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Comparison

Amazon S3 vs DigitalOcean Spaces

No leader: the top candidate DigitalOcean Spaces has only 0.26 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

Amazon S3 full profile →DigitalOcean Spaces full profile →
Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Amazon S362
DigitalOcean Spaces62
Score
Vioscale score
Amazon S362 / 100medium · 62%
DigitalOcean Spaces62 / 100low · 26%
Pricing
Free tier
Amazon S3✓
DigitalOcean Spaces–
Model
Amazon S3freemium
DigitalOcean Spacescommercial
Price level
Amazon S3low
DigitalOcean Spaceslow
Starting price
Amazon S3$0.03
DigitalOcean Spaces$5
Transparent
Amazon S3✓
DigitalOcean Spaces✓
Integrations
Count
Amazon S319
DigitalOcean Spaces2
Security
Fedramp
Amazon S3✓
DigitalOcean Spaces–
Gdpr
Amazon S3✓
DigitalOcean Spaces–
Hipaa
Amazon S3✓
DigitalOcean Spaces–
Pci
Amazon S3✓
DigitalOcean Spaces–
Reliability
Sla pct
Amazon S399.99
DigitalOcean Spaces–
Market
Availability

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for file storage. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
S3 API compatible
Amazon S3-
DigitalOcean Spaces-
Storage tiering
Amazon S3-
DigitalOcean Spaces-
Multi region replication
Amazon S3-
DigitalOcean Spaces-
Erasure coding
Amazon S3-
DigitalOcean Spaces-
Object versioning
Amazon S3-
DigitalOcean Spaces-
Object lock immutability
Amazon S3-
DigitalOcean Spaces-
Encryption at rest
Amazon S3-
DigitalOcean Spaces-
Customer managed keys
Amazon S3-
DigitalOcean Spaces-
Free or discounted egress
Amazon S3-
DigitalOcean Spaces-
Open source
Amazon S3-
DigitalOcean Spaces-
CDN integration
Amazon S3-
DigitalOcean Spaces-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Amazon S3

Amazon S3 is a distributed cloud storage platform that allows organizations to store, retrieve, and manage any volume of data. It offers multiple storage classes optimized for different access patterns and use cases, along with built-in analytics, compliance controls, and security features.

Independently observed

DigitalOcean Spaces

A scalable object storage service for storing and delivering large amounts of unstructured data globally via S3-compatible APIs, with built-in CDN and predictable per-gigabyte pricing.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Amazon S3

from $0.03/gbUsage-basedFree tier

Usage-based pricing with metered storage (per GB), request charges (per 1,000 operations), and data transfer costs. Free tier includes $200 in AWS Free Tier credits for 6 months.

  • S3 Standard-
    • Full availability and durability guarantees
  • S3 Intelligent-Tiering-
    • Automatic tiering between access tiers
    • No retrieval charges
    • Up to 80% cost reduction
  • S3 Tables$0.03 per gb
    • Native Apache Iceberg support
    • Automatic table compaction
    • Higher transaction throughput
  • S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval-
    • Cost-effective archival storage
  • S3 Glacier Deep Archive-
    • Deep archival for compliance and long-term retention
  • S3 Express One Zone-
    • Fastest cloud object storage
    • Single availability zone
as of verify ↗

DigitalOcean Spaces

from $5/moUsage-based

From $5/month for 250 GiB with 1 TiB included outbound transfer. Cold storage at $0.007/GiB/month.

  • Standard Storage$5/month for 250 GiB with 1 TiB outbound transfer
    • S3-compatible API
    • Global CDN
    • Free inbound bandwidth
    • Access logs for compliance tracking
    • AWS CLI and S3-compatible tool support
  • Cold Storage$0.007/GiB per month
    • S3-compatible API
    • Instant retrieval
    • Petabyte-scale capacity
    • 30-day minimum retention
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Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Amazon S3✓
DigitalOcean Spaces✓
CLI
Amazon S3✓
DigitalOcean Spaces✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Amazon S3✓
DigitalOcean Spaces✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Amazon S3

19 total
  • Apache Iceberg
  • Dremio
  • DuckDB
  • HighByte Intelligence Hub
  • Ryft
  • AWS CloudFront
  • AWS Lambda
  • AWS API Gateway
  • AWS Analytics Services
  • AWS Bedrock
  • Asana
  • Brave Search API
  • Pokee AI
  • Tailscale
  • TrendAI Vision One
  • Orca Security
  • Cast AI
  • LucidLink
  • Vanta
Independently observed

DigitalOcean Spaces

2 total
  • AWS CLI
  • Flexify.IO
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.