Pricing Model

The pricing model for IONOS Object Storage is as follows:

• 1 Gigabyte (GB) ​is equal to 1024 Megabytes (MB).

• Storage space is charged per GB per hour.

• Data transfer is charged in GB. Inbound data transfer is free, but it will be counted as outbound data transfer for your Virtual Machine (VM) if you upload data from it. Outbound data transfer can be paid or free, depending on the conditions outlined in Outbound data transfer from IONOS Object Storage.

• Using the IONOS Object Storage API is free of charge.

Prices are listed in the respective price lists:

• IONOS SE – International, including Austria, France, Germany and Italy (English and German versions).

• IONOS Ltd. – United Kingdom.

• IONOS Inc. – United States and Canada.

Outbound data transfer from IONOS Object Storage

Contract-owned Buckets

All outbound data transfer from IONOS Object Storage is billable as public traffic, except for data transfer to the VMs in the same data center.

The cost per GB for outbound data transfer is contingent upon the cumulative data consumption of the account. A tiered pricing structure is implemented for all outbound traffic, including data transfer from VMs and IONOS Object Storage.

User-owned Buckets

All outbound data transfer from IONOS Object Storage is billed as public traffic. The local and national traffic definitions do not apply. This includes outgoing data transfer to IONOS VMs or dedicated servers regardless of their geographical location.

While inter-bucket data transfer is subject to charges, replication traffic both within the same region and across different regions is cost-free.

The cost per GB for outbound data transfer is contingent upon the cumulative data consumption of the account. A tiered pricing structure is implemented for all outbound traffic, including data transfer from VMs and IONOS Object Storage.

Inbound data transfer to IONOS Object Storage

No charges are imposed on inbound data transfer to IONOS Object Storage. It is essential to know that when uploading data to IONOS Object Storage, the same data transfer may be billed as an outbound data transfer for your VM.

While calculating network costs for data transfer from a VM to IONOS Object Storage, the following distinctions are made in the billing based on the traffic type:

Data Transfer from a VM to IONOS Object Storage	Billing
Within the confines of the same data center	Local traffic
Located in the same country but at a different data center	National traffic
Located in a data center in a different country	Public traffic