Google Cloud
Region us-central1
$4,951.28
$59,415/year
| Compute | $391.28 |
| Storage | $4,560.00 |
| Other | $0.00 |
Component summary
- 1 × n2-standard-8 for Storage Node
Compare MinIO across clouds
Extra Small — up to 20 TB usable capacity on a single multi-drive node
AWS
Region us-east-1
Lowest monthly cost
$2,440.32
$29,284/year
| Compute | $280.32 |
| Storage | $2,160.00 |
| Other | $0.00 |
Component summary
- 1 × m6i.2xlarge for Storage Node
Azure
Region eastus
$3,663.68
$43,964/year
| Compute | $303.68 |
| Storage | $3,360.00 |
| Other | $0.00 |
Component summary
- 1 × Standard_D8s_v5 for Storage Node
Why the totals differ
AWS is the lowest-cost option for MinIO at the extra small tier, landing $2,510.96 per month below Google Cloud. This spread comes from instance and storage pricing in the default regions rather than commitment discounts, so the ranking reflects straight commercial list pricing. Without high availability, the totals stay closer together because there is less replicated capacity, but existing enterprise commitments or hybrid-use discounts could still change the real procurement outcome.
Sources
Reference architecture: MinIO, version Community install topologies with current MinIO reference hardware, retrieved April 13, 2026.
https://min.io/docs/minio/linux/operations/installation.html
Pricing: Google Cloud, AWS, and Azure pricing snapshots retrieved April 12, 2026.
Commercial pricing only. GovCloud, sovereign cloud, and discounts beyond those shown are not modelled.