AWS S3 Storage Classes
Optimizing performance, durability, and cost for every data lifecycle stage.
Durability
99.999999999% (11 9’s)
Latency
Milliseconds to Hours
Cost Impact
Pay for what you use
Availability
Multi-AZ Redundancy
The Storage Spectrum
From frequent access to long-term cold archive
MOST POPULAR
Standard
Frequent access data. High availability and millisecond latency.
- 3+ Availability Zones
- No retrieval fees
SMART
Intelligent-Tiering
Automatically moves data between tiers based on access patterns.
- No operational overhead
- Small monitoring fee
Standard-IA
Infrequent access but needs rapid retrieval. Lower storage cost.
- 3+ Availability Zones
- Per-GB retrieval fee
One Zone-IA
Non-critical, reproducible data stored in a single AZ.
- Single AZ only
- 20% cheaper than IA
ARCHIVE
Glacier Tiers
Long-term backup. Instant, Flexible, or Deep Archive options.
- Minutes to 12 hours
- Lowest cost possible