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Tigris pricing
Tigris publishes 4 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
- Entry price
- Free, then $0.004/GB/month
- Model
- Usage-based tiered storage with per-request fees
- Tiers
- 4
- Free tier
- Yes
Tigris plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archive | $0.004/GB/month | 3 | Entry tier |
| Archive Instant Retrieval | $0.004/GB/month | 3 | +$0/GB/month, 2 more features |
| Infrequent Access | $0.01/GB/month | 3 | +$0.006/GB/month, 3 more features |
| Standard Storage | $0.02/GB/month | 3 | +$0.01/GB/month, 3 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Archive
$0.004/GB/monthThe entry tier. It covers lowest storage cost, free retrieval, 90-day minimum retention.
Archive Instant Retrieval
$0.004/GB/monthOver Archive, this tier adds:
- Archive storage cost
- Instant retrieval: $0.03 per GB
Infrequent Access
$0.01/GB/monthOver Archive Instant Retrieval, this tier adds:
- Lower storage cost
- Retrieval: $0.01 per GB
- 30-day minimum retention
Standard Storage
$0.02/GB/monthOver Infrequent Access, this tier adds:
- Frequently accessed data
- No retrieval charges
- Free data egress
What the product covers
The full Tigris feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- Global Distribution
- Zero Egress Fees
- S3 Compatibility
- Multiple Storage Classes
- Object Notifications
- API Access
People bring Tigris in for storing and versioning ai training datasets without egress penalties, distributing model checkpoints and artifacts globally, serving static assets with low latency across regions, multi-cloud data portability with standardized api. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Tigris are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in File Storage
Across the 6 file storage tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $7/month. Tigris starts at $0.004/GB/month, which puts it below the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tigris (this page) | Free, then $0.004/GB/month | Usage-based tiered storage with per-request fees | - | |
| Arq Backup | $50/year | subscription | - | vs Tigris |
| Backblaze | $9/month | - | - | vs Tigris |
| Barracuda Backup | On request | subscription | - | vs Tigris |
| Box | Free, then $5/month | subscription | - | vs Tigris |
| Carbonite | $6/month | subscription | - | vs Tigris |
| CrashPlan | $8/month | - | - | vs Tigris |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Tigris badges page.
Before you pay for Tigris
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 4 tiers between $0.004/GB/month and $0.02/GB/month, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Tigris runs on web, api, cli, and is published by Tigris Data. The full record is on the Tigris review, and the rest of the category is under best file storage tools.
Tigris pricing questions
- How much does Tigris cost?
- Tigris publishes 4 tiers, from $0.004/GB/month for Archive up to $0.02/GB/month for Standard Storage. The entry tier costs nothing.
- Does Tigris have a free plan?
- Yes, Tigris is recorded as Usage-based tiered storage with per-request fees, so it can be used without paying.
- What is the difference between Archive and Archive Instant Retrieval on Tigris?
- Archive Instant Retrieval costs $0.004/GB/month against $0.004/GB/month, and adds archive storage cost, instant retrieval: $0.03 per gb.
- Is the Standard Storage plan on Tigris worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is frequently accessed data, no retrieval charges, free data egress. It costs $0.02/GB/month against $0.004/GB/month for Archive. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Is Tigris expensive for a file storage tool?
- It starts below the middle of its category. Across the 6 file storage tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $7/month; Tigris starts at $0.004/GB/month.
- Which file storage tools can I use without paying?
- 2 of the 8 file storage tools listed alongside Tigris have a free tier: Box, Duplicati.
- What am I actually paying for with Tigris?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: core. In practice it is brought in for storing and versioning ai training datasets without egress penalties, distributing model checkpoints and artifacts globally, serving static assets with low latency across regions.
- Does Tigris charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 4 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Tigris prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Tigris against before paying?
- The closest file storage tools in this directory are Arq Backup, Backblaze, Barracuda Backup, Box. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Tigris covering price, platforms and features.