Comment: S3 Is the Future, S3 Is the Past
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Simon Willison describes S3’s price history in his September 27, 2026 comment. He says prices used to fall reasonably often but have not fallen in a full decade. His table lists $0.023 per GB-month on December 1, 2016, and he writes: "Today it's still $0.023/GB-month.". Read 3 viewpoints with supporting evidence and source links.
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No S3 price drop in ten years
In his comment, Simon Willison says S3 prices used to fall reasonably often, but there has been no price drop in a full decade.
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One thing I find notable about S3 today is that, while it used to drop in price reasonably often, there hasn't been a price drop in a full decade :
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cloud storage pricing history →$0.023/GB-month for S3 today
Simon Willison stated that S3 is still priced at $0.023 per GB-month today.
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Today it's still $0.023/GB-month.
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S3 current pricing →Listed S3 price in December 2016
Simon Willison’s price history lists Amazon S3 at $0.023 per GB-month on December 1, 2016.
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No S3 price drop in ten years
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One thing I find notable about S3 today is that, while it used to drop in price reasonably often, there hasn't been a price drop in a full decade :
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Simon Willison observes that while Amazon S3 prices used to drop frequently, there has been no price reduction in the last decade.
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