| Provider | $/TB egress (EU/NA) ▼ | Free allowance | Tiered | Trustpilot | Notes |
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Why is egress the cloud’s most dangerous bill?
Egress is billed by usage and you cannot see it upfront: a viral download page, a large video library or backup restore can produce a multi-thousand-euro surprise on a hyperscaler. 100 TB monthly egress costs ~$9,000 on AWS, but near €0 on Cloudflare R2, Wasabi or Hetzner’s included bandwidth.
The biggest trap is lock-in: data is cheap to put in but expensive to take out, so moving between clouds is costly. The EU Data Act (2024→) requires removing egress fees when switching providers — but normal egress still costs. If you move a lot of data, start with object storage with free egress (R2, Wasabi) or a provider with included bandwidth (Hetzner, UpCloud, Scaleway).
How to choose?
If you send a lot of data out, avoid hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud): their $0.087–0.12/GB is 10–100× more expensive than alternatives. Cloudflare R2 and Wasabi offer egress free (Wasabi with fair-use limits) — excellent for storage and delivery. Hetzner includes 20 TB/server/mo; overage is only ~€1/TB. Scaleway and OVHcloud do not meter instance egress at all (speed-capped).
Always check the free allowance: at small volume (under 100 GB/mo) even AWS and Azure are free because the first 100 GB/mo cost nothing — Google Cloud only gives 1 GB/mo. Regions matter: these prices are EU/NA — Asia, Oceania and South America cost 2–5× more on nearly all providers. Related comparisons: CDN, object storage and block storage.