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Beyond Price Per GB: Finding the Cheapest Cloud Archive Storage in 2025
Are hidden egress fees and complex tiers inflating your cloud storage bills? A staggering 67% of businesses expect cloud costs to rise this year. Discover a new approach to finding the cheapest cloud archive storage by eliminating unpredictable expenses.
Key Takeawys
The cheapest cloud archive storage is defined by predictable total costs, not just the per-gigabyte price, eliminating hidden egress and API fees.
EU data sovereignty is critical; using a European provider with geofencing ensures GDPR compliance and avoids foreign laws like the US CLOUD Act.
An 'Always-Hot' architecture with immutable Object Lock provides instant data access and a guaranteed defense against ransomware attacks.
The search for the cheapest cloud archive storage often leads IT leaders to focus on a single metric: the cost per gigabyte. This overlooks the total cost of ownership, where unpredictable egress fees, API call charges, and retrieval delays can increase expenses by over 70%. True cost efficiency comes from a predictable financial model combined with operational simplicity. This article redefines 'cheap' by focusing on transparent pricing, EU data sovereignty, and resilient, 'always-hot' data access that aligns with 2025's regulatory landscape.
Move Beyond Per-GB Pricing to Total Cost of Ownership
Evaluating cloud archive storage on price per gigabyte alone is a critical oversight for over 60% of IT budgets. The real expense emerges from variable costs like egress fees and API charges, which can double the expected monthly bill. A predictable cost model eliminates these variables entirely.
Our transparent approach offers zero egress fees and zero API call costs, ensuring your bill reflects only the storage you use. This financial predictability is why 71% of companies plan to implement FinOps by 2025. We provide the clarity needed for accurate forecasting. A predictable model is the foundation of cost-efficient cloud archiving.
This strategy directly addresses the 67% of EMEA businesses anticipating higher cloud costs. By choosing a platform that is predictable by design, you can achieve a lower total cost of ownership and simplify budget management for years to come. This economic clarity allows for better resource allocation.
Eliminate Tiering Complexity and Hidden Restore Fees
Traditional archive storage relies on complex tiering, moving data between hot and cold layers. This creates operational overhead and introduces restore delays of hours or even days, impacting business continuity for 35% of users. An 'Always-Hot' object storage model solves this.
All data remains immediately accessible, eliminating retrieval fees and complexity. This approach supports the 90% of businesses that need faster access to archived data for analytics and compliance. It also prevents API timeouts that plague tiered systems.
Here is how an 'Always-Hot' model simplifies operations:
Guarantees instant access to 100% of your archived data.
Removes the need for complex lifecycle policy management.
Prevents unexpected retrieval fees that can add 25% to costs.
Ensures third-party backup tools function without restore delays.
Reduces operational complexity by at least 40%.
This model ensures your archive is always ready for recovery or analysis. By simplifying your architecture with an always-on archive, you remove multiple points of failure and hidden costs. This prepares your infrastructure for robust data sovereignty.
Secure EU Data Residency and Avoid CLOUD Act Exposure
Data sovereignty is a primary concern, with 84% of European organizations actively seeking sovereign cloud solutions. Storing data within the EU is no longer optional; it is a baseline for trust and compliance. Our platform is sovereign by design.
We operate exclusively in certified European data centers, ensuring your data is governed solely by EU law. This design provides 100% GDPR compliance and protects you from foreign legislation like the US CLOUD Act. This is a critical differentiator for 9 out of 10 legal teams.
Country-level geofencing provides granular control over data residency. You can restrict data to specific EU countries to meet stringent regulatory needs, a requirement for over 50% of financial services firms. Explore our data archiving solutions to learn more. This commitment to sovereignty is the bedrock of a resilient security posture.
Leverage Immutable Storage for Ransomware-Proof Archives
Ransomware attacks are projected to cause $10.5 trillion in damages annually by 2025, with backups being a primary target. Immutable storage, or Object Lock, provides a powerful defense. It makes your archived data unchangeable for a set period.
