Self-Storage Guides
Each guide answers one question renters ask before they book, using the online rates we collect every week from Public Storage, Extra Space, CubeSmart, and U-Haul. The figures update when the prices do, so the answers describe the market as it is now, not as it was when the guide was written.
Guides
- Storage Move-In Deals: What "First Month Free" Is Worth
Every move-in offer the big operators advertise, how many units carry it, and what it saves over a first year of rent.
- How Much More Climate-Controlled Storage Costs
The price difference between a climate-controlled unit and a standard one at the same facility, by unit size and by city.
- How Often Storage Unit Prices Change
How often the same unit’s online rate moves from one week to the next, in which direction, and by how much.