---
title: "Storage Cost Estimator - Free Tool | Bit Refinery"
url: "https://bitrefinery.com/tools/storage-estimator"
description: "Compare S3 vs. self-hosted MinIO storage costs based on your data volume, requests, and retention policies."
lastmod: "2026-08-01"
source: "auto-generated from SSG HTML"
---

# Storage Cost Estimator

Data & Storage

Compare S3 vs. self-hosted MinIO storage costs based on your data volume, requests, and retention policies.

### Usage Profile

Data Stored

Monthly Egress (GB)

PUT Requests (thousands/mo)

GET Requests (thousands/mo)

### Bit Refinery MinIO

Self-hosted S3-compatible storage · No request fees · No egress fees

$7.00

/mo

Storage

$7.00

PUT Requests

$0

GET Requests

$0

Egress

$0

#### Backblaze B2

+41% vs BR

$11.80/mo

Storage

$6.00

PUT

$0.40

GET

$0.40

Egress

$5.00

Standard pricing, free egress via Cloudflare

#### AWS S3 Infrequent

+88% vs BR

$59.50/mo

Storage

$12.50

PUT

$1.00

GET

$1.00

Egress

$45.00

S3 Standard-IA, US East

#### Azure Blob (Hot)

+89% vs BR

$62.40/mo

Storage

$18.00

PUT

$0.50

GET

$0.40

Egress

$43.50

Hot tier, East US, LRS

#### AWS S3 Standard

+90% vs BR

$68.90/mo

Storage

$23.00

PUT

$0.50

GET

$0.40

Egress

$45.00

US East (N. Virginia), first 50 TB tier

#### Google Cloud Storage

+91% vs BR

$80.90/mo

Storage

$20.00

PUT

$0.50

GET

$0.40

Egress

$60.00

Standard class, US multi-region

### Annual Cost Comparison

Provider

Monthly

Annual

Annual Savings

Bit Refinery

$7.00

$84.00

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Backblaze B2

$11.80

$141.60

$57.60

AWS S3 Infrequent

$59.50

$714.00

$630.00

Azure Blob (Hot)

$62.40

$748.80

$664.80

AWS S3 Standard

$68.90

$826.80

$742.80

Google Cloud Storage

$80.90

$970.80

$886.80

### Per-Unit Pricing Reference

Provider

$/GB/mo

PUT/1k

GET/1k

Egress/GB

Bit Refinery

$0.007

Free

Free

Free

AWS S3 Standard

$0.023

$0.005

$0.0004

$0.09

AWS S3 Infrequent

$0.0125

$0.01

$0.001

$0.09

Google Cloud Storage

$0.02

$0.005

$0.0004

$0.12

Azure Blob (Hot)

$0.018

$0.005

$0.0004

$0.087

Backblaze B2

$0.006

$0.004

$0.0004

$0.01

Pricing based on published rates as of 2025. Bit Refinery MinIO pricing is for managed storage at 1,000 GB. Actual costs may vary by region and commitment.