Cloud storage price per terabyte in 2026
One number that makes plans of different sizes comparable: the monthly price divided by the terabytes you get. As of October 25, 2026 the average across 10 providers with a verified price was $8.91 per TB per month, and IDrive was cheapest at $1.40. 6 providers also print what year two costs, and that second number is the one this market tends to hide.
Prices read from each provider’s own page, in US dollars.
IDrive Personal 5 TB (yearly) costs $6.99 a month, which is $1.40 per TB. In year two it costs $9.99 a month, 1.43 times year one.
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Average per TB
$8.91
per month, USD
Median per TB
$6.67
per month, USD
Cheapest per TB
$1.40
IDrive
Verified figures
10
of 19 providers
Price per terabyte, cheapest first
The plan we track for each provider, its storage, the monthly price when paying yearly, that price divided by the terabytes, and the year-two price where the provider prints one. Rows marked with an asterisk use a different price basis and sit outside the averages.
| # | Provider | Plan | TB | Price per month | Per TB (USD) | Year two |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IDriveVisit IDrive | IDrive Personal 5 TB (yearly) | 5 TB | $6.99 | $1.40 | $9.991.43 times year one |
| 2 | IcedriveVisit Icedrive | Pro 3 TB (first year) | 3 TB | $6.99 | $2.33 | $9.991.43 times year one |
| 3 | NordLockerVisit NordLocker | 2 TB (1-year plan) | 2 TB | $6.99 | $3.50 | $14.992.14 times year one |
| 4 | Dropbox | Plus 2 TB (billed yearly) | 2 TB | $9.99 | $5.00 | not printed |
| 5 | Apple iCloud+ | iCloud+ 2 TB (monthly) | 2 TB | $9.99 | $5.00 | not printed |
| 6 | Microsoft OneDrive | Microsoft 365 Personal 1 TB (yearly) | 1 TB | $8.33 | $8.33 | not printed |
| 7 | Sync.com | Personal 1TB (annual) | 1 TB | $9.00 | $9.00 | $12.001.33 times year one |
| 8 | Tresorit | Personal Essential 1 TB (yearly) | 1 TB | $11.99 | $11.99 | not printed |
| 9 | Proton DriveVisit Proton Drive | Proton Unlimited (annual) | 0.5 TB | $9.09 | $18.18 | $9.991.10 times year one |
| 10 | Acronis True Image | Advanced 250 GB (annual) | 0.25 TB | $6.08 | $24.32 | not printed |
| * | Google One | Google AI Plus (2 TB), monthly | 2 TB | $9.99 | $5.00 | not printed |
| * | pCloudVisit pCloud | Premium 500 GB (annual) | 0.5 TB | $4.17 | $8.34 | not printed |
* Google One: figure based on the monthly billing price. Read from a US connection. The page opens on the Monthly toggle and shows Google AI Plus (2 TB) at $9.99 a month. The Annual toggle (labelled "Save up to 16%") was not switched in this fetch, so the per terabyte figure uses the monthly price and is not counted in the averages.
* pCloud: figure based on our catalogue price, checked on October 25, 2026. The live page opens on the Lifetime tab and shows only one-time prices, each next to a struck-through higher amount. The annual tab sits behind a script toggle that our fetch could not switch, so the subscription price above comes from our catalogue and is not counted in the averages.
Providers that print a year-two price
These providers show a first-year price next to a standard price, or write the renewal amount under the offer. The ratio divides the second-year annual total by the first-year total.
- NordLocker 2 TB (1-year plan)$83.88 first year, then $179.88 a year: 2.14 times
- IDrive IDrive Personal 5 TB (yearly)$83.88 first year, then $119.88 a year: 1.43 times
- Icedrive Pro 3 TB (first year)$83.92 first year, then $119.88 a year: 1.43 times
- Sync.com Personal 1TB (annual)$108.00 first year, then $144.00 a year: 1.33 times
- Carbonite Safe Safe Basic (1 year)$76.79 first year, then $95.99 a year: 1.25 times
- Proton Drive Proton Unlimited (annual)$109.12 first year, then $119.88 a year: 1.10 times
Providers that do not publish a renewal price
One price on the page and no word about what happens after the first term. That usually means the same price again, but the provider does not say so, and a promotional first year can hide behind it.
- pCloud $4.17 per month, paying yearly
- Backblaze Personal Backup $8.25 per month, paying yearly
- Tresorit $11.99 per month, paying yearly
- Dropbox $9.99 per month, paying yearly
- Google One $9.99 per month, billed monthly
- Microsoft OneDrive $8.33 per month, paying yearly
- Apple iCloud+ $9.99 per month, billed monthly
- Acronis True Image $6.08 per month, paying yearly
- CloudsLinker $3.33 per month, paying yearly
No price per terabyte, and why
- Backblaze Personal Backupno fixed quotaRead from a US connection: $99 a year for unlimited data on one computer. There is no storage quota, so a price per terabyte does not exist for this plan. The page states no renewal price.
- Internxtno dollar priceRead from a US connection in a rendered and a static fetch. The pricing page showed the plan names and the 1 TB, 3 TB and 5 TB tiers, but no price in US dollars, so no figures.
- MEGAno dollar priceRead from a US connection. MEGA marks the dollar amounts on its pricing page as an estimate rather than the price it charges, so no figures.
