Flash Drive Prices Bump Along, As Sas Hdds Gain Mystery Bounce
ComputerWeekly, Tuesday, March 4th, 2025
Flash drive prices drop again, but slowly, as they bump along after highs in late 2023. Meanwhile, spinning disk HDD prices experience a rare flutter, with SAS cost per gigabyte rising 18%
Solid-state drive (SSD) prices per gigabyte (GB) dropped over the last two quarters - since the beginning of September 2024 - while SAS hard disk drive (HDD) prices increased over the same period.
Flash drive prices (MLC, TLC and QLC) fell from an average of $0.085/GB to just under $0.079/GB. That's a 7% decrease.
At the same time, SAS spinning disk prices per gigabyte rose from $0.041 to $0.049, a rise of 18%.