DatacenterDisk

Brand market dashboard

Hard Drive Prices by Brand

Use this dashboard to compare Seagate, Western Digital, HGST, Toshiba, MDD, Synology, and other brands only where live inventory exists.

The page does not declare one brand universally cheaper or better. Product family, condition, warranty, and capacity mix can shift the brand-level result.

Live prices from current DatacenterDisk inventory

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Hard drive prices by brand are useful only when the comparison stays grounded in the current inventory. This page summarizes live HDD listings by brand, including cheapest drive, median $/TB, best $/TB, and Good Price context.

Cheapest HDD
$14.99
1TB Used - $14.99/TB
Best Price/TB
$14.99/TB
HP ST31000640SS - $14.99
Cheapest New HDD
$54.00
1.2TB - $45.00/TB
Cheapest Used HDD
$14.99
1TB Used - $14.99/TB
Median $/TB
$42.00/TB
335 live HDD listings

Hard Drive Price Views

Move between the live market, deals, enterprise, NAS, used, capacity, and brand views.

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Brand Price Dashboard

Current HDD price bands by brand where live inventory exists.

Full brand view
BrandCheapest DriveMedian $/TBBest $/TBBest Good PriceListings
WDWD WD10EFRX ($85.39)$42.48/TB$22.25/TBUnavailable162
SeagateSeagate ST91000640SS ($37.62)$43.47/TB$17.00/TBUnavailable96
HGSTHGST HUS724030ALS640 ($45.39)$32.50/TB$15.13/TBUnavailable19
HPHP ST31000640SS ($14.99)$41.41/TB$14.99/TBUnavailable18
MDDMDD MD3TSAS12872E ($59.99)$25.00/TB$20.00/TBUnavailable15
DellDell MG03SCA200 ($44.00)$47.87/TB$21.25/TBUnavailable14
ToshibaToshiba MG03ACA200 ($68.39)$46.13/TB$22.86/TBUnavailable9
SynologySynology HAS5300-12T ($669.99)$59.54/TB$55.83/TBUnavailable2
WD$42.48/TB
Seagate$43.47/TB
HGST$32.50/TB
HP$41.41/TB
MDD$25.00/TB
Dell$47.87/TB
Toshiba$46.13/TB
Synology$59.54/TB

Live HDD Listings Behind the Brand Dashboard

Filter or sort the product table after using the brand summary to identify promising families.

Good Price uses the current listing plus DatacenterDisk's stored pricing records in the background. See the Good Price guide for broader market context.

Showing 220 of 220 current HDD listings. Unavailable listings and invalid prices are excluded.
UNAVAILABLE
$205.00
$25.63/TB

Dell M40TH

Capacity
8TB
Brand
Dell
Condition
Used
Interface
SAS-12G
Use
Enterprise

45% below comparable new Dell 8TB

Buy/View Price
UNAVAILABLE
$68.99
$34.49/TB

HP AP072B321

Capacity
2TB
Brand
HP
Condition
Used
Interface
SAS-6G
Use
Enterprise

37% below comparable new HP 2TB

Buy/View Price
UNAVAILABLE
$88.99
$22.25/TB

WD WD40PURX

Capacity
4TB
Brand
WD
Condition
Used
Interface
SATA-6G
Use
Surveillance

50% below comparable new WD 4TB

Buy/View Price
UNAVAILABLE
$209.00
$26.13/TB

WD WD8003FRYZ

Capacity
8TB
Brand
WD
Condition
Used
Interface
SATA-6G
Use
Enterprise

41% below comparable new WD 8TB

Buy/View Price
UNAVAILABLE
$515.49
$28.64/TB

WD WD180PURZ

Capacity
18TB
Brand
WD
Condition
Used
Interface
SATA-6G
Use
Surveillance

35% below comparable new WD 18TB

Buy/View Price
UNAVAILABLE
$179.99
$30.00/TB

WD WD60PURX

Capacity
6TB
Brand
WD
Condition
Used
Interface
SATA-6G
Use
Surveillance

41% below comparable new WD 6TB

Buy/View Price
UNAVAILABLE
$319.99
$32.00/TB

WD WD101PURP

Capacity
10TB
Brand
WD
Condition
Used
Interface
SATA-6G
Use
Surveillance

16% below comparable new WD 10TB

Buy/View Price

Capacity Price Dashboard

Cheapest, median, and best current $/TB by HDD capacity.

Full capacity view
CapacityCheapestMedian PriceBest $/TBBest Good PriceListings
1TB$14.99$92.69$14.99/TBUnavailable12
1.2TB$45.00$57.99$37.50/TBUnavailable11
1.8TB$79.25$112.13$44.03/TBUnavailable2
2TB$44.00$125.00$22.00/TBUnavailable21
3TB$45.39$99.50$15.13/TBUnavailable20
4TB$59.99$193.00$15.00/TBUnavailable36
6TB$119.99$249.00$20.00/TBUnavailable29
8TB$205.00$357.68$25.63/TBUnavailable42
10TB$229.99$394.45$23.00/TBUnavailable45
12TB$329.95$406.99$27.50/TBUnavailable36
14TB$319.99$439.99$22.86/TBUnavailable17
16TB$429.99$702.49$26.87/TBUnavailable14
18TB$449.99$599.99$25.00/TBUnavailable18
20TB$499.99$719.99$25.00/TBUnavailable15
22TB$590.62$884.00$26.85/TBUnavailable10
24TB$689.00$859.95$28.71/TBUnavailable5
26TB$1,124.48$1,124.48$43.25/TBUnavailable1
32TB$1,159.99$1,159.99$36.25/TBUnavailable1
1TB$14.99/TB
1.2TB$37.50/TB
1.8TB$44.03/TB
2TB$22.00/TB
3TB$15.13/TB
4TB$15.00/TB
6TB$20.00/TB
8TB$25.63/TB
10TB$23.00/TB
12TB$27.50/TB
14TB$22.86/TB
16TB$26.87/TB
cheapest storage per TB
absolute $/TB ranking
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HDD price forecast
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Seagate Exos
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Brand pricing depends on mix

A brand with many used enterprise listings may appear cheaper than a brand dominated by new NAS models. That does not necessarily mean one brand is better value for every buyer.

Compare the brand dashboard with the product rows underneath so capacity, condition, and use case stay visible.

Seagate vs WD vs Toshiba pricing

The familiar brand comparison is only meaningful when the same deployment need is being compared. Exos, IronWolf, BarraCuda, Ultrastar, WD Red, WD Gold, and Toshiba MG/N300 serve different buying intents.

The summary table therefore uses current inventory and median $/TB rather than a static brand ranking.

How to use brand pages

Brand pages remain useful once you want to inspect specific families and model lines. This page is the cross-brand dashboard that helps decide where to look next.

If a brand has zero current HDD inventory, it is not included in the live brand summary.

FAQs

Which hard drive brand is cheapest?

It changes with live stock, condition mix, and capacity mix. The summary table shows current median $/TB and best $/TB only for brands with live listings.

Does cheaper brand-level pricing mean lower quality?

No. Brand-level price is not a quality score. It reflects the current mix of capacities, conditions, and model families available in the database.

Methodology

DatacenterDisk includes current in-stock HDD listings with valid positive prices, valid positive capacity, and price-per-TB data. Unavailable listings and broken zero-dollar prices are excluded from current rankings.

Good Price is calculated once in the shared pricing utility from current in-stock listings and stored DatacenterDisk price records. When the stored data is too thin for a confident verdict, the row shows Unavailable instead of inventing a bargain.