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PlanFeatures and capabilitiesPricing
Standard
- Standard Plan is a flexible Pay-as-You-Go option with no minimum fee—ideal for workloads with large storage needs but low or infrequent access and outbound traffic. It includes a Free Tier with 5GB of Smart Tier storage for 12 months. Charges are based on actual usage, with separate billing for storage, outbound bandwidth, API operations, and data retrieval. Multiple storage classes help you optimize costs based on how often data is accessed.
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View storage class pricing
- Free Tier allowance:
- Storage up to 5GB/month
- Up to 2000 Class A requests/month
- Up to 20,000 Class B requests/month
- Up to 10GB/month of data retrieval
- Up to 5GB/month of egress
- Applies to aggregate total across all smart tier buckets in your account
One-Rate
- One-Rate Plan is a Pay-as-You-Go option with a single, flat monthly rate ($/GB) that includes storage, API operations, retrieval, and outbound bandwidth—making it ideal for high-activity workloads with frequent access and data transfer, such as analytics, media, and web apps. The plan includes built-in allowances that scale with stored capacity and offers automatic volume discounts as usage grows
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Summary
Summary
IBM Cloud Object Storage is a highly scalable cloud storage service, designed for high durability, resiliency and security. Store, manage and access your data via our self-service portal and RESTful APIs. Connect applications directly to Cloud Object Storage use other IBM Cloud Services with your data. Sign up for an IBM Cloud account
Pricing
IBM Cloud Object Storage offers flexible pricing options. Pricing varies based on location, resiliency and storage class selection. View storage class pricing that can be compared against competitors. Choose a plan and estimate your cost on the create tab. The pricing table below shows what charges apply when using Cloud Storage. Compare four storage class pricing options to fit different types of workloads.
Free Tier
To use Free Tier with 5GB of free storage for 12 months, create a Smart Tier bucket in any location.
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Monthly Usage
Smart TierSmart Tier analyses your monthly activity and bills you at Hot, Cool, or Cold based on the amount of storage and access that month. There are no retrieval charges, no minimum object sizes or minimum duration requirements or any other overhead charges. Learn more
Smart Tier analyses your monthly activity and bills you at Hot, Cool, or Cold based on the amount of storage and access that month. There are no retrieval charges, no minimum object sizes or minimum duration requirements or any other overhead charges. Learn more
Automatic
Automatic cost optimized for data of any activity or access
StandardStandard has no charge for data retrieval, no minimum object size, and no minimum duration requirements. Learn more
Standard has no charge for data retrieval, no minimum object size, and no minimum duration requirements. Learn more
Predictable
Active data accessed frequently
VaultVault storage applies a retrieval charge, minimum object size of 128KB, and a minimum object duration of 30 days. Learn more
Vault storage applies a retrieval charge, minimum object size of 128KB, and a minimum object duration of 30 days. Learn more
Predictable
Less active data accessed once a month
Cold VaultCold Vault storage applies a retrieval charge, minimum object size of 256KB, and a minimum object duration of 90 days. Learn more
Cold Vault storage applies a retrieval charge, minimum object size of 256KB, and a minimum object duration of 90 days. Learn more
Predictable
Cold data accessed a few times yearly
Storage capacity (USD/GB/month)
Smart Tier - Hot
Data is classified Hot if the number of operations >= 1000 x {Storage (GB) - Retrievals (GB)} over the month
$0.0219
Charge unit name :
SMART_TIER_HOT_STORAGE
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Smart Tier - Cool
Data is classified Cool if neither Hot nor Cold rules apply.
$0.0125
Charge unit name :
SMART_TIER_COOL_STORAGE
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-
Smart Tier - Cold
Data is classified Cold if the number of operations <= {Storage (GB) - Retrievals (GB)} over the month
$0.0078
Charge unit name :
SMART_TIER_COLD_STORAGE
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0-499.9 TB
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$0.0230
Charge unit name :
STANDARD_STORAGE
$0.0125
Charge unit name :
VAULT_STORAGE
$0.0063
Charge unit name :
COLD_VAULT_STORAGE
500+ TB
-
$0.0209
Charge unit name :
STANDARD_STORAGE
$0.0105
Charge unit name :
VAULT_STORAGE
$0.0063
Charge unit name :
COLD_VAULT_STORAGE
Operational requests (USD)
Class A (per 1000 write)
Class A calls are the number of requests you estimate to write to your data. The number is tracked anytime a request is made to manipulate an object. A small charge is applied for every 1,000 class A calls.
