Amazon S3 storage price stuck at $0.023/GB-month for a decade
In a short post dated 27 September 2026, the author says one thing they find notable about S3 today: it used to drop in price reasonably often, but there hasn't been a price drop in a full decade.
The post backs this with a list of storage prices per GB-month, with the date each took effect. On 2006-03-14 the price was $0.150. It fell to $0.140 on 2010-11-01, then to $0.125 on 2012-02-01 and $0.095 on 2012-12-01. On 2014-02-01 it reached $0.085, and on 2014-04-01 it dropped sharply to $0.030. The last listed change came on 2016-12-01, when the price fell to $0.023.
That is where it has stayed. The post closes with one line: today it's still $0.023/GB-month.
By the listed figures, the price fell from $0.150 to $0.023 over the decade from 2006 to 2016, about 6.5 times lower. The biggest single step on the list is the one from $0.085 to $0.030 between February and April 2014. Since December 2016 the list shows no further change.
The post is a brief observation, not an analysis. It gives no explanation for why the price stopped falling.
Key facts
- The post, dated 27 September 2026, says S3 has had no price drop in a full decade.
- The listed S3 storage price went from $0.150/GB-month on 2006-03-14 to $0.023/GB-month on 2016-12-01.
- The largest step on the list is from $0.085 (2014-02-01) to $0.030 (2014-04-01) per GB-month.
- The price is still $0.023/GB-month today, per the post.
Why it matters
Storage is a basic cost for anything that keeps large amounts of data, and S3 is the service the post looks at. The author's point is a contrast in time: prices used to fall reasonably often, then stopped. The list shows seven price points from 2006 to 2016, and nothing after the last one. The post itself is brief and does not go further than this observation.
Who it affects
The post is about S3 storage pricing, so it is relevant to anyone who pays for data stored in S3 or budgets for it. It does not name specific customers or groups.
How to use it
The post is a reference, not a product or tool. Its price table can serve as a quick record of how the listed per-GB-month price moved between 2006 and 2016: $0.150, $0.140, $0.125, $0.095, $0.085, $0.030, then $0.023. The post says $0.023/GB-month is still the price today.
How solid is it
The post is very short and states the price history as a plain list with dates, with no outside references in the text. The post does not say what the source of the price history table is. It is the author's own observation, phrased as something they find notable. The figures are internally consistent: each entry is lower than the one before it.
Risks and caveats
The post does not say why S3 prices stopped falling, and it does not predict a future price change. It gives no comparison with competitors' storage prices. It does not say which S3 storage class or region the prices refer to, and it does not discuss egress, request or other S3 charges, so the list covers only the per-GB-month storage figure.
“while it used to drop in price reasonably often, there hasn't been a price drop in a full decade”
— Post dated 27 September 2026