📦 Free Cloud Object Storage Tools 2026

Cloudflare R2

Freemium

Zero egress S3 storage on Cloudflare's network

5.0 (203)

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.

Best for: Applications serving large amounts of user-generated content or assets where egress costs are a major expense

Filebase

Freemium

S3-compatible decentralized storage on IPFS/Sia

4.9 (63)

Filebase provides S3-compatible API over decentralized storage networks (IPFS, Sia, Storj). Redundancy through multiple blockchains. US-based with competitive pricing.

Best for: Developers who want S3-compatible storage on decentralized networks like IPFS for resilience

Storj

Freemium

Decentralized S3-compatible cloud storage

4.8 (151)

Storj is a decentralized cloud storage network. Data is encrypted, split into pieces, and distributed across 16,000+ nodes globally. S3-compatible with $4/TB pricing and free 25GB trial.

Best for: Privacy-focused developers who want encrypted decentralized storage at below-AWS pricing

Tigris

Freemium

Globally distributed database built for modern apps

4.8 (108)

Tigris is a serverless NoSQL database with built-in search and S3-compatible object storage. Global distribution, no connection pools needed, and developer-first design. Used on Fly.io.

Best for: Fly.io users and serverless developers who want database, search, and object storage from a single platform

Leviia

Freemium

French S3-compatible storage — sovereign EU cloud

4.7 (115)

Leviia is a French sovereign cloud storage provider offering S3-compatible object storage in French datacenters. French data sovereignty, GDPR compliance, and competitive pricing.

Best for: French companies with data sovereignty requirements who need French-only S3-compatible storage

Scaleway Object Storage

Freemium

S3-compatible storage in EU from €0.01/GB

4.6 (221)

Scaleway Object Storage is S3-compatible cloud storage hosted in Amsterdam and Paris. €0.01/GB with generous free tier. GDPR-compliant French company. Easy migration from AWS S3.

Best for: EU developers and businesses needing GDPR-compliant S3-compatible storage at competitive pricing

Backblaze B2

Freemium

S3-compatible storage at a quarter of AWS S3 pricing

4.5 (110)

Backblaze B2 offers S3-compatible object storage at $6/TB/month. Free egress when used with Cloudflare. Used by thousands of developers as a budget S3 alternative.

Best for: Developers and startups who need S3-compatible storage at the lowest possible price and don't require EU data residency

IDrive e2

Freemium

Cheapest S3-compatible storage at $2.49/TB

4.4 (78)

IDrive e2 is S3-compatible object storage from the trusted backup company IDrive. $2.49/TB/month — the cheapest S3-compatible storage available. US and EU datacenters with no egress fees on US to US transfers.

Best for: Budget-conscious developers wanting the absolute cheapest S3-compatible storage with decent reliability

Cloudflare

Freemium

Global CDN and DDoS protection with object storage

4.4 (122)

Cloudflare provides distributed content delivery, DDoS mitigation, and R2 object storage. Designed for developers and enterprises needing reliable infrastructure with minimal latency.

Best for: Teams building web applications requiring global distribution, DDoS protection, and cost-efficient object storage without egress fees.

Bunny.net

Freemium

Global CDN and object storage with per-gigabyte pricing

4.3 (202)

Bunny.net provides globally distributed object storage with integrated CDN, designed for developers and businesses needing affordable, high-speed content delivery without enterprise commitments.

Best for: Startups and mid-market companies prioritizing cost efficiency and global reach over extensive cloud ecosystem depth.

Google Cloud Storage

Freemium

Google's object storage with BigQuery integration

4.3 (194)

Google Cloud Storage provides highly durable object storage across multi-regions, regions, and zones. Tight BigQuery and Vertex AI integration. Standard, Nearline, Coldline, and Archive storage classes.

Best for: GCP teams who need object storage tightly integrated with BigQuery analytics or AI/ML pipelines

Amazon S3

Freemium

The original cloud object storage — industry standard

4.2 (198)

Amazon S3 is the original and most widely used object storage. Versioning, lifecycle policies, events, S3 Select, replication, Glacier cold storage, and 11 nines durability. The standard for all other storage.

Best for: Applications that need maximum ecosystem integration with every cloud tool — S3 is the universal standard

Ceph

Free

Open source distributed storage for datacenters

4.1 (301)

Ceph is an open source distributed storage system providing object, block, and file storage. Powers OpenStack clouds, Proxmox clusters, and private clouds. S3-compatible RGW gateway.

Best for: Infrastructure engineers building private cloud storage on commodity hardware for datacenter operations

AWS EC2

Freemium

The original cloud — 750+ instance types

4.1 (128)

Amazon EC2 is the original IaaS cloud, offering 750+ instance types across compute, memory, storage, and GPU. On-demand, reserved, and spot pricing. 99 availability zones globally.

Best for: Enterprise teams with AWS expertise who need the broadest instance selection and global availability

Azure Blob Storage

Freemium

Scalable cloud object storage for unstructured data at enterprise scale

3.8 (232)

Microsoft Azure's object storage service for storing massive amounts of unstructured data like documents, images, and backups. Built for enterprises needing reliable, cost-effective cloud storage with compliance options.

Best for: Enterprises committed to Microsoft Azure needing cost-effective, compliant object storage with native integration to Azure compute and analytics services.