What are egress fees?
Egress fees are what a storage provider charges when data leaves its network. For a WordPress site, that means visitors downloading your images and files. Providers set this differently: some charge per GB, some include an allowance, and some charge no fee. For a busy site, it can be the largest part of the bill.
Why they matter for a website
Storage costs depend on how much you keep. Egress costs depend on how many people visit and how large your files are, so a traffic spike can raise them. A library of 50 GB viewed heavily can send far more than 50 GB in a month.
How to estimate yours
Check your host's bandwidth stats or analytics for how much your site sends each month, then see how much of that is media. Compare that number against each provider's allowance and per-GB price.
Ways to reduce them
- Choose a provider whose terms suit your traffic.
- Put a CDN in front of your bucket, so repeat requests are served from its cache.
- Use smaller images. Fewer bytes sent means less egress.
"No egress fee" doesn't always mean no cost: a provider may charge for operations, or have a reasonable-use policy. Read the comparison for current terms.
How Offloft handles this
Offloft doesn't add anything to your provider's bill beyond the requests it needs to upload and check files. You pay your provider directly, so you can pick whichever terms suit your site.