Storage · facts read November 6, 2026

Amazon S3

AWS's object storage, the reference S3 API. The reference object store, with the most storage classes and integrations.

Free plan
New AWS customers get up to $200 in Free Tier credits; the first 100 GB per month of data out to the internet is free.
Paid from
Not stated on the pricing page
Monthly cost at 1,000 users
$0/month 5 GB at about $0.023/GB, plus transfer above 100 GB a month.
Free plan allows commercial use
Not stated
Open source
No
Self-hostable
No

Source: Amazon S3 pricing, read November 6, 2026. Prices change; check the vendor's page before you commit.

Best for

  • Teams on AWS
  • Lifecycle rules and archival storage classes

Watch out for

  • Internet egress is billed beyond the first 100 GB per month across AWS.

How Cuely scores Amazon S3

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