85% of enterprise data is unstructured. Don't let it become dark data. Watch the fireside chat to learn how smart storage instantly becomes your AI foundation. Object storage for companies of all sizes Cloud Storage is a managed service for storing unstructured data. Store any amount of data and retrieve it as often as you like. New customers get $300 in free credits . All customers get 5 GiB of standard storage, 55,000 operations, 100 GiB of data transfer, and more for free each month. Looking for something else? Check out personal, team, and block storage options .  Product highlights Automatically transition to lower-cost storage classes Automatically transition to lower-cost storage classes Standard, nearline, coldline, and archive storage options Standard, nearline, coldline, and archive storage options Fast, low-cost, highly durable archive and backup storage Fast, low-cost, highly durable archive and backup storage Cloud Storage in a minute 1 min video Cloud Storage in a minute Take action with Storage Intelligence Simplify management of your Cloud Storage at scale with Storage Intelligence . Storage Intelligence eliminates manual storage management practices. This unified management product offers multiple powerful features to analyze large storage estates and easily take actions. Analyze object and bucket metadata to derive cost and security insights about your data through Insights Datasets . Use Gemini Cloud Assist to generate insights with natural language conversations. Perform actions at-scale on millions of objects with zero or no code with Batch Operations and minimize application downtime by moving entire buckets with just two commands, while preserving bucket name with Bucket Relocation . Accelerate your data access Enhance the performance of demanding applications with Rapid Cache , a fully managed, intelligent SSD-backed read cache for Region, Dual-region, or Multi-region buckets. Combined with Multi-region buckets, Rapid Cache brings your data closer to compute resources in any zone where your TPUs/GPUs are available, giving you low latency and high throughput of up to 20 Tbps for AI/ML and data analytics workloads. Benefit from minimizing your network egress costs when accessing data across a continent without the need for provisioning or managing a separate storage tier. Object- and bucket-level permissions Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM) allows you to control who has access to your buckets and objects. Leading analytics and ML/AI tools Once your data is stored in Cloud Storage, easily plug into Google Cloud’s powerful tools to create your data warehouse with BigQuery, run open source analytics with Managed Service for Apache Spark, or build and deploy machine learning (ML) models with Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. The Data Agent Kit streamlines your workflows by bundling secure Model Context Protocol (MCP) tools, native IDE plugins, and pre-codified data engineering, data science, and data app developer skills into a single, open-source package. Automatic storage class transitions With features like Object Lifecycle Management (OLM) and Autoclass you can easily optimize costs with object placement across storage classes. You can enable, at the bucket level, policy-based automatic object movement to colder storage classes based on the last access time. There are no early deletion or retrieval fees, nor class transition charges for object access in colder storage classes. Continental-scale and SLA-backed replication Industry leading dual-region buckets support an expansive number of regions. A single, continental-scale bucket offers nine regions across three continents, providing a Recovery Time Objective (RTO) of zero. In the event of an outage, applications seamlessly access the data in the alternate region. There is no failover and failback process. For organizations requiring ultra availability, turbo replication with dual-region buckets offers a 15 minute Recovery Point Objective (RPO) SLA. Use Cloud Storage as a local filesystem Cloud Storage is a common choice for storing training data, models, and checkpoints for machine learning projects in Cloud Storage buckets. With Cloud Storage FUSE , you can take advantage of the scale, affordability, throughput, and simplicity that Cloud Storage provides, while maintaining compatibility with applications that use or require filesystem semantics. Cloud Storage FUSE also now offers caching, which provides up to 2.2x faster time to train and 2.9x higher training throughput, compared to native ML framework dataloaders. Fast and flexible transfer services Storage Transfer Service offers a highly performant, online pathway to Cloud Storage—both with the scalability and speed you need to simplify the data transfer process. For offline data transfer our Transfer Appliance is a shippable storage server that sits in your datacenter and then ships to an ingest location where the data is uploaded to Cloud Storage. Default and configurable data security Cloud Storage offers secure-by-design features to protect your data and advanced controls and capabilities to keep your data private and secure against leaks or compromises. Security features include