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Client Gallery Storage Calculator

Calculate storage costs for hosting client photo galleries. Plan your gallery platform budget based on image count, file sizes, and retention.

Inputs

MB
months
$/GB/month

Results

Total Storage

117.19 GB

≈ 6 4K movies

Annual Cost

$210.94

≈ 14 movie tickets

Monthly Cost$17.58
Cost per Client/Year$4.22
Cost per Image/Year$0.01
How to Use This Calculator
  1. Enter Images per Client, Average File Size, and Active Clients.
  2. Set Retention Period and Hosting Cost.
  3. Review Total Storage (GB) and Annual Cost ($).
  4. Use Monthly Cost ($) and Cost per Client/Year ($) to inform your decision.
  5. Use the chart to visualize the results and explore different scenarios by adjusting inputs.

How the result changes with Images per Client

Images per ClientTotal StorageAnnual Cost
1,000390.63 GB$703.13
3,5001,367.19 GB$2,460.94
6,5002,539.06 GB$4,570.31
9,0003,515.63 GB$6,328.13

What each input means

Images per Client
Average number of edited images delivered per client.
Average File Size
Average file size per image (JPEG: 5-10MB, RAW: 25-50MB).
Active Clients
Number of client galleries currently hosted.
Retention Period
How long galleries remain accessible to clients.
Hosting Cost
Monthly cost per GB of storage (varies by platform).

What each result means

Total Storage
Total storage needed for all galleries.
Monthly Cost
Monthly storage hosting expense.
Annual Cost
Yearly gallery hosting expense.
Cost per Client/Year
Annual hosting cost per client gallery.
Cost per Image/Year
Annual hosting cost per individual image.

How this is calculated

Worked example, using the default values

  1. Identify Input Parameters
    4 parameters
    Images per Client = 300, Average File Size = 8, Active Clients = 50, Retention Period = 12 = 5 input(s) provided
  2. Calculate Total Storage
    Total Storage
    117.19 = 117.19
  3. Calculate Annual Cost
    Annual Cost
    210.94 = $210.94
  4. Calculate Monthly Cost
    Monthly Cost
    17.58 = $17.58
  5. Calculate Cost per Client/Year
    Cost per Client/Year
    4.22 = $4.22

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