- Filenno dollar priceRead from a US connection. The pricing page lists the plans from 200 GiB to 10 TiB, but no price in US dollars, so no figures.
- Koofrno dollar priceRead from a US connection in a rendered and a static fetch. The pricing page lists the plans from 10 GB to 10 TB and up, but no price in US dollars, so no figures.
- Carbonite Safeno fixed quotaRead from a US connection: unlimited backup for one computer. Basic is $76.79 for the first year ($6.40 a month, labelled Save 20%) next to the struck-through $95.99; the small print says the promotion is not valid towards renewal, so year two is $95.99. There is no storage quota, so no per terabyte figure exists.
- CloudsLinkerno fixed quotaRead from a US connection. Moves data between clouds and sells monthly transfer volume (800 GB on Lite, unlimited on Pro at $69.98 a year), not storage. $3.33 a month billed $39.98 yearly, or $9.95 monthly; a lifetime plan is $138.80 one-time. No storage quota, so no per terabyte figure.
Where each figure comes from
Every row was fetched from the page below, and the fetched page was stored as text (often with a screenshot) so the number can be checked against what the page said at the time. The provider page always wins over ours.
- pCloud checked , price from catalogue (2026-10-25)
- IDrive checked
- Backblaze Personal Backup
- Proton Drive checked
- Sync.com checked
- Internxt
- MEGA
- Tresorit checked
- Filen
- NordLocker checked
- Icedrive checked
- Koofr
- Dropbox checked
- Google One checked
- Microsoft OneDrive checked
- Apple iCloud+ checked
- Carbonite Safe
- Acronis True Image checked
- CloudsLinker
Cite this data
According to the BackupShortlist price per TB dataset, cloud storage costs on average $8.91 per terabyte per month across 10 providers with a verified price, with IDrive cheapest at $1.40, as of October 25, 2026 (https://backupshortlist.com/data/price-per-tb).
Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with attribution and a link. Machine-readable version, same numbers, same statuses:
https://backupshortlist.com/data/price-per-tb.jsonQuestions about the price per terabyte
What does cloud storage cost per terabyte per month?
Across the 10 providers whose price we could read on their own page, the average is $8.91 per terabyte per month and the median is $6.67. IDrive is cheapest at $1.40 on its IDrive Personal 5 TB (yearly) plan; Acronis True Image is the most expensive at $24.32.
Is $9.99 per month a typical price for 1 TB of personal cloud storage?
No, it is above the typical price. Across the 10 providers whose price we could read on their own page, the median is $6.67 per terabyte per month and the average is $8.91. For $9.99 a month, Dropbox gives you 2 TB (paying yearly) and Apple iCloud+ gives you 2 TB (billed monthly).
Which cloud storage providers charge more in year two?
6 of the 19 providers print a separate year-two price next to the first-year price: NordLocker (2.14 times), IDrive (1.43 times), Icedrive (1.43 times), Sync.com (1.33 times), Carbonite Safe (1.25 times), Proton Drive (1.10 times). The ratio divides the second-year annual total by the first-year total. The other providers with a verified price show one price and say nothing about renewal, which usually means the same price, but it is not stated.
Why is there no price per terabyte for some providers?
A price per terabyte needs a fixed storage quota. Backblaze Personal Backup, Carbonite Safe, CloudsLinker sell unlimited backup for one computer or transfer volume instead of storage, so the division has no meaning. We publish nothing we could not read. Internxt, MEGA, Filen, Koofr showed no US dollar price that they charge when read from a US connection, so they have no figure either. 2 providers have a figure with a different basis (a monthly billing price or our catalogue price) and are shown separately, outside the averages.
Methodology
Which plan. The plan we track for each provider (the recommended tier, mostly 1 or 2 TB), confirmed on the provider page on the measurement date. Where that plan no longer exists, the nearest plan by size. Comparing a 50 GB add-on tier with a 5 TB backup plan would reward small plans for being small, so we hold the plan constant per provider and let the terabytes do the normalising.
The division. Price per month when paying yearly, divided by the plan storage in decimal terabytes. Where a provider bills monthly only, or where only the monthly price was readable, the monthly price is used and price_basis says so.
Year two. renewal_price_year2 is the year-two price per month (annual total divided by 12) when the provider prints a separate renewal or standard price next to the first-year price. renewal_ratio divides the year-two annual total by the first-year annual total. A struck-through standard price with a note that the discount covers the first year counts as a printed renewal price; silence does not.
Currencies. Every amount on this page is in US dollars, as the provider’s own page showed it. A provider whose page shows no dollar price that it charges gets no figure.
Statuses. Public: Storage and price both read from the provider page in this fetch. Counts toward the averages. Partial: Storage read from the page, but the price could not be read the same way (script toggle, no render, or monthly price only) and comes from our catalogue or from monthly billing. Shown with a marker, left out of the averages. Not public: The provider sells no fixed storage quota at a recurring price (unlimited backup, transfer volume), so no per terabyte figure exists. Not verified: The fetch was blocked or the page rendered without amounts. No figures. No dollar price: Read from a US connection, the provider page shows no US dollar price that the provider charges (no dollar amount at all, or only an estimate). No figures.
The wider entry-price benchmark, including free tiers and the monthly trend, is the Price Index. How prices feed our rankings, and why a commission never moves the order, is in how we rank.