access control policies , data encryption, retention policies, retention policy locks, and signed URLs. Object lifecycle management Define conditions that trigger data deletion or transition to a cheaper storage class. Object Versioning Continue to store old copies of objects when they are deleted or overwritten. Soft delete offers improved protection against accidental and malicious data deletion by providing you with a way to retain and restore recently deleted data. Retention policies Define minimum retention periods that objects must be stored for before they’re deletable. Place a hold on an object to prevent its deletion. Customer-managed encryption keys Encrypt object data with encryption keys stored by the Cloud Key Management Service and managed by you. Customer-supplied encryption keys Encrypt object data with encryption keys created and managed by you. Uniform bucket-level access Uniformly control access to your Cloud Storage resources by disabling object ACLs. Require accessors of your data to include a project ID to bill for network charges, operation charges, and retrieval fees. Bucket Lock allows you to configure a data retention policy for a Cloud Storage bucket that governs how long objects in the bucket must be retained. Pub/Sub notifications for Cloud Storage Send notifications to Pub/Sub when objects are created, updated, or deleted. Cloud Audit Logs with Cloud Storage Maintain admin activity logs and data access logs for your Cloud Storage resources. Storage options Standard storage Storage for data that is frequently accessed ("hot" data) and/or stored for only brief periods of time. "Hot" data, including websites, streaming videos, and mobile apps. Nearline storage Low cost, highly durable storage service for storing infrequently accessed data. Data that can be stored for 30 days. Coldline storage A very low cost, highly durable storage service for storing infrequently accessed data. Data that can be stored for 90 days. Archive storage The lowest cost, highly durable storage service for data archiving, online backup, and disaster recovery. Data that can be stored for 365 days. Learn more about storage classes . Standard storage Storage for data that is frequently accessed ("hot" data) and/or stored for only brief periods of time. "Hot" data, including websites, streaming videos, and mobile apps. Nearline storage Low cost, highly durable storage service for storing infrequently accessed data. Data that can be stored for 30 days. Coldline storage A very low cost, highly durable storage service for storing infrequently accessed data. Data that can be stored for 90 days. Archive storage The lowest cost, highly durable storage service for data archiving, online backup, and disaster recovery. Data that can be stored for 365 days. Learn more about storage classes . To use Cloud Storage, you’ll first create a bucket, a basic container that holds your data in Cloud Storage. You’ll then upload objects into that bucket—where you can download, share, and manage objects. To use Cloud Storage, you’ll first create a bucket, a basic container that holds your data in Cloud Storage. You’ll then upload objects into that bucket—where you can download, share, and manage objects. Backups and archives Use Cloud Storage for backup, archives, and recovery Cloud Storage's nearline storage provides fast, low-cost, highly durable storage for data accessed less than once a month, reducing the cost of backups and archives while still retaining immediate access. Backup data in Cloud Storage can be used for more than just recovery because all storage classes have ms latency and are accessed through a single API. Tutorials, quickstarts, & labs Use Cloud Storage for backup, archives, and recovery Cloud Storage's nearline storage provides fast, low-cost, highly durable storage for data accessed less than once a month, reducing the cost of backups and archives while still retaining immediate access. Backup data in Cloud Storage can be used for more than just recovery because all storage classes have ms latency and are accessed through a single API. Media content storage and delivery Store data to stream audio or video Stream audio or video directly to apps or websites with Cloud Storage’s geo-redundant capabilities. Geo-redundant storage with the highest level of availability and performance is ideal for low-latency, high-QPS content serving to users distributed across geographic regions. Learn how to set up a Media CDN , for planet-scale media delivery Learn how to set up a Media CDN , for planet-scale media delivery Tutorial : Design for scale and high availability Tutorial : Design for scale and high availability Google Cloud Skills Boost: Storing Image and Video Files in Cloud Storage - Python Google Cloud Skills Boost: Storing Image and Video Files in Cloud Storage - Python Build a hybrid render farm using Cloud Storage Build a hybrid render farm using Cloud Storage Create a virtual workstation with Cloud Storage Create a virtual workstation with Cloud Storage Learn how Vimeo uses multi-regional storage for fast, resumable uploads Learn how Vimeo uses multi-regional storage for fast, resumable uploads Tutorials, quickstarts, & labs Store data to stream audio or