Find out what it really costs to move your data out of the cloud.

Your Cloud Storage

1 TB 100 TB 250 TB 500 TB
0% (archive) 50% 100% (hot)

Percentage of total data downloaded/accessed per month.

On-Prem Comparison (optional)

Amortized over 5 years

One-Time Egress Cost

$4,505

To move 50 TB out of AWS S3

Estimated Transfer Time

4.6 days

At 1 Gbps (~80% effective throughput)

Monthly Cost Comparison

Cloud (current)

$1,610

storage + egress

On-Prem (NAS)

$617

hardware + ops

Monthly savings: $993

Break-Even Analysis

Including egress fees + NAS hardware, on-prem pays for itself in:

5 months

3-Year Total Cost

Cloud $57,960
On-Prem (incl. migration) $36,725

3-year savings: $21,235

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Read: Hidden Costs of Cloud Storage

Understanding Cloud Egress Costs

Cloud storage pricing is designed to make ingress free and egress expensive. Uploading data costs nothing. Getting it back costs real money. AWS charges up to $0.09 per GB for data transfer out, which means moving 100 TB out of S3 costs approximately $9,000 in egress fees alone.

Egress Pricing by Provider (2026)

ProviderFirst 10 TB/moNext 40 TB/moNext 100 TB/mo150+ TB/mo
AWS S3$0.09/GB$0.085/GB$0.07/GB$0.05/GB
Azure Blob$0.087/GB$0.083/GB$0.07/GB$0.05/GB
Google Cloud$0.12/GB$0.11/GB$0.08/GB$0.05/GB
Cloudflare R2$0.00 (free egress)
Wasabi$0.00 (free egress, but minimum storage commitment)

When Does Repatriation Make Sense?

Cloud repatriation pays off when your data is large (50+ TB), accessed frequently, and unlikely to shrink. The break-even point depends on three factors: egress fees (one-time), on-premises hardware cost (amortized), and the ongoing monthly savings from eliminating cloud storage and access fees.

For datasets over 100 TB that are accessed regularly, on-premises NAS is typically 3-5x cheaper over three years. The egress fee is a one-time cost that gets recovered within months through lower operating costs.

The Migration Step

This calculator estimates the costs. The actual migration requires tooling that can transfer data from S3 to NFS or SMB reliably, preserving metadata and verifying integrity. That's what syncopio does: cross-protocol migration with checksum verification on every file.

Estimates based on publicly available pricing as of May 2026. Actual costs may vary by region, tier, volume discounts, and enterprise agreements. Always verify current pricing with the respective cloud provider. syncopio is not affiliated with AWS, Azure, GCP, Cloudflare, or Wasabi. This calculator is for informational purposes only and does not constitute financial or business advice. See our Terms of Service for full details.

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