IDrive e2 vs OVHcloud Object Storage
A detailed comparison to help you choose between IDrive e2 and OVHcloud Object Storage.
Quick Verdict
3.8/5
IDrive e2
0 reviews
3.8/5
OVHcloud Object Storage
0 reviews
Both IDrive e2 and OVHcloud Object Storage are equally rated at 3.8/5. IDrive e2 is S3-compatible object storage from IDrive at $6/TB/month pay-as-you-go ($59.50/TB/year annual), 1 TB billing minimum, free egress up to 3x stored volume per month, 15 regions across the US, Canada, Europe and Asia. 13 regions in Europe (France, Germany, Italy, UK, Poland), Canada and Asia-Pacific; no US region
IDrive e2 S3-compatible storage at $6/TB/month, free egress up to 3x stored data | OVHcloud Object Storage S3-compatible object storage from €0.014/GB (Standard), Cold Archive from €0.00128/GB | |
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| Overview | ||
| Rating | 3.8 (0 reviews) | 3.8 (0 reviews) |
| Pricing model | freemium | usage-based |
| Starting price | Free tier available✓ | From $0.014/mo |
| Best for | Budget-conscious developers, MSPs, and teams storing multi-terabyte backup archives, media, or data-lake content behind S3 tooling with moderate read traffic | EU-resident, read-heavy object storage — media libraries, backup repositories and CMS assets — where free egress keeps bills predictable. |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ||
| DDoS protection | ✓ | |
| Automated backups | ||
| Snapshots | ||
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ✓ | |
| Free tier | ✓ | |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | free tiers3 compatibleeu datacenterus datacenterapi access | s3 compatibleeu datacentergdpr compliantapi access |
| Visit IDrive e2 → | Visit OVHcloud Object Storage → | |
IDrive e2
Pros
- + Flat $6/TB/month with no charges for API requests, ingress, or deletes
- + Free egress up to 3x stored volume per month — generous versus competitors
- + No minimum storage duration or deletion penalties
- + Object lock, versioning, cross-region replication, and webhook event notifications
- + Hundreds of integration guides and 15 regions across US, EU, Canada, and Asia
Cons
- - 1 TB billing minimum makes sub-terabyte buckets disproportionately pricey
- - The widely quoted $2.49/TB is a first-year promotion, not the ongoing rate
- - Published SLA exists but its uptime commitment is not publicly legible
- - Young service (launched 2022) from a company whose core business is backup software
- - S3 compatibility is a subset of the AWS API, not the full surface
OVHcloud Object Storage
Pros
- + Free egress and free API requests on Standard storage — rare among S3 providers
- + Volume-tiered pricing from €0.014/GB/month, billed per GiB-hour
- + Cold Archive at about €0.00128/GB/month for French-resident archives
- + 13 regions across Europe, Canada and Asia-Pacific with clear per-region endpoints
- + Five storage classes with documented class-to-region availability
Cons
- - No US region — North America is served from Canada
- - Cold Archive is Paris-only with 180-day minimum retention and €0.005/GB restores
- - Most regions are 1-AZ; multi-region redundancy must be designed by the user
- - S3 compatibility is not full AWS parity; console is dense
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