Storage Classes
S3 Standard
Default storage class.
For performance-sensitive use cases and frequently accessed data - Low latency and high throughput performance.
99.999999999% (11 9s) Durability.
99.99% availability over a given year - Objects stored across at least 3 Availability Zones.
If objects are stored successfully, AWS responds with a HTTP 200 OK status.
Price
First 50 TB / Month
$0.023 per GB
Data Transfer Inbound
Free
Data Transfer Outbound
~ $0.08 per GB
1000 PUT, COPY, POST, LIST requests
$0.005
Retrieval Fees
None
S3 Standard-Infrequent Access (S3 Standard-IA)
For less frequently accessed data but requires rapid access when needed.
99.999999999% (11 9s) Durability.
99.99% availability over a given year - Objects stored across at least 3 Availability Zones.
Price
All Storage / Month
$0.0125 per GB
Data Transfer Inbound
Free
Data Transfer Outbound
~ $0.08 per GB
1000 PUT, COPY, POST, LIST requests
$0.01
Retrieval Fees
$0.01 per GB
Minimum Billable Object Size
128KB
Minimum Billable Storage Duration
30 days
S3 One Zone-Infrequent Access (S3 One Zone-IA)
For less frequently accessed data but requires rapid access when needed, such as storing secondary backup copies of on-premises data or easily re-creatable data.
DOES NOT store data in a minimum of three Availability Zones (AZs) - Stores data in a single AZ.
Lower-cost option for infrequently accessed data but do not require the availability and resilience of S3 Standard or S3 Standard-IA.
99.999999999% (11 9s) Durability of objects in a single Availability Zone (data will be lost if AZ is destroyed).
99.5% availability over a given year.
Price
All Storage / Month
$0.01 per GB
Data Transfer Inbound
Free
Data Transfer Outbound
~ $0.08 per GB
1000 PUT, COPY, POST, LIST requests
$0.01
Retrieval Fees
$0.01 per GB
Minimum Billable Object Size
128KB
Minimum Billable Storage Duration
30 days
S3 Glacier
Secure, durable, and low-cost storage class for data archiving.
Retrieval times range from minutes to hours
99.999999999% (11 9s) Durability.
3 Types of retrieval options:
Expedited - 1-5 minutes.
Standard - 3-5 hours.
Bulk - 5-12 hours.
Price
All Storage / Month
$0.004 per GB
Data Transfer Inbound
Free
Data Transfer Outbound
~ $0.08 per GB
1000 PUT, COPY, POST, LIST requests
$0.05
Retrieval Fees
Depends on retrieval option
Minimum Billable Object Size
40KB
Minimum Billable Storage Duration
90 days
S3 Glacier Deep Archive
For long-term retention and digital preservation for data that is accessed very rarely.
Also used for backup and disaster recovery.
99.999999999% (11 9s) Durability.
3 Types of retrieval options:
Standard - 12 hours.
Bulk - Up to 48 hours.
Price
All Storage / Month
$0.00099 per GB
Data Transfer Inbound
Free
Data Transfer Outbound
~ $0.08 per GB
1000 PUT, COPY, POST, LIST requests
$0.05
Retrieval Fees
Depends on retrieval option
Minimum Billable Object Size
40KB
Minimum Billable Storage Duration
180 days
S3 Intelligent-Tiering
Automatically optimizes storage costs for data with unknown or changing access patterns.
Stores objects in four access tiers, optimized for frequent, infrequent, archive, and deep archive access - Frequent and Infrequent Access tiers have same low latency and high throughput performance of S3 Standard. Archive access and deep Archive access tiers have same performance as Glacier and Glacier Deep Archive.
99.999999999% (11 9s) Durability.
99.9% availability over a given year.
Price
All Storage / Month
Depends on access tier used.
Data Transfer Inbound
Free
Data Transfer Outbound
~ $0.08 per GB
1000 PUT, COPY, POST, LIST requests
$0.005
Retrieval Fees
None
Minimum Billable Storage Duration
30 days
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