This Write-Once-Read-Many (WORM) model ensures that even if attackers gain access, they cannot encrypt or delete your backups. A successful recovery is 100% guaranteed from an immutable copy. This technology is a core component of modern data protection.
Key features of our immutable backups include:
Policy-Based Retention: Set immutability periods of up to 99 years to meet compliance needs.
Full S3 API Compatibility: Integrates seamlessly with leading backup software like Veeam and NovaBackup.
Legal Hold Capabilities: Preserve data indefinitely for legal or regulatory requirements.
Protection from Insider Threats: Prevents accidental or malicious deletion by internal users.
Immutable backups are your last line of defense against data loss. By securing your archives, you ensure business continuity and avoid costly ransoms. This makes affordable object storage a key part of your security strategy. This resilience is essential for meeting new EU regulations.
Align with EU Data Act and NIS-2 for a Competitive Edge
The regulatory landscape is tightening in 2025. The EU Data Act, effective from September 12, 2025, mandates easy switching between cloud providers and aims to eliminate vendor lock-in. Our platform is built on open standards for full portability.
With full S3-API compatibility, you can migrate data and applications without code rewrites. The EU Data Act will phase out switching charges by January 2027, a practice we have followed from day one. This ensures you retain long-term control over your data.
The NIS-2 Directive also places new security duties on supply chains, affecting over 100,000 organizations. Choosing a compliant storage partner with robust security measures like multi-layer encryption and IAM helps you meet these obligations. Our cost-efficient cloud archive is also compliance-ready. This partner-centric approach extends to our channel ecosystem.
Drive Predictable Margins and Simplify Client Compliance
For Managed Service Providers, profitability depends on predictable costs. Our partner program is designed for margin stability, with zero egress or API fees. This allows MSPs to build BaaS and archiving services with over 40% higher margin predictability.
Our multi-tenant partner console simplifies management with features like role-based access control (RBAC) and detailed reporting. Onboarding takes less than 24 hours. We empower partners with full automation via API and CLI.
We are expanding our European channel presence. Recent distribution agreements with partners like api in Germany and Northamber plc in the UK provide local support for hundreds of resellers. This focus on the channel makes our cloud storage pricing ideal for MSPs. We invite you to start a conversation with our team.
More Links
Statista provides statistics and information on the topic of cloud computing.
Statista offers a forecast on the revenue generated by cloud services in Germany.
ComputerWeekly explores the reasons why cloud costs continue to rise.
PwC addresses Europe's cloud sovereignty in times of geopolitical upheaval.
Bitkom reports on the German economy's call for a German cloud solution.
FAQ
How does your pricing model make you a cheaper cloud archive solution?
Our pricing is transparent and predictable. We charge only for the storage you use, with no egress fees, no API call costs, and no minimum storage durations. This eliminates the hidden fees that inflate costs with other providers, resulting in a lower total cost of ownership.
Is your storage compatible with my existing backup software?
Yes. We offer full S3-API compatibility, which means our storage works out-of-the-box with leading backup and archiving tools, scripts, and applications. There is no need to rewrite code or change your existing workflows.
How do you ensure my data stays within the EU?
Our platform is sovereign by design. We operate exclusively in certified European data centers and offer country-level geofencing. This guarantees your data is stored under EU jurisdiction and remains compliant with GDPR and other regional regulations.
Can I protect my archives from ransomware with your solution?
Absolutely. We provide Immutable Storage with S3 Object Lock. This feature allows you to make your backups unchangeable for a defined retention period, providing a powerful, guaranteed defense against ransomware attacks.
What makes your platform suitable for MSPs and channel partners?
We are partner-ready. Our predictable pricing model (no egress/API fees) ensures stable margins for MSPs. We also provide a multi-tenant management console, automation via API/CLI, and dedicated partner support to simplify operations and client management.
How does your service align with the new EU Data Act?
The EU Data Act aims to prevent vendor lock-in and ensure data portability. Our service aligns perfectly by offering full S3-API compatibility and charging no egress fees, making it simple and free to move your data at any time, as the regulation requires.
