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S3 Storage Overview

Euronodes offers scalable, S3‑compatible object storage for backups, media, and application data - with high durability and easy integration with your existing tools. This page answers the most common questions about pricing, billing, and limits.

Built on Ceph

Our object storage runs on a Ceph cluster (via the Ceph RADOS Gateway / radosgw, which provides the S3‑compatible API). Data is replicated across multiple nodes with no single point of failure, which is what gives the service its high durability and lets capacity scale horizontally as the cluster grows.

The short version

  • €3.99 per TB / month - rounded up to the next full TB
  • Egress is free - no bandwidth/download charges, ever
  • No API / request fees - PUT, GET, LIST and other operations are not billed
  • Unlimited buckets, no practical per‑bucket size limit
  • Endpoint: https://eu-west-1.euronodes.com

How is S3 billed?

Storage is billed at €3.99 per TB, per month, and usage is rounded up to the next full TB.

You store You are billed for
500 GB 1 TB (€3.99/mo)
1 TB 1 TB (€3.99/mo)
1.5 TB 2 TB (€7.98/mo)
2.1 TB 3 TB (€11.97/mo)

Why rounding?

Billing is in whole‑TB increments, so any partial terabyte counts as the next full TB. There are no tiers, no storage classes, and no minimum‑retention penalties - it is one flat, predictable price.

Is egress really free?

Yes. There are no egress (download) charges and no bandwidth caps. You can read, restore, and serve your data without metering.

This is the single biggest difference versus most competitors: with providers like Amazon S3 and Backblaze B2, egress is often the largest line on the bill. With Euronodes it is simply €0.

Can I have multiple buckets?

Yes - you can create as many buckets as you like. There is no limit on the number of buckets per account.

What is the maximum size a bucket can be?

There is no practical limit on a single bucket's size. A bucket can grow as large as you need; you simply pay the flat per‑TB rate for whatever you store.

What makes the pricing so cost‑effective?

Compared to the usual Hetzner / Backblaze setups, the savings come from four things:

  • Free egress - no per‑GB download fees, which are usually the hidden cost elsewhere.
  • No API / request fees - operations (PUT/GET/LIST/etc.) are not billed separately.
  • Owned infrastructure - we run our own hardware in our own datacenter, so there is no reseller markup on top of someone else's cloud.
  • Simple flat per‑TB pricing - one predictable price, no storage tiers, no retention minimums, no surprise charges.

The result is that the price you see (€3.99/TB/mo) is very close to the price you actually pay - there is no long tail of bandwidth and request charges to add on.

Getting started

Ready to connect? See the S3 Configuration guide for endpoint settings and client examples.

Two required client settings

  1. Path Style Addressing - access buckets as paths, not subdomains
  2. Signature Version S3 - use S3 signature (not AWS v4)

See also: S3 Configuration · Minio Client · Rclone