S3 Compatbile Object Storage Comparison
I spent too long hunting around for an alternative to AWS S3 storage to find the cheapest price for my needs.
| Provider | Per GB Storage | Per GB Transfer | Per Mil GET/SELECT reqests | Free Storage | Free Transfer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | $0.024 | $0.07 | $0.35 | 5GB | 100GB |
| Google Cloud | $0.023 | $0.12 | $1.00 | 5GB | 100GB |
| Microsoft Azure | $0.019 | $0.087 | $0.60 | 5GB | 100GB |
| Scaleway | €0.012 | €0.01 | Free | - | 75GB |
| Cloudflare | $0.015 | Free | £0.30 | 10GB | Unlimited |
| Backblaze | $0.006 | $0.01 | $0.40 | 10GB | 3x stored |
| Wasabi* | $0.0068 | N/A | Free | - | 1x stored |
| Ionos | $0.018 | $0.036 | Free | - | - |
| Vultr* | $0.006 | $0.01 | Free | - | 3000GB |
| DigitalOcean* | $0.02 | $0.01 | Free | - | 1000GB |
| Linode* | $0.02 | $0.005 | Free | - | 1000GB |
| Contabo* | $2.99/250GB | Free | Free | - | Unlimited |
* Requires minimum monthly payment
What's the best
This is just my personal opinion based on experience and feedback from others:
Fast: Scaleway
High Transfer: Cloudflare - Followed by Vultr and Contabo
High Storage: Backblaze or Vultr - However Glacier storage could be a better option
Have other thoughts? Drop a comment below
Google Cloud
Free Tier:
- Limit to buckets in
us-east1,us-west1, andus-central1regions only - 5 GB of regional storage (US regions only) per month
- 5,000 Class A Operations per month
- 50,000 Class B Operations per month
- 100 GB of outbound data transfer from North America to all region destinations (excluding China and Australia) per month
Cloudflare
R2 currently does not support all S3 API Endpoints
To use a custom domain you must use Cloudflare NameServers
Backblaze
I've heard some people complaining about slow access speeds and the fact it does not fully support all S3 API endpoints.
Wasabi
I've personally not used Wasabi, but have seen a few people complaining about them. This was down to their slow speeds and lack of transparency around 'Zero Egress Fees'.
Egress is free but you break their fair usage if you transfer more than you have stored. So if you pay for a 1TB of storage you can only transfer out 1TB.
Wasabi have a minimum spend of $6 per month, getting you a 1TB of storage.
Ionos
Although the egrees fees at $0.03 are on the high end, internal transfer to an VM within the same region is not charged. So you could utilises a £1/$1 Ionos VPS as a proxy to skip these egress fees.
We made a post on reviewing the £1 Ionos VPS here: https://cyberhost.uk/ionos-1-vps-review/
Vultr
Requires initial $5 bundle: 250GB Storage + 1TB Transfer
All Vultr accounts start with 2TB of bandwidth without any services. Add the 1TB that comes with the object storage plan gives you 3TB transfer.
DigitalOcean
Requires initial $5 bundle: 250GB Storage + 1TB Transfer
Linode
Requires initial $5 bundle: 250GB Storage + 1TB Transfer
Contabo
Requires storage to be purchased in blocks starting from 250GB costing $2.99 / £3.35 bundle
250 GB - $2.99
500 GB - $5.98
1 TB - $11.96
