Using GCS For Many Uploads But Few Downloads

[mubarak1999]

Hi,

In my app, I need to store lots of my users' files in the cloud. I considered GCS but my concern is its bandwidth cost.

My case is the following: When the user opens my app, their file needs to be downloaded to their device. Then, while the user is using the app, I need to frequently (every few minutes) sync the user's file from the app to the cloud. So the number of uploads will be much greater than the number of downloads. Is GCS a cost-effective solution in this case? Or do I need to look into other products like Filestore?

[FrancoGP · Accepted solution]

Hi @mubarak1999 ,

Welcome to Google Cloud Community!

I think for your scenario GCS would be just fine as ingress to GCS it's free of charge

https://cloud.google.com/storage/pricing#network-egress