S3-Compatible (via Interop)
Egress Fee $0.12/GB
Storage $0.020–$0.004/GB/mo
Regions: 30+
Compliance: SOC, ISO, PCI DSS, GDPR
Storage Price ($/GB/month) | Egress Price ($/GB) | Ingress | Addons |
|---|---|---|---|
$0.006 (~$6/TB/month) | Free (up to 3× monthly storage
then $0.01/GB) | Free | No API or request fees |
✅ Scalable object storage & data lakes
✅ AI/ML model training and inference
✅ Big data analytics and streaming pipelines
✅ Application modernization (Kubernetes, microservices)
Google Cloud’s archival storage saved us 70% on backup costs.
| Object Storage (Cloud Storage) | ✅ |
| Backup & DR Storage | ✅ |
| Archival/Cold Storage | ✅ |
| Cloud-Native/Hybrid Cloud | ✅ |
| File & Block Storage | ✅ |
✅ Object Storage: Cloud Storage (Standard, Nearline, Coldline, Archive)
✅ File Storage: Filestore
✅ Block Storage: Persistent Disk, Hyperdisk
✅ Backup & DR: Backup for GKE, Actifio (disaster recovery)
✅ Hybrid & Multicloud: Google Distributed Cloud, Anthos
✅ Native integration with Google Workspace, BigQuery, Vertex AI, Looker
✅ Open APIs and client libraries in Python, Java, Go, Node.js, etc.
✅ Marketplace for third-party security, analytics, backup tools
✅ Default encryption at rest and in transit
✅ IAM, VPC-SC, DLP API for data governance
✅ Compliance: HIPAA, GDPR, ISO 27001/27701, SOC 1/2/3, FedRAMP
✅ Object retention policies and immutability support
✅ Ultra-low-latency global fiber network
✅ Nearline and Coldline access within milliseconds
✅ Scale to exabytes with automatic replication and load balancing
✅ Intelligent storage class transitions
✅ Organizations adopting AI/ML or Big Data
✅ Enterprises needing secure global collaboration
✅ Multicloud-first businesses
✅ Media & Entertainment, Financial Services, Healthcare, Retail, Public Sector
✅ AI-heavy industries like robotics, autonomous vehicles, life sciences
✅ Real-time data insights from large datasets
✅ Seamless hybrid and edge deployment
✅ Accelerated AI/ML development
✅ Streamlined cloud-native migration
✅ Flexible Pricing:
Pay-as-you-go with automatic tier transitions
Committed Use Discounts and Sustained Use Discounts
Egress waivers to select locations & applications
✅ Cost Optimization Tools:
Recommender Engine for storage rightsizing
Storage Insights dashboard
Object Lifecycle Management for cold storage
✅ ROI Highlights:
Significant savings with Coldline & Archive (up to 90% cheaper than standard)
Cost-effective AI processing with preemptible VMs + Cloud Storage
Lower TCO for data-heavy pipelines vs. on-prem
✅ Google Cloud Documentation & Architecture Center
✅ Cloud SDK, REST & gRPC APIs
✅ BigQuery + Cloud Storage integration for analytics
✅ Solutions for SAP, VMware, Windows on GCP
✅ Coursera & Google Cloud Skills Boost certification tracks
Standard is for frequent access; Nearline for 1-month access; Coldline for quarterly; Archive for long-term cold storage
Yes, through Anthos and API-level integrations, GCP supports multicloud deployment and monitoring.
Google Cloud encrypts all data at rest and in transit. Advanced features include VPC-SC and CMEK support.
Yes. Transfer Appliance and Transfer Service help move petabytes securely to the cloud.
