Google Cloud Storage: verified facts and rating
Checked 2026-11-04
Score breakdown
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Google Cloud Storage against the market
The dot is the company, the line is the median of all companies in this ranking.
Storage price per GB-month (standard class)$0.006$0.023$0.022 · median $0.01463
Egress price per GB (to the internet)$0.00$0.11176$0.11176 · median $0.00816
Uptime SLA99.9%99.95%99.95% · median 99.9%
Google Cloud Storage strengths and weaknesses
Pros
- Object Lock for immutable backups
- Independently audited security
- High uptime in a published SLA
- Many regions to choose from
Cons
- Expensive egress
All facts
| Fact | Value | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storage price per GB-month (standard class) | $0.022 Standard storage in a dual-region comprised of Iowa and Oregon will be billed at $0.022 per GB per month for the us-central1 dual-region SKU and $0.022 per GB per month for the us-west1 dual-region SKU. | cloud.google.com | 2026-11-04 |
| Egress price per GB (to the internet) | $0.11176 Data transfer to Worldwide Destinations (excluding Asia & Australia) (per GB) 0 gibibyte to 10 tebibyte $0.12 / 1 gibibyte, per 1 month / account (converted from GiB: $0.12 / 1.073741824) | cloud.google.com | 2026-11-04 |
| Permanent free tier | Yes These usage limits are available both during and after the free trial period. … Resource Monthly Free Usage Limits 1 Standard storage 5 GB-months | cloud.google.com | 2026-11-04 |
| Minimum storage duration | Not verified | — | |
| S3 API compatible | Not verified | — | |
| Regions (provider's count) | 46 Data storage Click on a geographic area to view the at-rest costs for associated locations : Region Iowa (us-central1) Johannesburg (africa-south1) Taiwan (asia-east1) … Las Vegas (us-west4) Phoenix (us-west8) | cloud.google.com | 2026-11-04 |
| Object versioning | Yes Object Versioning preserves deleted objects as versioned, noncurrent objects that remain accessible in your bucket until explicitly removed. | docs.cloud.google.com | 2026-11-04 |
| Lifecycle rules | Yes Each lifecycle management configuration contains a set of rules. Each rule contains one action and one or more conditions. | docs.cloud.google.com | 2026-11-04 |
| Object Lock (immutable storage) | Yes When a bucket retention policy is set, objects in the bucket can only be deleted or replaced once their age is greater than the retention period. | docs.cloud.google.com | 2026-11-04 |
| Encryption at rest | Yes Cloud Storage always encrypts your data on the server side, before it is written to disk, at no additional charge. | docs.cloud.google.com | 2026-11-04 |
| SOC 2 or ISO 27001 | Yes Google Cloud's ISMS, certified to ISO/IEC 27001, governs these services: … Cloud SQL Cloud Storage Cloud Storage for Firebase | cloud.google.com | 2026-11-04 |
| Uptime SLA | 99.95% Standard storage class in a multi-region or dual-region location of Cloud Storage >= 99.95% | cloud.google.com | 2026-11-04 |
| Public status page | Yes Google Cloud Service Health | status.cloud.google.com | 2026-11-04 |
| Founded | Not verified | — | |
| Company headquarters | Not verified | — | |
| Company | Not verified | — |
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