Google Cloud Storage Pricing
Every Google Cloud Storage plan with its monthly and annual price, what it costs for common team sizes, and a calculator to estimate your own monthly cost before you buy.
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Plans and prices
| Plan | Monthly billing | Annual billing (per month) | Per user or flat | Users | Free tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Always Free | Free | Free | — | No limit listed | Yes |
| Pay as you go | Contact sales | Contact sales | — | No limit listed | No |
Prices last updated November 2026.
What each Google Cloud Storage plan includes
Always Free
- Small monthly egress allowance
- 5,000 Class A operations per month
- 50,000 Class B operations per month
- 5 GB-months of Standard storage in us-west1, us-central1 and us-east1
Pay as you go
- Autoclass and lifecycle rules
- No minimum fee, billed on usage
- Regional, dual-region and multi-region locations
- Standard, Nearline, Coldline and Archive storage classes
What Google Cloud Storage costs by team size
| Team size | 1 user | 5 users | 10 users | 25 users | 50 users |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | FreeAlways Free | FreeAlways Free | FreeAlways Free | FreeAlways Free | FreeAlways Free |
The plan that fits each team size, billed monthly, before add-ons and usage charges.
Usage pricing
| Metric | Plan | Included per month | Price after that |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archive retrieval | Pay as you go | None | $0.05 per GB |
| Archive storage (us-central1) | Pay as you go | None | $0.0012 per GB-month |
| Class A operations, Standard | Pay as you go | None | $0.005 per 1,000 operations |
| Class B operations, Standard | Pay as you go | None | $0.0004 per 1,000 operations |
| Coldline retrieval | Pay as you go | None | $0.02 per GB |
| Coldline storage (us-central1) | Pay as you go | None | $0.004 per GB-month |
| Internet egress, 1 to 10 TB (Premium Tier) | Pay as you go | None | $0.11 per GB |
| Internet egress, above 10 TB (Premium Tier) | Pay as you go | None | $0.08 per GB |
| Internet egress, first 1 TB (Premium Tier) | Pay as you go | None | $0.12 per GB |
| Nearline retrieval | Pay as you go | None | $0.01 per GB |
| Nearline storage (us-central1) | Pay as you go | None | $0.01 per GB-month |
| Standard storage (us-central1) | Pay as you go | 5 | $0.02 per GB-month |
Google Cloud Storage Pricing Calculator
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Cost breakdown
Estimated from the vendor's published prices, last updated November 2026. Actual costs may vary based on negotiated contracts. How we collect prices
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Google Cloud Storage pricing FAQs
Pricing is pay as you go with no minimum fee. In us-central1, storage costs about $0.020 per GB-month for Standard, $0.010 for Nearline, $0.004 for Coldline and $0.0012 for Archive. Operations, cold-class retrieval and network egress are billed separately.
Yes, Google Cloud Storage has a free plan: Always Free.
Google Cloud Storage's Always Free plan includes Small monthly egress allowance, 5,000 Class A operations per month, 50,000 Class B operations per month and 5 GB-months of Standard storage in us-west1, us-central1 and us-east1.
Google Cloud Storage is free for 10 users on its Always Free plan.
Yes. Google Cloud Storage charges by usage for Archive retrieval, Archive storage (us-central1), Class A operations, Standard and 9 more, past what the plan includes.