Guided scenario
Cheapest object storage
Backups, media, and static assets need cheap, durable storage behind an S3-style API, not a filesystem or database. This shortlist ranks object storage by starting price, surfacing low-cost, S3-compatible buckets. Because egress is where object-storage bills hide, weigh storage versus egress pricing carefully, plus durability guarantees and region or replication options.
Akamai Object Storage
www.linode.com/products/object-storage
Akamai Object Storage (formerly Linode Object Storage) is an S3-compatible storage service from Akamai's cloud computing unit.
Alibaba Cloud OSS
www.alibabacloud.com/en/product/object-storage-service
Alibaba Cloud Object Storage Service (OSS) is the S3-compatible object storage of Alibaba Cloud, with Standard, Infrequent Access, Archive and Cold Archive classes.
Amazon S3
aws.amazon.com/s3
Amazon S3 is AWS's object storage service for storing and retrieving any amount of data, with high durability and tiered storage classes.
Azure Blob Storage
azure.microsoft.com/products/storage/blobs
Azure Blob Storage is Microsoft's object storage service for unstructured data such as files, media, and backups, with tiered access.
Backblaze B2
www.backblaze.com/cloud-storage
Backblaze B2 is a low-cost, S3-compatible object storage service for backups, archives, and application data, with low per-GB usage-based pricing.
Cloudflare R2
www.cloudflare.com/products/r2
Cloudflare R2 is an S3-compatible object storage service with no egress fees, served from Cloudflare's network since its 2022 launch.
DigitalOcean Spaces
www.digitalocean.com/products/spaces
DigitalOcean Spaces is an S3-compatible object storage service with a built-in CDN, integrated into the DigitalOcean platform.
Google Cloud Storage
cloud.google.com/storage
Google Cloud Storage is Google's object storage service for unstructured data, offering multiple storage classes and global availability.
IDrive e2
www.idrive.com/s3-storage-e2
IDrive e2 is an S3-compatible hot cloud object storage service positioned as a low-cost alternative to Amazon S3, with no charges for egress under its free-egress policy or for API calls.
MinIO
min.io
MinIO is open-source, S3-compatible object storage software that can be self-hosted on-premises or in any cloud on your own infrastructure.
OCI Object Storage
www.oracle.com/cloud/storage/object-storage
OCI Object Storage is Oracle Cloud Infrastructure's object storage service, offering Standard, Infrequent Access, and Archive tiers with both a native and an S3-compatible API.
OVHcloud Object Storage
www.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/object-storage
OVHcloud Object Storage is an S3-compatible object storage service from European cloud provider OVHcloud, offered in Standard (single-zone) and high-durability 3-AZ classes.
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