ovhcloud object storage

Free allowance: No free tier: Object Storage bills the stored capacity and, on some classes, restored data, with no charge for API calls, incoming or outgoing traffic; new customers get a one-time USD 200 credit for a first Public Cloud project
Verdict: paidno free allowance; listed for its price
Cost: no price stated
Identity: cardcard required, no phone
Binding limit: noneno named constraint binds
Evidence: documented9 sources; a first-party page was read and the sentence quoted
Freshness: stale on 2026-11-30checked 2026-10-30 (inherited); stale on 2026-11-30

Free tier	No free tier: Object Storage bills the stored capacity and, on some classes, restored data, with no charge for API calls, incoming or outgoing traffic; new customers get a one-time USD 200 credit for a first Public Cloud project unit none; metered on none
Price	none stated
Identity	card an email address validated by a one-time code, the country of tax residence, and a valid payment method on the account before the first Public Cloud project; Visa, Mastercard and Maestro cards are accepted, and PayPal and a prepaid account are offered as payment methods
Egress	Free: no charges for API calls, incoming traffic or outgoing traffic
Interface	s3-compatible S3-compatible API
Tooling	not recorded
Reliability	99.9% availability SLA for a 1-AZ deployment and 99.99% for a 3-AZ deployment
Notes	No free storage tier at all; S3-compatible and 'no hidden fees for ingress/egress or API calls', but you pay for stored GB from the first one. Only a $200 new-customer trial credit.
Evidence note	documented documented: the international price list, the storage classes page, the Object Storage technical limits page, the account-creation guide and the free-trial page were read and quoted on 2026-10-30; a read timed from a bucket would make it measured
Parsed numbers	has-free-tier 0

Evidence 9

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-21	www.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/object-storage/	the text of Notes, above
2026-10-30	www.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/object-storage/	Object Storage is S3-compatible
2026-10-30	www.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/object-storage/	Object Storage bills stored capacity and, by class, restored data; no free capacity is offered
2026-10-30	www.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/object-storage/	Object Storage charges nothing for API calls, incoming or outgoing traffic
2026-10-30	www.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/free-trial/	a valid payment method is required on the account before the first Public Cloud project
2026-10-30	www.ovhcloud.com/en/terms-and-conditions/payment/	OVHcloud accepts Visa, Mastercard and Maestro cards; the same page offers PayPal and a prepaid account
2026-10-30	docs.ovhcloud.com/en/guides/account-and-service-management/a	account creation validates the email address with a one-time code
2026-10-30	www.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/free-trial/	the USD 200 credit is one-time, for a first Public Cloud project only
2026-10-30	www.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/object-storage/	Object Storage availability SLA is 99.9% in 1-AZ and 99.99% in 3-AZ

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