Google Cloud Storage & AWS S3
Google Cloud Storage & AWS S3
Here is a quick recap of the main functionalities of both products:
AWS S3 pricing:
- S3 costs $0.023/GB;
- For replicating data across multiple regions costs $0.046/GB, plus a $0.01/GB transfer fee.
- AWS’ cool storage service, S3 Infrequent Access (IA) $0.0125/GB
Cloud storage pricing:
No doubt Google pricing is cheaper than AWS is many aspects.
- Single-region storage costs $0.02/GB
- Multi-region cost is $0.026/GB, with free transfer of data
- Cool storage platform Nearline costs $0.01/GB
- Cold/archival product Coldline costs $0.007/GB
Monthly per-GB Prices for the First TB Stored
| Amazon Web Services | Microsoft Azure | Google Cloud Storage | |
| HOT | $0.023 | $0.0208 | $0.026 | 
| COOL | $0.0125/$0.01* | $0.0152 | $0.01 | 
| COLD | $0.004 | $0.002 | $0.007 | 
* Amazon S3 Standard I/A / Amazon S3 Standard Z-I/A
Volume Discounts for HOT Storage Class
| Amazon Web Services | Microsoft Azure | Google Cloud Storage | |
| 2–50 TB/month | $0.0230 | $0.0208 | $0.026 | 
| 50–500 TB/month | $0.0220 | $0.02 | $0.026 | 
| 500+ TB/month | $0.0210 | $0.0192 | $0.026 | 
The COOL and COLD tiers don’t contain any discounts.
| 
Functionality | 
AWS S3 | 
Cloud Storage | 
|---|---|---|
| 
Multipart upload | 
API tracks the pieces | 
The application needs the logic | 
| 
Object-level tagging | 
Supported since Nov, 2016 | 
Not Available | 
| 
Object versioning | 
DELETE without version specified applies DELETE marker to master. You still get the latest version of an object if master is deleted. | 
DELETE request without version moves from ‘master’ to ‘archive’. There is no concept of ‘version stack’. | 
| 
Replication | 
Flexible and dynamic control with Cross Region Replication API | 
Data stored redundantly with Multi-Regional Storage in a fixed manner. | 
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