| Why IDrive® e2 is better | IDrive® e2 | AWS S3 |
|---|---|---|
| Yearly storage plans |
Pay annually Starting at $24.75 First year, 1 TB Sign Up Now!50*% OFF |
No yearly plans |
| Monthly storage pricing | $5/TB/Month (Try with 10 GB Free) |
$0.021/GB/Month |
| Free egress | ![]() Monthly egress less than or equal to 3X your active storage volume is free |
![]() $0.08–$0.12 per GB |
| Straightforward pricing | ![]() Single pricing for storage |
Costs vary by storage classes |
| Free API transactions | ![]() No API charges |
Charges applicable for API transactions |
| Free API calls for transactions class A,B,C | ![]() Free API calls across all classes |
API calls charged as per transaction class |
| Free data deletions | ![]() No charges for data deletion |
Charges applicable for deleting data |
| Fixed prices across locations | ![]() Fixed pricing across all regions |
![]() Price varies across data centers |
| Performance | ![]() Better than competitors |
![]() Slower than IDrive e2 |
| Unlimited access keys | ![]() *Create up to 250 access keys in one region |
![]() Up to 2 access keys allowed |
| Free event notifications | ![]() No charges applied by IDrive e2 |
![]() Charges are incurred at the destinations (SNS, SQS, or Lambda) or due to the network data usage |
| Free object replication | ![]() No extra charges for replicating objects across regions or within the same regions; only storage charges apply |
![]() Incur additional costs for storage, replication requests, and data transfer |
*Note: Contact support to add more than 250 access keys in a region.
Save more with annual plans
Starting at $49.50/year $24.75 First year, 1 TB
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