The price of Google's online storage has reduced 5x every two years. This is an exaggeration since there have been only a few revisions to the price, but nevertheless illustrates how the cost of storage has been coming down.
The table below is a summary of
their rates over the past few years.
| Free | Upto 100GB | Upto 1TB | Upto 10TB |
|---|
| Before Apr 2012 | 7GB | $25 | $256 | $2560 |
| April 2012 - Feb 2014 | 10-15GB | $5 | $50 | $500 |
| Current | 15GB | $2 | $10 | $100 |
Note:
- Rates have been rounded up to the nearest dollar.
- Some of the intermediate ranges present in previous periods have been left out in the latest
On top of this, services like Google Photos have been offering practically unlimited free space. So, is it time to backup your files, photos and video to the cloud?
