Cloud Data Egress Cost Calculator – Bandwidth Fees
Calculate monthly cloud egress costs for data transferred out to the internet.
About This Calculator
Calculate monthly cloud egress costs for data transferred out to the internet. Use the calculator above for instant results.
Worked Examples
- 10,240 GB - 0.1 free = 10,239.9 GB × $0.09
- = $921.59/month
Answer: $921/month AWS
- $0 — R2 has no egress fees
Answer: $0 — R2 is free egress
- 10,240 GB × $0.01 = $102.40/month
Answer: $102/month — B2
Who Uses This Calculator?
Size egress costs in architecture.
Identify largest cloud cost drivers.
Optimize data serving strategy.
Cloud networking budget.
Common Mistakes to Avoid
❌ Egress is often the biggest surprise bill
A company serving 100 TB/month of video from S3 pays $9,000/month just in egress fees. Use CDN or switch provider.
❌ Ingress is free on all providers
Uploading data to cloud (ingress) is always free. Downloading (egress) incurs fees. Design data flows accordingly.
Frequently Asked Questions
How to minimize egress fees?
Use CDN (CloudFront, Cloudflare) to cache and serve edge traffic. Choose provider with low egress (B2, R2). Compress data. Cache aggressively.
AWS CloudFront vs S3 direct?
CloudFront egress is $0.01-0.085/GB — often cheaper than S3 direct for high-volume serving.
Multi-cloud egress?
Data transfer between clouds (AWS to GCP) is expensive: $0.08-0.12/GB. Design to minimize inter-cloud transfers.