Vendor Guide · 27-Provider Comparison · Rates verified 2026-08-21

iDrive e2: pricing, perks & traps

An S3-compatible object store billed in USD. Every number below comes from the same catalog that drives the live comparison table — no marketing prose, captured rates only.

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Storage $6.00/TB·mo

Egress $10.00/TB

API ops Free

Min commitment None; pay-as-you-go

Retention floor 30 days

Regions US · EU · AP

What it costs at a typical backup workload

5 TB stored · 0.5 TB egress · light API usage: $30.00/mo (Within free egress (3x stored = 15.0 TB)). Change the workload sliders on the comparison page to price your exact scenario.

Fine print worth knowing

30d min retention: Objects deleted earlier than 30 days are still billed for the full 30 days
Egress cap 3×/mo: Free egress is capped at 3× stored volume per month; beyond it, every GiB bills at the metered rate — heavy self-hosted use or a traffic spike can multiply the bill

Upsides: free egress tier, no minimum.