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What are S3 storage classes in AWS?

Amazon S3 Storage Classes

Storage Class Description Maximum Allowed Size Pricing (per GB)
S3 Standard General-purpose storage for frequently accessed data. No limit $0.023
S3 Intelligent-Tiering Automatically moves data between two access tiers (frequent and infrequent) based on changing access patterns. No limit $0.023 (frequent), $0.0125 (infrequent)
S3 Standard-IA Designed for infrequently accessed data that requires rapid access when needed. No limit $0.0125
S3 One Zone-IA Lower-cost storage for infrequently accessed data stored in a single Availability Zone. No limit $0.01
S3 Glacier Low-cost storage for data archiving and long-term backup. No limit $0.004
S3 Glacier Deep Archive The lowest-cost storage class designed for data that is rarely accessed and requires long retrieval times. No limit $0.00099
S3 Outposts For workloads that require low latency and local data processing. No limit Varies by region, generally similar to S3 Standard

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