$0.0052
Charge unit name :
SMART_TIER_CLASS_A_CALLS
$0.0052
Charge unit name :
STANDARD_CLASS_A_CALLS
$0.0105
Charge unit name :
VAULT_CLASS_A_CALLS
$0.0261
Charge unit name :
COLD_VAULT_CLASS_A_CALLS
Class B (per 10,000 write)
Class B calls are the number of requests you estimate to read your data. The number is tracked anytime a request is made to read an object. A small charge is applied for every 10,000 class B calls.
$0.0052
Charge unit name :
SMART_TIER_CLASS_B_CALLS
$0.0042
Charge unit name :
STANDARD_CLASS_B_CALLS
$0.0105
Charge unit name :
VAULT_CLASS_B_CALLS
$0.0261
Charge unit name :
COLD_VAULT_CLASS_B_CALLS
Data retrieval (per GB)
No charge
No charge
$0.0105
Charge unit name :
VAULT_RETRIEVAL
$0.0523
Charge unit name :
COLD_VAULT_RETRIEVAL
Public outbound bandwidth (USD/GB)
0-50 TB
$0.0900
Charge unit name :
SMART_TIER_BANDWIDTH
$0.0900
Charge unit name :
STANDARD_BANDWIDTH
$0.0900
Charge unit name :
VAULT_BANDWIDTH
$0.0900
Charge unit name :
COLD_VAULT_BANDWIDTH
Next 100 TB
$0.0700
Charge unit name :
SMART_TIER_BANDWIDTH
$0.0700
Charge unit name :
STANDARD_BANDWIDTH
$0.0700
Charge unit name :
VAULT_BANDWIDTH
$0.0700
Charge unit name :
COLD_VAULT_BANDWIDTH
Next 350 TB
$0.0500
Charge unit name :
SMART_TIER_BANDWIDTH
$0.0500
Charge unit name :
STANDARD_BANDWIDTH
$0.0500
Charge unit name :
VAULT_BANDWIDTH
$0.0500
Charge unit name :
COLD_VAULT_BANDWIDTH
Minimum object size
Smaller objects can be stored but will be charged for the minimum object size of storage.
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128 KB
256 KB
Minimum object duration
Objects deleted, overwritten, or transitioned before the minimum duration will continue to incur charges until the minimum duration is met.
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30 days
90 days
The One-Rate plan offers a single, all-inclusive price based on total monthly storage capacity. This includes storage, API operations, and public outbound bandwidth – bundled into one predictable rate. No separate charges. No blended tiers. Monthly allowances for API and egress are automatically included and scale with your storage volume. Ideal for active workloads, with large amount of usage and outbound bandwidth.
Capacity Tiers by Pricing Region
One-Rate uses four global pricing regions: North America, Europe, South America, and Asia Pacific. Within each region, your per-GB rate is determined by total aggregated storage. As you store more, you move into higher capacity tiers with lower rates. Once you reach a tier, that rate applies to all your storage in that region.Region Promotional price (USD/GB/month)
< 50 TBDiscount: 50%
New
50 - 200 TBDiscount: 58%
New
200 - 500 TBDiscount: 63%
New
> 500 TBDiscount: 70%
New
North America
us-south, us-east, ca-tor, mon01, sjc04, ca-mon
$0.0200
$0.0170
$0.0150
$0.0120
Europe
eu-gb, eu-de, ams03, mil01, par01, eu-es
$0.0200
$0.0170
$0.0150
$0.0120
South America
br-sao
$0.0220
$0.0190
$0.0170
$0.0130
Asia Pacific
au-syd, jp-osa, jp-tok, che01, sng01
$0.0220
$0.0190
$0.0170
$0.0130
Included allowances
The built-in allowances for outbound bandwidth and Operational requests (Class A, Class B) depend on the monthly stored capacity (the higher the aggregated storage capacity, higher the allowances). There is no data retrieval charge.RegionClass A (USD per 1,000)Class B (USD per 10,000)Outbound bandwidth (USD/GB)Data Retrieval (USD/GB)
North America
No charge up to 1000 x storage in GB, then $0.0052.