video Stream audio or video directly to apps or websites with Cloud Storage’s geo-redundant capabilities. Geo-redundant storage with the highest level of availability and performance is ideal for low-latency, high-QPS content serving to users distributed across geographic regions. Learn how to set up a Media CDN , for planet-scale media delivery Learn how to set up a Media CDN , for planet-scale media delivery Tutorial : Design for scale and high availability Tutorial : Design for scale and high availability Google Cloud Skills Boost: Storing Image and Video Files in Cloud Storage - Python Google Cloud Skills Boost: Storing Image and Video Files in Cloud Storage - Python Learning resources Build a hybrid render farm using Cloud Storage Build a hybrid render farm using Cloud Storage Create a virtual workstation with Cloud Storage Create a virtual workstation with Cloud Storage Learn how Vimeo uses multi-regional storage for fast, resumable uploads Learn how Vimeo uses multi-regional storage for fast, resumable uploads Data lakes and big data analytics Create a data lake for analytics Develop and deploy data pipelines and storage to analyze large amounts of data. Cloud Storage offers high availability and performance while being strongly consistent, giving you confidence and accuracy in analytics workloads. Run Apache Hadoop or Apache Spark on data with data connector Run Apache Hadoop or Apache Spark on data with data connector Google Cloud Skills Boost: Modernizing Data Lakes and Data Warehouses with Google Cloud Google Cloud Skills Boost: Modernizing Data Lakes and Data Warehouses with Google Cloud Google Cloud Skills Boost: Google Cloud Big Data and Machine Learning Fundamentals Google Cloud Skills Boost: Google Cloud Big Data and Machine Learning Fundamentals Tutorials, quickstarts, & labs Create a data lake for analytics Develop and deploy data pipelines and storage to analyze large amounts of data. Cloud Storage offers high availability and performance while being strongly consistent, giving you confidence and accuracy in analytics workloads. Run Apache Hadoop or Apache Spark on data with data connector Run Apache Hadoop or Apache Spark on data with data connector Google Cloud Skills Boost: Modernizing Data Lakes and Data Warehouses with Google Cloud Google Cloud Skills Boost: Modernizing Data Lakes and Data Warehouses with Google Cloud Google Cloud Skills Boost: Google Cloud Big Data and Machine Learning Fundamentals Google Cloud Skills Boost: Google Cloud Big Data and Machine Learning Fundamentals Machine learning and AI Deploy an AI summarization solution in the Google Cloud console Launch a Google-recommended, preconfigured solution that uses generative AI to quickly extract text and summarize large documents stored in Cloud Storage. Watch how to store data for machine learning Watch how to store data for machine learning Start using Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform with your stored data Start using Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform with your stored data Nuro powers its autonomous vehicles' rapid decision-making with Cloud Storage Nuro powers its autonomous vehicles' rapid decision-making with Cloud Storage Tutorials, quickstarts, & labs Deploy an AI summarization solution in the Google Cloud console Launch a Google-recommended, preconfigured solution that uses generative AI to quickly extract text and summarize large documents stored in Cloud Storage. Watch how to store data for machine learning Watch how to store data for machine learning Start using Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform with your stored data

Start using Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform with your stored data Nuro powers its autonomous vehicles' rapid decision-making with Cloud Storage Nuro powers its autonomous vehicles' rapid decision-making with Cloud Storage Build, host, and run dynamic websites in the Google Cloud console Launch a sample drop-ship retail product website that’s publicly accessible and customizable, leveraging Python and JavaScript. Tutorial: Configure a Cloud Storage bucket to host a static website for a domain you own Tutorial: Configure a Cloud Storage bucket to host a static website for a domain you own Video: 3 ways to run scalable web apps on Google Cloud Video: 3 ways to run scalable web apps on Google Cloud Tutorials, quickstarts, & labs Build, host, and run dynamic websites in the Google Cloud console Launch a sample drop-ship retail product website that’s publicly accessible and customizable, leveraging Python and JavaScript. Tutorial: Configure a Cloud Storage bucket to host a static website for a domain you own Tutorial: Configure a Cloud Storage bucket to host a static website for a domain you own Video: 3 ways to run scalable web apps on Google Cloud Video: 3 ways to run scalable web apps on Google Cloud 5 GiB of standard storage. Data processing 5,000 Class A operations. 50,000 Class B operations. Unlimited free operations. No retrieval fee for standard storage. 