Chapter 6 of 6 · 2 min
How much does S3 Glacier Deep Archive cost?
SHORT ANSWER
$1.01 a month for a terabyte, about $12 a year. Ten years of a small firm’s records for the price of one lunch.
The lesson 2 film is on chapter 1.
For files that must be kept for years and almost never read, nothing in S3 comes close. Tax papers, finished projects, compliance archives: the deep archive is built for them.
What it costs to get files back
- $20.48per TB
- a standard restore, ready within 12 hours
- $2.56per TB
- a bulk restore, ready within 48 hours
- $83per TB
- on top, if the restored files then leave Amazon for the internet
The small print
- Every file is charged for at least six months.
- Each file carries about 40 KB of extra metadata, so a million tiny files cost noticeably more than the per-terabyte price suggests.
- Moving files in costs $0.05 per 1,000 files.
The deep archive punishes anything somebody might want this afternoon.
Prices are for US East, October 2026. S3 Glacier Deep Archive: when to use it has every rate and the steps.
NEXT · LESSON 3 BEGINSDoes S3 charge for downloads?Storing is rent. Downloading is the moving truck, billed by the box.What is my bucket costing me?
See what my buckets cost S3 Savings reads three months of your real S3 bill and shows which of these answers apply to your buckets. Free, read-only, no card.