Every Exos drive we track, scored against its own recent price history on its own condition track — a refurbished price is never judged against a new drive's range. 12 rows scored right now. Check the interface column before buying: a SAS drive will not work on a SATA-only backplane.
Prices updated · live figures update every 4-5 hours
3 at/near low · 1 typical · 3 elevated · 5 building history
| Model | Capacity | Recording | Price | Verdict | $/TB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST18000NM003D New | 18TB | EPMR | $676 | AT/NEAR LOW since 2026-07-15 | $37.55 | Buy |
| ST30000NM004K New | 30TB | CMR | $1200 | AT/NEAR LOW since 2026-07-15 | $40.00 | Buy |
| ST12000NM002G New | 12TB | CMR | $544 | AT/NEAR LOW since 2026-07-15 | $45.37 | Buy |
| ST24000NM000H New | 24TB | CMR | $1401 | TYPICAL since 2026-08-04 | $58.37 | Buy |
| ST24000NM002H Refurbished | 24TB | CMR | $700 | ELEVATED since 2026-07-15 | $29.17 | Buy |
| ST16000NM002G Refurbished | 16TB | CMR | $637 | ELEVATED since 2026-07-15 | $39.84 | Buy |
| ST24000NM002H New | 24TB | CMR | $960 | ELEVATED since 2026-07-15 | $40.00 | Buy |
| ST22000NM001E New | 22TB | CMR | $650 | NEW - building history since 2026-08-12 | $29.55 | Buy |
| ST20000NM007D Refurbished | 20TB | CMR | $670 | NEW - building history since 2026-08-11 | $33.50 | Buy |
| ST20000NM002H New | 20TB | CMR | $800 | NEW - building history since 2026-08-11 | $40.00 | Buy |
| ST14000NM0018 New | 14TB | CMR | $600 | NEW - building history since 2026-08-04 | $42.86 | Buy |
| ST20000NM003D Refurbished | 20TB | CMR | $861 | NEW - building history since 2026-08-11 | $43.05 | Buy |
Live prices · updated every 4-5 hours · last checked 2 min ago · ranked by live cost per terabyte - this table stands whether or not verdicts are available
| Model | Capacity | Recording | RPM | Workload TB/yr | Warranty | $/TB | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24TB ST24000NM002HREFURB | 24TB | CMR | 7,200 | 550 | 5 yr | $29.17 | $700 | Buy |
| 22TB ST22000NM001E | 22TB | CMR | 7,200 | — | 5 yr | $29.55 | $650 | Buy |
| 20TB ST20000NM007DREFURB | 20TB | CMR | 7,200 | — | 5 yr | $33.50 | $670 | Buy |
| 18TB ST18000NM003D | 18TB | EPMR | 7,200 | 550 | 5 yr | $37.55 | $676 | Buy |
| 16TB ST16000NM002GREFURB | 16TB | CMR | 7,200 | 550 | 5 yr | $39.84 | $637 | Buy |
| 24TB ST24000NM002H | 24TB | CMR | 7,200 | 550 | 5 yr | $40.00 | $960 | Buy |
| 20TB ST20000NM002H | 20TB | CMR | 7,200 | — | 5 yr | $40.00 | $800 | Buy |
| 30TB ST30000NM004K | 30TB | CMR | 7,200 | 550 | 5 yr | $40.00 | $1200 | Buy |
| 14TB ST14000NM0018 | 14TB | CMR | 7,200 | 550 | 5 yr | $42.86 | $600 | Buy |
| 20TB ST20000NM003DREFURB | 20TB | CMR | 7,200 | — | 5 yr | $43.05 | $861 | Buy |
| 12TB ST12000NM002G | 12TB | CMR | 7,200 | 550 | 5 yr | $45.37 | $544 | Buy |
| 24TB ST24000NM000H | 24TB | CMR | 7,200 | 550 | 5 yr | $58.37 | $1401 | Buy |
Workload rating is recorded per part number from Seagate's datasheet for that exact model, not blanketed across the line — two drives of the same capacity can differ because they are different generations. A dash means the figure is not stated for that listing. Recording technology comes from the manufacturer's published CMR/SMR list; a model absent from that list is shown as UNVERIFIED rather than guessed. Rows priced above 3× this line's in-stock median are flagged and excluded from the winner callout and from every median we compute.
Both tracks, live, at every capacity where we hold a price for each. A capacity with only one track shows that track and a dash for the other — we never imply a saving we cannot compute from two live prices. 2 of 8 capacities currently have both.
| Capacity | Best new | Best refurb | Refurb saves |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12TB | $544 ($45.37/TB) | — | — |
| 14TB | $600 ($42.86/TB) | — | — |
| 16TB | — | $637 ($39.84/TB) | — |
| 18TB | $676 ($37.55/TB) | — | — |
| 20TB | $800 ($40.00/TB) | $670 ($33.50/TB) | 16% |
| 22TB | $650 ($29.55/TB) | — | — |
| 24TB | $960 ($40.00/TB) | $700 ($29.17/TB) | 27% |
| 30TB | $1200 ($40.00/TB) | — | — |
Scalper-priced listings are excluded from both “best” columns, as they are from every aggregate on this site. Live figures update every 4-5 hours.
Verdicts are computed from our own daily snapshots, always against the same drive's own record and never against a manufacturer list price. The only price shown on this page is the current one, with the time we last checked it — we publish the verdict as a label rather than printing past prices. Out-of-stock drives are excluded entirely, and the date beside each badge tells you how long we have been watching that drive.
Each row compares a drive's current price against its own recent price history, per condition track. A refurbished drive is scored against refurbished history and a new drive against new history - blending them would score a refurb low against a new drive's range and call everything a bargain.
A drive with no history yet reads as building history rather than being given a verdict it has not earned. That is common on rows we have recently added, and it resolves itself as snapshots accumulate.
Exos pricing is unusually volatile at retail because two supply channels feed it. New stock follows the enterprise market, which the 2026 shortage has pushed around considerably. Refurbished stock follows decommissioning cycles, which have nothing to do with today's demand.
The practical consequence is that a capacity can be a genuine low on one track and unremarkable on the other in the same week. Read the tier column alongside the verdict, and check both tracks before deciding you have found the floor.
The Exos hub carries the generation decoder and the full new-versus-refurbished ladder · Exos versus Ultrastar is the enterprise head-to-head · Exos versus IronWolf is the home-NAS question · the recertified guide covers what a refurbished grade means before you act on a verdict.
By comparing it against that specific drive's own recent price history on the same condition track, not against a list price or a competitor. A drive with no accumulated history reads as building history rather than receiving a verdict we cannot support.
Because they are separate markets for the same hardware. New Exos pricing follows the enterprise supply picture; refurbished follows fleet decommissioning cycles. Scoring a refurbished price against new-drive history would mark almost everything as a bargain, which would make the verdict worthless.
It means the price is low against its own history, which is one input rather than a recommendation. Interface still has to match your backplane, recording technology still matters for a parity array, and a refurbished drive's warranty is still the seller's rather than Seagate's. The verdict tells you about the price and nothing else.
Every few hours, from the same pipeline that prices the rest of the site. The timestamp is the last successful refresh rather than page-load time.
Specification claims on this page were checked against the pages below on 4 August 2026. Where a widely-repeated figure did not survive that check, we report what the source says now and say so in the text rather than repeating the familiar number.