No charge up to 5000 x storage in GB, then $0.0042.
No charge up to 100% of storage in GB then $0.0500.
No charge
Europe
No charge up to 1000 x storage in GB, then $0.0052.
No charge up to 5000 x storage in GB, then $0.0042.
No charge up to 100% of storage in GB then $0.0500.
No charge
South America
No charge up to 1000 x storage in GB, then $0.0052.
No charge up to 5000 x storage in GB, then $0.0042.
No charge up to 100% of storage in GB then $0.0800.
No charge
Asia Pacific
No charge up to 1000 x storage in GB, then $0.0052.
No charge up to 5000 x storage in GB, then $0.0042.
No charge up to 100% of storage in GB then $0.0800.
No charge
Additional charges for optional features
IBM Cloud® Object Storage "Archive" and "Accelerated Archive" are low cost options for data that is rarely accessed. To understand how additional charge works, read archiving and accessing cold data.
Currently showing pricing selected forus-southChange
Archive12 hours restore
Archive unused or infrequently requested data to save cost on storage of long-term data. Restoring data may take up to 12 hours. Archive has a minimum storage-duration of 90 days. The minimum object size is 128 KB. Learn more
Charge metricPricing
Data storage (USD/GB/month)
$0.0013
Charge unit name :
ARCHIVE_STORAGE
Data restore (USD/GB)
$0.0209
Charge unit name :
ARCHIVE_RESTORE
Accelerated archive2 hours restore
Archive with a faster restore option (under 2 hours) while still saving cost on storage of long-term data. Accelerated Archive has a minimum storage-duration of 90 days. The minimum object size is 128 KB. Learn more
Charge metricPricing
Data storage (USD/GB/month)
$0.0052
Charge unit name :
ACCELERATED_ARCHIVE_STORAGE
Data restore (USD/GB)
$0.0418
Charge unit name :
ACCELERATED_ARCHIVE_RESTORE
Aspera© transfersHigh speed transfer
Improves data transfer performance in networks with high latency and packet loss. Learn more
Charge metricPricing
Aspera ingress (USD/GB/month)
Starting at
$0.0000
Charge unit name :
ASPERA_INGRESS
Aspera egress (USD/GB)
Starting at
$0.0836
Charge unit name :
ASPERA_EGRESS
BackupContinuous backup
Create and store backups of your COS data. Restore data from backups as needed. Learn more
Charge metricPricing
Backup storage (USD/GB/month)
$0.0500
Charge unit name :
BACKUP_STORAGE
Backup restore (USD/GB)
$0.0200
Charge unit name :
BACKUP_RESTORE
Storage class pricing is based on selections, valid as of 2025-07-30 9:19 PM
SummaryIBM Cloud Object Storage is a highly scalable cloud storage service, designed for high durability, resiliency and security. Store, manage and access your data via our self-service portal and RESTful APIs. Connect applications directly to Cloud Object Storage use other IBM Cloud Services with your data. Pricing variablesIBM Cloud Object Storage offers flexible pricing options. Pricing varies based on location, resiliency and storage class selection. View storage class pricing that can be compared against competitors. Resiliency selected: Regional Multiple data centers within a region for high availability and performance Location selected: us-south Country selected: United States USD Standard pricing planCloud Object Storage offers four storage class pricing options to fit different types of workloads. Monthly Usage
Smart Tier analyses your monthly activity and bills you at Hot, Cool, or Cold based on the amount of storage and access that month. There are no retrieval charges, no minimum object sizes or minimum duration requirements or any other overhead charges. Learn more |