Cloudflare R2 vs Tigris
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Cloudflare R2 and Tigris.
Quick Verdict
4.4/5
Cloudflare R2
0 reviews
4.1/5
Tigris
0 reviews
Cloudflare R2 is rated higher (4.4 vs 4.1). 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. Tigris is a globally distributed, S3-compatible object storage service with zero egress fees on every tier. Standing free tier (5 GB storage, 10k/100k requests monthly). Built by ex-Uber storage engineers; backs Fly.io storage and AI platforms.
Cloudflare R2 Zero egress S3 storage on Cloudflare's network | Tigris Globally distributed S3-compatible object storage with zero egress fees | |
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| Overview | ||
| Rating | 4.4 (0 reviews)✓ | 4.1 (0 reviews) |
| Pricing model | freemium (free tier plus usage-based pricing) | freemium |
| Starting price | Free tier available | Free tier available |
| 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. | AI/ML teams and developers whose data is read from many regions and clouds — especially where egress fees dominate — who want S3 compatibility without hyperscaler lock-in |
| Specifications (entry plan) | ||
| CPU cores | — | — |
| RAM | — | — |
| Storage | — | 5 GB |
| Bandwidth | — | — |
| SLA uptime | 99.9% | — |
| Data-center count | — | — |
| 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 | — |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | free tiers3 compatibleeu datacenterus datacenterapac datacenterapi access | free tiers3 compatibleeu datacenterus datacenterapac datacenterapi access |
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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
Tigris
Pros
- + Zero egress fees on every tier and every direction — regional, cross-region, and internet
- + Full published rate card (plus a machine-readable pricing page) with identical pricing across geographies
- + Standing free tier with no card: 5 GB Standard storage, 10,000 Class A and 100,000 Class B requests monthly
- + S3-compatible API (>90% coverage) with a zero-downtime migration path — low switching cost
- + Fork, snapshot, soft delete and object events at no separate enablement cost; SOC 2 Type II and HIPAA BAA available
Cons
- - Young vendor (founded 2022, Series A stage) holding the durability of your data layer
- - No public uptime SLA outside Enterprise contracts
- - Single product line — no compute, CDN, or identity integration beyond S3-style access keys
- - Cold-tier minimum retention billing (30/90 days) can surprise lifecycle-driven workloads
- - Object notification events cost from the first event ($0.01 per 1,000)
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