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Amazon S3

Usage-priced object storage with regional buckets, storage classes, and request-based billing.

Amazon S3 is a object storage and CDN provider based in United States. It operates European infrastructure in United States, Ireland and Germany and other locations. A free tier is available. As a US company it falls under the US CLOUD Act. Pricing on this page is published only after a human has reviewed it.

Company based in
United States
European regions
United StatesIrelandGermanyFranceSwedenItalySpainUnited Kingdomand 4 more
US CLOUD Act
US company
GDPR agreement
Available
Free tier
New AWS customers can choose a free plan available for 6 months, with credits applicable to eligible services including S3.
VAT
Shown excluding VAT
Amazon S3 website
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Pricing

2 plans
  • Amazon S3
    Pay only for usage with no minimum charge or setup charge. Charges include storage, requests, retrievals, data transfer, management features, replication, and query or transform features. Storage and request rates vary by storage class and AWS Region. Data transfer out to the internet has a first 100 GB monthly allowance aggregated across AWS services, except China and GovCloud.
    Monthly
    Not listed
    vCPU
    Not listed
    Memory
    Not listed
    Storage
    Not listed
  • free plan
    The page says the free plan is available for 6 months after account creation. A separate FAQ section describes an older one-year free usage tier with 5 GB storage, 20,000 GET requests, 2,000 PUT requests, and 100 GB data transfer out.
    Monthly
    0 USD
    vCPU
    Not listed
    Memory
    Not listed
    Storage
    Not listed

Pros and cons

What works

  • No minimum charge or setup charge.
  • Buckets can be placed in a selected AWS Region.
  • Multiple storage classes support different access and retention patterns.
  • S3 offers strong read-after-write and list consistency.
  • A free plan or free usage options are available for new customers.

What to watch

  • Billing is metered across storage, requests, retrievals, transfer, and optional features rather than based on a fixed plan.
  • Prices vary by AWS Region and storage class.
  • Data retrieval, inter-Region transfer, and internet egress can add separate charges.
  • Some storage classes impose minimum storage durations and minimum billable object sizes.
  • The source contains conflicting free-tier terms, including six months for the current free plan and one year for an older free usage tier.

Specifications

Regions
US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), US West (Oregon), US West (N. California), Europe (Ireland), Europe (Frankfurt), Europe (Paris), Europe (Stockholm), Europe (Milan), Europe (Spain), Europe (London), Europe (Zurich), Asia Pacific (Sydney), AWS China (Beijing), AWS China (Ningxia), AWS GovCloud (US), AWS Local Zones, AWS Dedicated Local Zones, AWS Outposts
Egress policy
Data transfer out is charged by usage, with the first 100 GB per month free across AWS services and Regions except China and GovCloud. Transfers into S3 from the internet, between S3 buckets in the same Region, from S3 to AWS services in the same Region, and to CloudFront are listed as free. Additional charges apply for inter-Region transfer and S3 Transfer Acceleration.
Uptime sla
99.9% for S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval and S3 Glacier Deep Archive

About Amazon S3

Amazon S3 is an object storage service for storing and retrieving data through S3 APIs. Customers select an AWS Region for general purpose buckets, and storage, requests, retrievals, transfer, and optional features are billed separately. S3 also provides directory, table, vector, and file access options, with pricing and availability varying by feature and Region.

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