100 GiB of Data transfer from North America to each Google Cloud Data transfer destination (Australia and China excluded). Unlimited inbound data transfer. Unlimited data transfer within the same location. The amount of data stored in your buckets. Standard storage Best for frequently accessed ("hot" data), including websites, streaming videos, and mobile apps. per GiB per month Nearline storage Best for data that can be stored for 30 days. per GiB per month Coldline storage Best for data that can be stored for 90 days. per GiB per month Archive storage Best for data that can be stored for 365 days per GiB per month Data processing The processing done by Cloud Storage. Operation charges For all requests made to Cloud Storage. per 1,000 operations For reading data stored in Nearline, Coldline and Archive storage classes. Inter-region replication charges For data written to dual-regions and multi-regions. Autoclass management charges For buckets with Autoclass enabled. per 1000 objects per 30 days Storage Intelligence charges For buckets with Storage Intelligence configured. See pricing details . The amount of data read from or moved between your buckets. Data transfer within Google Cloud When data transfer is to other Cloud Storage buckets or to Google Cloud services. Specialty network services When data transfer uses certain Google Cloud network products. Check your network product for pricing information. General data transfer When data transfer is out of Google Cloud or between continents. An optional feature to accelerate read performance for your buckets. The amount of data stored in cache. per GiB per hour The amount of data written into the cache. Cache data transfer out The amount of data read from the cache. Cache operations Requests entirely served by the cache. per 1,000 operations Learn more about Cloud Storage pricing. View all pricing details . How Cloud Storage pricing works Pricing is largely based on data storage, data processing, network usage and optional caching. 5 GiB of standard storage. Data processing 5,000 Class A operations. 50,000 Class B operations. Unlimited free operations. No retrieval fee for standard storage. 100 GiB of Data transfer from North America to each Google Cloud Data transfer destination (Australia and China excluded). Unlimited inbound data transfer. Unlimited data transfer within the same location. The amount of data stored in your buckets. Standard storage Best for frequently accessed ("hot" data), including websites, streaming videos, and mobile apps. per GiB per month Nearline storage Best for data that can be stored for 30 days. per GiB per month Coldline storage Best for data that can be stored for 90 days. per GiB per month Archive storage Best for data that can be stored for 365 days per GiB per month Data processing The processing done by Cloud Storage. Operation charges For all requests made to Cloud Storage. per 1,000 operations For reading data stored in Nearline, Coldline and Archive storage classes. Inter-region replication charges For data written to dual-regions and multi-regions. Autoclass management charges For buckets with Autoclass enabled. per 1000 objects per 30 days Storage Intelligence charges For buckets with Storage Intelligence configured. See pricing details . The amount of data read from or moved between your buckets. Data transfer within Google Cloud When data transfer is to other Cloud Storage buckets or to Google Cloud services. Specialty network services When data transfer uses certain Google Cloud network products. Check your network product for pricing information. General data transfer When data transfer is out of Google Cloud or between continents. An optional feature to accelerate read performance for your buckets. The amount of data stored in cache. per GiB per hour The amount of data written into the cache. Cache data transfer out The amount of data read from the cache. Cache operations Requests entirely served by the cache. per 1,000 operations Learn more about Cloud Storage pricing. View all pricing details . Pricing calculator Start your proof of concept New customers get $300 in free credits to try Cloud Storage and other Google Cloud products Have a large project? Learn how to get started with Cloud Storage Introduction and best practices for Cloud Storage How to name buckets Explore how companies are using Cloud Storage Explore how companies are using Cloud Storage Vimeo is delivering more high-quality videos than ever while reducing costs. Vimeo replaced its servers for accepting video uploads with Cloud Storage, fronted by the Fastly edge cloud to help ensure regional routing and low-latency, high-throughput connections for Vimeo’s publishers. Multi-regional Cloud Storage offers fast, resumable upload capability that helps make for better user experience. 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No. For personal storage options, including photos, device backup, VPN, and more, visit Google One . How does Cloud Storage differ from other types of storage? Cloud Storage is a service for storing objects in Google Cloud. An object is an immutable piece of data consisting of a file of any format. You store objects in containers called buckets. All buckets are associated with a project, and you can group your projects under an organization. Learn more about other Google Cloud storage products, including block storage, data transfer, and file storage .