Object storage

DigitalOcean Spaces vs Vultr Object Storage

Choose DigitalOcean Spaces when a $5 plan with 250 GiB and a built-in CDN is enough. Choose Vultr Object Storage when you need a full terabyte included, at $18 a month on the standard tier, next to other Vultr services.

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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Vultr Object Storage

S3-compatible storage sold in 1 TB tiers

Standard $18/mo per TB

Strengths

  • Each tier includes 1 TB of storage and 1 TB of outbound transfer
  • An archival tier starts at $6/mo per TB

Limits

  • Standard storage costs more per TB than Spaces, R2, or B2
  • Extra outbound transfer is billed after the included terabyte

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