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. 11 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 about once a day
4 at/near low · 6 typical
| Model | Capacity | Condition | Recording | Price | Verdict | $/TB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST22000NM001E Refurbished | 22TB | Used | UNVERIFIED | $700 | AT/NEAR LOW since 2026-10-15 | $31.82 | Buy on Amazon |
| ST22000NM001H Refurbished | 22TB | Used | UNVERIFIED | $700 | AT/NEAR LOW since 2026-10-15 | $31.82 | Buy on Amazon |
| ST12000NM002G Refurbished | 12TB | Used | UNVERIFIED | $399 | AT/NEAR LOW since 2026-10-15 | $33.25 | Buy on Amazon |
| ST18000NM003D New | 18TB | New | UNVERIFIED | $719 | AT/NEAR LOW since 2026-10-15 | $39.94 | Buy on Amazon |
| ST16000NM001G Refurbished | 16TB | Used | CMR | $490 | TYPICAL since 2026-10-15 | $30.62 | Buy on Amazon |
| ST22000NM001E Refurbished | 22TB | Used | UNVERIFIED | $682 | TYPICAL since 2026-10-15 | $31.02 | Buy on Amazon |
| ST24000NM002H Refurbished | 24TB | Used | CMR | $790 | TYPICAL since 2026-10-15 | $32.92 | Buy on Amazon |
| ST16000NM002G Refurbished | 16TB | Used | UNVERIFIED | $549 | TYPICAL since 2026-10-15 | $34.28 | Buy on Amazon |
| ST14000NM0018 New | 14TB | New | UNVERIFIED | $634 | TYPICAL since 2026-10-15 | $45.30 | Buy on Amazon |
| ST24000NM000H New | 24TB | New | UNVERIFIED | $1265 | TYPICAL since 2026-10-15 | $52.70 | Buy on Amazon |
Live prices · updated about once a day · last checked 1 hr 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16TB ST16000NM001GREFURB This offer: sold by goHardDrive · Amazon says New / New · title says Renewed, Recertified | 16TB | CMR | 7,200 | 550 | 5 yr | $30.62 | $490 | Buy on Amazon |
| 22TB ST22000NM001EREFURB This offer: sold by Info-Tech · Amazon says New / New · title says Renewed | 22TB | UNVERIFIED | 7,200 | — | 5 yr | $31.02 | $682 | Buy on Amazon |
| 22TB ST22000NM001EREFURB This offer: sold by goHardDrive · Amazon says New / New · title says Recertified | 22TB | UNVERIFIED | 7,200 | — | 5 yr | $31.82 | $700 | Buy on Amazon |
| 22TB ST22000NM001HREFURB This offer: sold by DBSKY · Amazon says New / New · title says Renewed | 22TB | UNVERIFIED | 7,200 | 550 | 5 yr | $31.82 | $700 | Buy on Amazon |
| 24TB ST24000NM002HREFURB This offer: sold by Worldwide Product Importer · Amazon says New / New · title says Renewed | 24TB | CMR | 7,200 | 550 | 5 yr | $32.92 | $790 | Buy on Amazon |
| 12TB ST12000NM002GREFURB This offer: sold by Bargain_R_Us2 · Amazon says Used / VeryGood · Bargain_R_Us2's note: 100% Health | 12TB | UNVERIFIED | 7,200 | 550 | 5 yr | $33.25 | $399 | Buy on Amazon |
| 16TB ST16000NM002GREFURB This offer: sold by Redefine IT · Amazon says New / New · title says Renewed | 16TB | UNVERIFIED | 7,200 | 550 | 5 yr | $34.28 | $549 | Buy on Amazon |
| 18TB ST18000NM003D This offer: sold by MAPOGO LION LLC · Amazon says New / Unknown | 18TB | UNVERIFIED | 7,200 | 550 | 5 yr | $39.94 | $719 | Buy on Amazon |
| 14TB ST14000NM0018 This offer: sold by Wholesale Haven · Amazon says New / Unknown | 14TB | UNVERIFIED | 7,200 | 550 | 5 yr | $45.30 | $634 | Buy on Amazon |
| 24TB ST24000NM000H This offer: sold by ITCP Technologies · Amazon says New / Unknown | 24TB | UNVERIFIED | 7,200 | 550 | 5 yr | $52.70 | $1265 | Buy on Amazon |
Workload rating is recorded per part number from the manufacturer's published data for that exact model where available, 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 6 capacities currently have both.
| Capacity | Best new | Best refurb | Refurb saves |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12TB | $619 ($51.56/TB) | $399 ($33.25/TB) | 36% |
| 14TB | $634 ($45.30/TB) | — | — |
| 16TB | — | $490 ($30.62/TB) | — |
| 18TB | $719 ($39.94/TB) | — | — |
| 22TB | — | $682 ($31.02/TB) | — |
| 24TB | $1265 ($52.70/TB) | $790 ($32.92/TB) | 38% |
Scalper-priced listings are excluded from both “best” columns, as they are from every aggregate on this site. Live figures update about once a day.
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 Exos 25TB guide explains why ST25000NM000E is not just a larger 24TB drive · the Exos 36TB guide covers Mozaic density and host-managed SMR requirements · 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.
About once a day per listing, 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.