Google Cloud Storage vs OVHcloud Object Storage
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Google Cloud Storage and OVHcloud Object Storage.
Quick Verdict
4.0/5
Google Cloud Storage
0 reviews
3.8/5
OVHcloud Object Storage
0 reviews
Google Cloud Storage is rated higher (4.0 vs 3.8). Cloud object storage service for storing and retrieving unstructured data at scale. For developers, data engineers, and enterprises managing backups, archives, and analytics workloads. 13 regions in Europe (France, Germany, Italy, UK, Poland), Canada and Asia-Pacific; no US region
Google Cloud Storage Scalable object storage for any data type, integrated with Google Cloud | OVHcloud Object Storage S3-compatible object storage from €0.014/GB (Standard), Cold Archive from €0.00128/GB | |
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| Overview | ||
| Rating | 4.0 (0 reviews)✓ | 3.8 (0 reviews) |
| Pricing model | pay-as-you-go | usage-based |
| Starting price | Free tier available✓ | From $0.014/mo |
| Best for | Teams already building on Google Cloud — BigQuery, Dataflow, Vertex AI — and cold backup/archive workloads that value the cheap Nearline, Coldline, and Archive classes. | EU-resident, read-heavy object storage — media libraries, backup repositories and CMS assets — where free egress keeps bills predictable. |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ||
| DDoS protection | ✓ | |
| Automated backups | ||
| Snapshots | ||
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ||
| Free tier | ✓ | |
| Tags | ||
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Google Cloud Storage
Pros
- + Per-GiB-hour pricing published per class and location, prorated per second — no commitment required
- + Four storage classes put cold bytes as low as about $0.0012/GB-month (Archive)
- + Credit-backed SLA: 99.95% multi/dual-region Standard with 10–50% credits on miss
- + Real S3 interoperability (XML API, HMAC keys, V4 signing) plus a documented migration path
- + Always Free tier (5 GB-months, 50k Class B ops, 100 GB egress in US regions) can host a small real workload
Cons
- - Egress at $0.12/GiB (Premium) makes read-heavy serving expensive without a CDN in front
- - Cold classes carry minimum storage durations and retrieval fees — wrong class choices cost more than Standard
- - Many pricing dimensions (classes, placement, network tiers, operation classes) make forecasting hard
- - IAM and lifecycle configuration is a real learning curve and a common source of misconfiguration
OVHcloud Object Storage
Pros
- + Free egress and free API requests on Standard storage — rare among S3 providers
- + Volume-tiered pricing from €0.014/GB/month, billed per GiB-hour
- + Cold Archive at about €0.00128/GB/month for French-resident archives
- + 13 regions across Europe, Canada and Asia-Pacific with clear per-region endpoints
- + Five storage classes with documented class-to-region availability
Cons
- - No US region — North America is served from Canada
- - Cold Archive is Paris-only with 180-day minimum retention and €0.005/GB restores
- - Most regions are 1-AZ; multi-region redundancy must be designed by the user
- - S3 compatibility is not full AWS parity; console is dense
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