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Best Cloudflare R2 alternatives (2026)
7 alternatives to Cloudflare R2 in object storage, ranked by entry price. Cloudflare R2 starts at $0/mo. Every figure links to the vendor's own page and the date we captured it.
Key takeaways
- Free alternatives: Storj, Backblaze B2.
- Closest by price: Storj ($0/mo), DigitalOcean Spaces ($5/mo), Vultr Object Storage ($6/mo).
Cloudflare R2 alternatives compared
| # | Alternative | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | Best for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Storj | $0/mo | No | Yes | Privacy-first and zero-knowledge storage requirements | storj.io |
| 2 | DigitalOcean Spaces | $5/mo | No | — | Developers already on DigitalOcean who want simple, predictable billing | docs.digitalocean.com |
| 3 | Vultr Object Storage | $6/mo | No | Yes | Multi-tier storage strategy where different data sets have different performance needs | vultr.com |
| 4 | Akamai Cloud Object Storage | — | No | — | Developers already running VMs/Kubernetes on Akamai Cloud (Linode) | quote-only |
| 5 | Amazon S3 | — | No | Yes | Enterprise data lakes and analytics at petabyte scale | quote-only |
| 6 | Backblaze B2 | — | Yes | Yes | Cost-sensitive backup and archival (70% cheaper than S3 Standard) | quote-only |
| 7 | Wasabi | — | No | Yes | Backup and DR workloads where egress fees from AWS/Azure are painful | quote-only |
Data current through 2026-06-14. Compare any two directly on the Object Storage index.