Google Cloud Storage

Google, Mountain View, California, United States

Google Cloud Storage is a RESTful service for storing and accessing your data on Google's infrastructure.

According to our data, Google Cloud Storage is the second most popular cloud storage service on the web.
It has 14.3% of the cloud storage market share and is detected on 0.6% of all websites.

πŸ’Έ Pricing

Google Cloud Storage is available in both free and paid versions.

Free tier βœ”οΈ5 GB of Standard storage + 5,000 write and 50,000 read operations + 100 GB transfer from North America/month
Standard storage$0.020-$0.026/GB/month
Nearline storage$0.010-$0.015/GB/month
Cold storage$0.004-$0.007/GB/month
Archive storage$0.0012-$0.0024/GB/month
Operations on Standard storage (per 1,000)
Read$0.0050
Write$0.0004
Data transfer (per month)
First 1 TB$0.12+/GB
1–10 TB$0.11+/GB
10+ TB$0.08+/GB

πŸ“Š Rankings and Market Share

πŸ† Google Cloud Storage Awards

⚑ Sites Using Google Cloud Storage

We have data on 17,593 websites that use the Google Cloud Storage service. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using Google Cloud Storage is vimeo.com.

#WebsiteRankCountryLanguage
1 vimeo.com #23 United States English
2 blog.google #54 American English
3 steampowered.com #57 United States English
4 who.int #88 Switzerland English
5 snapchat.com #98 American English
6 tripadvisor.com #156 United Kingdom American English
7 notion.com #186 United States American English
8 support.google.com United States English
9 wise.com #231 United Kingdom American English
10 lemonde.fr #244 France English
11 investing.com #292 English
12 repubblica.it #296 Italy Italian
13 swagbucks.com #319 United States English
14 gitlab.com #326 United States American English
15 corriere.it #330 Italy Italian
16 airbnb.com #340 United States English
17 mailerlite.com #411 English
18 moneycontrol.com #434 India English
19 chaturbate.com #438 English
20 1mg.com #544 India English

πŸ“ˆ Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use Google Cloud Storage:

Most of the sites using Google Cloud Storage are from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan.

  • United States 26.7%
  • United Kingdom 8%
  • Japan 7.1%
  • Germany 4.9%
  • Brazil 4.7%
  • India 3.8%
  • Netherlands 3.6%
  • France 3.6%
  • Australia 3.3%
  • Other 34.3%

Most Google Cloud Storage users speak English, Japanese, or Spanish.

  • English 65.7%
  • Japanese 5.1%
  • Spanish 4.4%
  • German 3.9%
  • Portuguese 3.6%
  • French 2.8%
  • Dutch 2.4%
  • Italian 1.5%
  • Danish 0.9%
  • Other 9.7%

The Google Cloud Storage service is especially popular on .com top-level domains.

  • .com 51.9%
  • .org 4.4%
  • .co.uk 3.1%
  • .com.br 2.8%
  • .de 2.4%
  • .net 2.3%
  • .nl 1.9%
  • .com.au 1.8%
  • .jp 1.6%
  • Other 27.8%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing Google Cloud Storage include online shopping, business, and marketing and merchandising.

  • Online Shopping 20.7%
  • Business 14.3%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 11.6%
  • Fashion/Beauty 5.2%
  • Travel 4.3%
  • Internet Services 4.2%
  • Education/Reference 3.6%
  • Health 3.3%
  • Sports 3.1%
  • Other 29.7%

πŸ•΅οΈ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best Google Cloud Storage alternatives.

RankName
1
Amazon S3
Seattle, Washington, United States

An object storage service that offers industry-leading scalability, data availability, security, and performance.

Free tier$$$
4
Cloud Storage for Firebase
Mountain View, California, United States

A powerful, simple, and cost-effective object storage service powered by Google Cloud Storage.

Free tier$$$
5
Azure Storage
Redmond, Washington, United States

Offers highly available, massively scalable, durable, and secure storage for a variety of data objects in the cloud.

Free tier$$$
6
Cloudflare R2
San Francisco, California, United States

A globally distributed, S3-compatible object storage service designed to store large amounts of unstructured data without charging egress bandwidth fees.

Free tier$$$
8
Ceph
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

An open-source distributed storage platform that links multiple servers into a single, scalable storage cluster for object, block, and file storage.

FreeOpen source

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πŸ’¬ Frequently Asked Questions

What is the company behind Google Cloud Storage?

Google Cloud Storage is owned by Google LLC, headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States.

Can I use Google Cloud Storage for free?

Yes, there is a free version with limited functionality.

Which country uses Google Cloud Storage the most?

The majority of Google Cloud Storage users are from the United States.

Who uses Google Cloud Storage?

According to our data, Google Cloud Storage is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as vimeo.com, blog.google, and steampowered.com.

Is Google Cloud Storage used on government websites?

Overall, we found Google Cloud Storage on 14 government sites in the United States.

Do academic institutions use Google Cloud Storage?

Yes. In total, we know of 26 academic websites in the United States that use Google Cloud Storage.

How does Google Cloud Storage compare to its competitors?

Google Cloud Storage is one of the most popular cloud storage services, second only to Amazon S3.

What are the alternatives to Google Cloud Storage?

Alternatives and possible competitors to Google Cloud Storage may include Amazon S3, Cloud Storage for Firebase, and Azure Storage.

πŸ‘‰ See Also

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