmazonS3 | - | - | - | - |
| S3-API-Tables-Tier1 | - | - | - | - |
| Fee | - | - | - | - |
| S3-API-GLACIER-Tier1 | - | - | - | - |
| Fee | - | - | - | - |
| API Request | - | - | - | - |
| Fee | $0.0300 | $21.90 | - | - |
| S3-API-INT-Tier1 | - | - | - | - |
| AmazonS3 | - | - | - | - |
| Storage | - | - | - | - |
| AmazonS3 | - | - | - | - |
| S3-API-Vectors-Tier2 | - | - | - | - |
| S3-API-GLACIER-Tier1 | - | - | - | - |
| S3-API-INT-Select-Returned | - | - | - | - |
| S3-API-Tier3 | - | - | - | - |
How S3 Pricing Works
On-Demand
Pay per hour with no long-term commitment. Ideal for variable workloads and development environments.
Reserved / Committed Use
Commit to 1 or 3 years for significant discounts.
Spot / Preemptible
Use spare capacity at steep discounts. Best for fault-tolerant, batch, and stateless workloads.
Pricing Insights
Amazon S3 offers 11 pricing tiers from $0.000000/hr to $0.2500/hr in the US East region.
Compare tiers by specs and price to find the best fit for your workload.
By Instance Family
- ●AmazonS3: 6 tiers, $0.000000/hr – $0.2500/hr
- ●API Request: 3 tiers, $0.000000/hr – $0.0100/hr
- ●Fee: 1 tier at $0.0300/hr
- ●Storage: 1 tier at $0.000990/hr
Cost Optimization Tips
- ✓With 11 available tiers, right-sizing your instance to match actual usage is key to cost optimization.
Monthly Cost Examples
AWS S3 Free Tier
Free limit: 5 GB. Available for the first 12 months after account creation, then standard on-demand pricing applies.
Free Tier Comparison
| Provider | Service | Free Offering | Duration | Limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | S3 | Standard Storage | 12 months | 5 GB |
| Azure | Blob Storage | LRS Hot Block | 12 months | 5 GB |
| GCP | Cloud Storage | Standard | Always | 5 GB in US regions |
| OCI | Object Storage | Standard + IA + Archive | Always | 20 GB, 50K API requests/mo |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is AWS S3?
AWS S3 is a cloud service offered by Amazon Web Services. It provides various configurations (100 pricing tiers available) with pay-as-you-go and committed-use pricing options.
How much does AWS S3 cost per month?
Prices range from $0.00/month for API Request to $182.50/month for AmazonS3 on On-Demand pricing in us-east-1.
Does AWS S3 have a free tier?
AWS offers various free tier options. Check the official AWS pricing page for the most current free tier details for S3.
How many AWS S3 pricing tiers are available?
There are 100 pricing tiers available for AWS S3. These range from entry-level configurations to high-performance options for enterprise workloads.
What pricing models does AWS S3 offer?
AWS S3 offers On-Demand (pay-per-hour, no commitment), Reserved/Committed Use (1-3 year commitments for significant discounts), and in some cases Spot/Preemptible pricing for interruptible workloads at the lowest cost.
How is cloud storage pricing calculated?
Cloud storage costs include three components: storage capacity (per GB/month), API requests (PUT, GET, LIST operations), and data transfer out (egress). Infrequent-access and archive tiers offer lower storage costs but charge higher retrieval fees, making them ideal for data accessed less than once a month.
Are there data transfer costs for cloud storage?
Yes. Ingress (uploading data) is typically free, but egress (downloading or transferring data out) is charged per GB. Costs vary by provider and destination — transfers within the same region are cheapest, while cross-region and internet-bound transfers cost more.