Pricing options
Endurance tiers
Support a wide range of application needs at your desired level with simple, predefined, per-gigabyte pricing tiers with performance up to 48,000 input/output operations per second (IOPS). IBM Cloud® Block Storage endurance tiers are ideal to meet the needs of workloads with low-intensity, general-purpose and high-intensity performance requirements.
Volume pricing
| IOPS tier | 0.25 IOPS/GB | 2 IOPS/GB | 4 IOPS/GB | 10 IOPS/GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | USD 0.05 | USD 0.12 | USD 0.16 | USD 0.48 |
| Hourly price | USD 0.00007 | USD 0.00017 | USD 0.00022 | USD 0.00067 |
Snapshot fees
Note: We do not charge replication fees
| IOPS tier | 0.25 IOPS/GB | 2 IOPS/GB | 4 IOPS/GB | 10 IOPS/GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | USD 0.016 | USD 0.05 | USD 0.05 | USD 0.05 |
| Hourly price | USD 0.00002 | USD 0.00007 | USD 0.00007 | USD 0.00007 |
Performance options
Gain control over storage capacity and total IOPS/storage volume. Provision storage in capacity up to 12 TB and 48,000 IOPS maximum. IBM Cloud Block Storage performance options are ideal for businesses with well-defined performance requirements.
Monthly: USD 0.10/GB plus USD 0.07 per I/O operation
Hourly: USD 0.0001/GB plus USD 0.0002 per I/O operation
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