S3 Is the Future, S3 Is the Past
Amazon S3 standard storage remains $0.023 per GB-month, unchanged since December 2016.
Simon Willison notes that Amazon S3 standard storage has not had a price drop in a decade. Listed rates fell from $0.150 per GB-month on March 14, 2006, to $0.023 per GB-month on December 1, 2016, and remain at that level. The comment responds to a Hacker News thread titled "S3 Is the Future, S3 Is the Past."
- S3 standard storage remains $0.023 per GB-month.
- Last listed price cut was December 1, 2016.
- Rate fell from $0.150/GB-month in March 2006 through several cuts.
- Comment is on a Hacker News thread about S3's role.
My comment on S3 Is the Future, S3 Is the Past — Hacker News. One thing I find notable about S3 today is that, while it used to drop in price reasonably often, there hasn't been a price drop in a full decade : 2006-03-14 $0.150/GB-month 2010-11-01 $0.140/GB-month 2012-02-01 $0.125/GB-month 2012-12-01 $0.095/GB-month 2014-02-01 $0.085/GB-month 2014-04-01 $0.030/GB-month 2016-12-01 $0.023/GB-month Today it's still $0.023/GB-month. Tags: amazon-web-services , s3
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