Cloudflare R2
S3-compatible with zero egress fees — the direct answer to the complaint.
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sovereigntyR2 is Cloudflare's object store and its defining feature is a deliberate attack on S3's pricing: storage around $0.015 per GB per month and no egress charges whatsoever. For anything read frequently over the internet — media, assets, public datasets — that single difference can turn a four-figure monthly bill into a two-figure one. It is S3-API compatible, so migration is largely a config change. It is proprietary and hosted, which is the honest trade, and it makes Cloudflare rather than Amazon the party you depend on.
SOURCE-AVAILABLEProprietary (hosted service)
LicenseProprietary (hosted service)
PricingAbout $0.015/GB/month storage. No egress charges. Free tier included. Checked 2026-08-04.
Open sourceNo
Self-hostableNo
Local-first dataNo
What it does well
- +Zero egress fees — the single biggest cost difference in this category
- +S3-compatible API, so migration is mostly configuration
- +Cheaper storage than S3 as well
- +Integrates with Cloudflare Workers and the CDN
Where it falls short
- −Proprietary and hosted — you have swapped one vendor for another
- −Fewer surrounding services than S3's ecosystem
- −No deep-archive tier comparable to Glacier
- −Ties you into Cloudflare's platform decisions
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