Cloudflare R2 vs KeyCDN
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Cloudflare R2 and KeyCDN.
Quick Verdict
4.4/5
Cloudflare R2
0 reviews
3.9/5
KeyCDN
0 reviews
Cloudflare R2 is rated higher (4.4 vs 3.9). Cloudflare R2 is S3-compatible object storage with zero egress fees — ever. $0.015/GB/month storage, no data transfer costs. Tightly integrated with Cloudflare Workers and CDN. KeyCDN is a Swiss CDN provider focusing on privacy and simplicity. From $0.04/GB with a $4/month minimum charge. 60+ data centers in 40+ countries. GDPR-compliant, HTTP/2, and edge rules for customization.
Cloudflare R2 Zero egress S3 storage on Cloudflare's network | KeyCDN Swiss CDN from $0.04/GB — privacy-focused | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Rating | 4.4 (0 reviews)✓ | 3.9 (0 reviews) |
| Pricing model | freemium (free tier plus usage-based pricing) | usage-based |
| Starting price | Free tier available✓ | From $0.04/mo |
| Best for | Teams serving media, assets, downloads or backups where egress dominates their current object storage bill — especially those already building on Workers or Pages. | Privacy-conscious developers and EU/Swiss businesses with variable traffic who want flat, all-features-included CDN delivery with pay-as-you-go pricing and dense European coverage. |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ✓ | |
| DDoS protection | ||
| Automated backups | ||
| Snapshots | ||
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ||
| Free tier | ✓ | |
| Data-center locations | ||
| Regions | Global — Cloudflare network | [39 countries across NA, EU, APAC, LATAM, Africa — see specs] |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | free tiers3 compatibleeu datacenterus datacenterapac datacenterapi access | free tiereu datacenterus datacenterapac datacentergdpr compliant |
| Visit Cloudflare R2 → | Visit KeyCDN → | |
Cloudflare R2
Pros
- + Zero egress fees on all storage classes — no data transfer bill at all
- + Standing free tier: 10 GB-month storage, 1M Class A and 10M Class B ops monthly
- + S3-compatible API works with existing SDKs and migration tooling
- + Published durability (11 nines) and a 99.9% monthly uptime SLA with credits
- + Binds directly to Workers, Pages and public buckets with no cross-product egress
Cons
- - S3 feature surface is thinner — no replication topology, simpler lifecycle tooling
- - Class A operations at $4.50/million make write-heavy workloads pricier than storage-only math
- - Infrequent Access has a 30-day minimum storage duration and retrieval fees
- - Real lock-in sits in Workers-based processing around buckets, not the storage itself
- - Not suited to analytics-style scans or small-object high-churn data
KeyCDN
Pros
- + Transparent published usage pricing with tiered rates down to $0.01/GB over 100 TB
- + Every account gets every feature — no enterprise tier gating of purge, TLS, Origin Shield or secure tokens
- + Independent, non-federated Swiss network: 60+ data centers, Tier 1 connectivity, 40 Gbps edge uplinks
- + 14-day trial with no credit card required and free 24/7 support for all customers
- + Strong European PoP density and Swiss/GDPR privacy positioning
Cons
- - No published uptime SLA — no contractual availability commitment or service credits
- - No ongoing free tier, and a $4/month minimum charge plus $49 minimum payment
- - Thinner coverage in Africa, South Asia and parts of Latin America than hyperscale CDNs
- - Add-on fees (extra zones, syslog forwarding, image processing, Push storage) can exceed delivery cost
- - Small independent vendor: narrower integration ecosystem and no edge compute platform
Stay in the loop
Get weekly updates on the best new hosting and infrastructure providers, deals, and comparisons.
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.