Amazon S3 Glacier and S3 Glacier Deep Archive are a secure, and low-cost Amazon S3 cloud storage classes for data archiving and long-term backup.

Clients can store data for as little as $1 per terabyte per month, a notable savings compared to on-premises solutions.

Advantages of this data archiving method

- Retrievals as quick as 1-5 minutes.

- Unmatched durability & scalability.

- Most comprehensive security & compliance capabilities.

- Low cost.

- Most supported by partners, vendors, and AWS services.

Cases of Use

- Media asset workflows.

- Healthcare information archiving.

- Regulatory and compliance archiving.

- Scientific data storage.

- Digital preservation.

- Magnetic tape replacement.

Amazon S3 Glacier pricing (Glacier API only)

For S3 Glacier and S3 Glacier Deep Archive storage class pricing for Amazon S3, please see the Amazon S3 pricing page.

As part of the AWS Free Usage Tier, you can retrieve up to 10 GB of your Amazon S3 Glacier data per month for free. The free tier allowance can be used at any time during the month and applies to Standard retrievals.

See Amazon Glacier Pricing for detailed prices.