S3 Storage Alternatives

Discussions center on alternatives to Amazon S3 for object storage, including cheaper S3-compatible options like Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2, Wasabi, MinIO, and Google Cloud Storage.

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shogun21 Apr 9, 2015 View on HN

What's the advantage of this over S3?

sofixa Jun 13, 2022 View on HN

What's the point here? Why would anyone use this over S3 or whatever?

oolongCat May 26, 2016 View on HN

What are some better alternatives to s3?

jonathanlydall Aug 9, 2025 View on HN

Is CloudFlare’s R2 an option for you?

2c2c2c Jan 31, 2023 View on HN

Anyone have experience using their s3 drop in replacement at scale?

mrkurt Jan 26, 2022 View on HN

S3 or the equivalent is best, yes.

tmzt May 23, 2019 View on HN

S3 compatible on-prem storage like minio might work for you

yourfate Jun 17, 2019 View on HN

I can recommend wasabi.com, they are a lot less expensive but also offer a full S3 api.

dsl Jun 23, 2011 View on HN

It's Amazon S3, but without the outrageous per query costs.

markism May 24, 2016 View on HN

Why not use Backblaze B2? It's much cheaper than S3.