storage strip

Compare Storage Unit Costs Per Square Foot — Free

Paste the unit sizes and prices you have been quoted, and read cost per square foot before you sign another renewal.

The proof surface

Storage is quoted by unit size, not by the space you use. Per-square-foot cost plus drive time is the comparison that actually decides a renewal.

Inputunit sizes, prices and drive times from your own quotes

Rare devicenormalises storage quotes by usable floor area and drive time from the reader's own quotes

Output artifacta strip of cost per square foot with the cheapest option marked

Cost$0 · local-first · one free run · samples labelled

Sample, not your facts: Sample: current unit 100 sq ft at $184, quote A 75 sq ft at $129, quote C 90 sq ft at $165 with climate control, 12-minute drive, 12 months — four concrete points across four types.

Why the flat version breaks

Price without size

A $129 unit sounds cheaper than $184 until the sizes are compared and the smaller one costs more per square foot.

Ignoring drive time

A cheaper unit 26 minutes away costs fuel and time on every visit, which often erases the monthly saving.

Paying for space you do not use

Most households store 20–30% less than they rent; the shortest route to a saving is a smaller unit.

How to work the storage strip

List the units

Size, price, drive time and any feature per line.

Enter space needed and months

Your own figure for the space and the months you expect to store.

Read the strip

Segments are sized by cost per square foot, with the cheapest marked hot.

Call with a figure

Ask the nearest site to match the per-foot figure before renewing.

What the strip replaces

Question	Before	On the strip
Which unit is cheapest	compare monthly prices	cost per square foot per option
Does the drive matter	not considered	drive time noted on each line
What to negotiate	'can you match it?'	the per-foot figure from the nearest site

The strip compares the quotes you paste; it does not know access hours, security or whether a unit is genuinely dry.

Run it on the samples, right here

FIRST-LOAD

Data note: Everything runs in this browser tab on the storage strip: your storage quotes stays on this device, nothing is uploaded, and the reading is rebuilt only when you press run.

Go deeper: the companion app files the same reading as a paper ticker strip

The article demo above runs without limits. The companion app keeps a local history, exports the rows as CSV, prints the ready-to-mail packet, and holds your drafts on this device — one free run, then $ 5 one-time for the layer that keeps filing.

The strip and the per-foot figures are free. The paid layer keeps three quotes and prints the comparison for a renewal call.

Open the storage cost strip companion

Boundary

This storage strip works only on the storage quotes and sizes you paste you paste. It does not value your possessions, does not book a unit, and does not advise on insurance. The figures describe what you supplied, not what is true in the world. Confirm anything you plan to act on with the storage site's manager for a size change or an early renewal rate before you rely on it.

What this is built on

Every figure comes from the storage quotes and sizes you paste you paste; nothing is looked up, scraped or asserted as verified.
Method: cost per square foot = monthly price ÷ unit size; drive times are printed beside each option
Sample values are labelled samples — illustrative by design, not your data and not a quotation of any organisation's policy.

Before: the reader renewed at the same unit. After: they can see their current unit at $1.84 a square foot against a nearby one at $1.12.