AWS S3 egress fees are a tax on your own storage. Move 10TB out of S3 and you pay $921 — just in egress. Columbia Colocation's S3-compatible storage charges $0 for egress on every plan, forever. Same API. Drop-in replacement. From $7/mo for 500GB.
| Factor | Columbia Colocation Quincy, WA | AWS S3 us-west-2 | Backblaze B2 Remote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storage pricing (1TB) | $12/mo | $23/mo | $6/mo |
| Egress fees | $0 — always | $0.09/GB | $0.01/GB (first 3x storage free) |
| API compatibility | S3-compatible | Native S3 | S3-compatible |
| Location | Quincy, WA (local to PNW) | us-west-2 (Oregon) | Sacramento / Amsterdam |
| Latency to Seattle | 10–20ms | 20–35ms | 30–50ms |
| Latency to colo clients | Sub-millisecond | 20–35ms | 30–50ms |
| Data sovereignty | Washington State · ISP-operated | US but cloud-operated | California / Netherlands |
| Minimum storage | Free tier (100MB) | None (pay per GB) | None (pay per GB) |
Most S3 customers don't think about egress until they need to restore. Ransomware hits your office — you need to restore 8TB from S3. AWS bill: $737 just in egress, plus your compute time to restore. Columbia Colocation: $0 for the restore. The data you paid to store comes back to you for free. Always.
If it talks to AWS S3, it talks to us. No code changes, no new client libraries, no migration pain. Change the endpoint URL in your config — that's the entire migration.
Every plan includes zero egress fees, S3-compatible API, and no minimum retention periods. SMB/NFS file storage available at the same tiers — ask us.
Enterprise 20TB plan at $200/mo. Custom sizing available for larger deployments.
Tell us how much you need and what tools you're using — we'll get you credentials and an endpoint to configure.