Object storage

Cloudflare R2 vs DigitalOcean Spaces

Choose Cloudflare R2 when you pay for storage and operations, and egress to the internet is free. Choose DigitalOcean Spaces when you want one $5 subscription that includes 250 GiB, 1 TiB of outbound transfer, and a CDN.

Cloudflare R2

S3-compatible storage with free egress to the internet

$0.015/GB-month

Strengths

  • Egress to the internet is free
  • A free tier covers 10 GB-months of storage

Limits

  • Class A and Class B operations are billed per million requests
  • Infrequent Access adds a retrieval fee

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DigitalOcean Spaces

S3-compatible storage with a built-in CDN

$5/mo for 250 GiB

Strengths

  • The subscription includes 1 TiB of outbound transfer
  • A built-in CDN is part of the product

Limits

  • Extra storage is $0.02/GiB and extra egress is $0.01/GiB
  • 250 GiB is a small cap if the bucket holds media

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