Scenario · 1 PB / monthUpdated 2026-04
1 PB / month egress: enterprise scale
At 1 PB / month, list-price arithmetic loses meaning. Every customer at this scale negotiates a custom rate via Enterprise Agreement / Enterprise Discount Programme. The numbers below show list prices; real bills are typically 30 to 60 percent lower after negotiation.
List price: 1 PB / month outbound (NA/EU mix)
| Provider | List monthly cost | Per GB blended | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare R2 | $0.00 | $0.000 | Storage cost separate, egress free. |
| Backblaze B2 + CF Bandwidth Alliance | $0.00 | $0.000 | Free egress to Cloudflare; storage $0.006/GB/month. |
| Oracle Cloud | $8,407.50 | $0.0082 | 10 TB free + 1014 TB x $0.0085. |
| AWS CloudFront | $38,810 | $0.038 | Heavy volume discount tiers kick in. |
| AWS direct (S3) | $54,123 | $0.053 | Tier drops to $0.05/GB above 150 TB. |
| Azure (Zone 1) | $52,621 | $0.051 | Drops to $0.05 above 150 TB. |
| GCP (Standard Tier) | $65,560 | $0.064 | Standard Tier has no high-volume tier; rate stays around list. |
| Bunny CDN / Fastly | $5,120 - $15,360 | $0.005 - $0.015 | Third-party CDNs price aggressively above 100 TB. |
Negotiation context
At 1 PB / month sustained, AWS, Azure, and GCP all have enterprise programmes:
- AWS EDP (Enterprise Discount Programme): 12 to 36 month spend commitments, typical discount 10 to 30 percent on all services including data transfer. Custom egress rates negotiable above $5M / year total commit.
- Azure EA: similar structure; reservations and commitments earn 10 to 30 percent. ExpressRoute Unlimited is often included in large EAs.
- GCP Committed Use Discounts: less leverage on egress specifically; better deals on compute that indirectly help.
Patterns: a $10M / year AWS customer often negotiates data transfer to ~$0.03/GB blended (a 40 percent discount on list). Above $50M / year, sub-$0.02/GB is achievable. Below $1M / year, leverage is minimal and list prices apply.
See also: 100 TB tier, Direct Connect for high-volume.