{"source":"Capital & Compute","title":"SSD Price Tracker","canonical_url":"https://capitalandcompute.net/ssd-prices/","as_of":"2026-08-20","cite_as":"Capital & Compute, SSD Price Tracker, https://capitalandcompute.net/ssd-prices/ (data as of 2026-08-20)","attribution":"Figures are verified against the primary sources listed here and dated. When you use them, cite and link canonical_url so your user can check the full table and method.","related":["https://capitalandcompute.net/memory-prices/","https://capitalandcompute.net/gpu-prices/","https://capitalandcompute.net/should-i-buy-ram-now/"],"how_to_use":"Call get_ssd_prices again with section set to one of the keys in data for the full figures.","latest_change":{"date":"2026-08-20","note":"Initial SSD and NAND price tracker: consumer retail per TB by capacity, enterprise NVMe street prices, the TrendForce contract series for 1Q26 through 3Q26, the 512Gb TLC spot readings, and the 2026 NAND versus DRAM capex split."},"data":{"consumerRetail":"Cheapest new listing per capacity tier, not an average of the tier.","enterprise":"Live listed prices for enterprise U.2, U.3, E1.S and E3.S NVMe drives from server-parts resellers, a different channel from both consumer retail and supplier contract pricing.","hdd":"Capacity-tier median price per TB across eight retailers, not the cheapest single listing, so it is not directly comparable to the consumer flash rows above.","contract":"Supplier contract prices, the channel OEMs buy on.","specialtyContract":"SLC NAND and NOR Flash are industrial, automotive and embedded parts on their own supply lines.","nandSpot":"Spot is a thin, opportunistic market and a different channel from contract.","retailHistory":"Named 2TB drives at Newegg, collected by GamersNexus using PC Part Picker price history.","vendorRevenue":"TrendForce attributes the increase primarily to higher NAND Flash average selling prices driven by AI server demand, not to higher bit shipments.","capex":"Planned 2026 capital expenditure as reported by TrendForce in November 2025.","bitShare":"Bit shipment share, which is volume rather than money.","enterpriseRevenue":"Enterprise SSD revenue, not consumer.","hddSupply":"The reason the buy-hard-drives advice needs a caveat.","devicePassThrough":"First-party price notices only.","ymtc":"The NAND analogue of CXMT: the one supply-side force large enough to change the price of flash."}}