# Amazon S3 vs DigitalOcean Spaces

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Amazon S3

| Attribute | Amazon S3 | DigitalOcean Spaces |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 59.5 (73% (medium)) | 51.8 (21% (low)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under File Storage.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing/?loc=ft","question":"What is Amazon S3?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Amazon S3 offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $0.03. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing/?loc=ft","question":"Is Amazon S3 free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Amazon S3 supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing/?loc=ft","question":"What platforms does Amazon S3 support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Amazon S3, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/pricing/?nc2=h_pr_hub","question":"Can Amazon S3 be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 19 integrations for Amazon S3, including Apache Iceberg, Dremio, DuckDB, HighByte Intelligence Hub, Ryft, AWS CloudFront, AWS Lambda and AWS API Gateway, plus 11 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing/?loc=ft","question":"What does Amazon S3 integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed HIPAA and GDPR for Amazon S3. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Amazon S3 not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://aws.amazon.com/trust-center/?nc1=f_cc","question":"What security certifications does Amazon S3 have?","confidence":0.7}]` | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under File Storage.","source":"https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/calculator","question":"What is DigitalOcean Spaces?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"DigitalOcean Spaces is a paid product; published pricing starts at $0.01. It is sold across 2 plans (Standard Storage and Cold Storage). Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/calculator","question":"How much does DigitalOcean Spaces cost?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"DigitalOcean Spaces supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/calculator","question":"What platforms does DigitalOcean Spaces support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for DigitalOcean Spaces, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing/calculator","question":"Can DigitalOcean Spaces be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | An object storage service compatible with Amazon S3 APIs, offering multiple storage performance tiers with flat pricing across supported regions and no per-region price variation. |
| features.capabilities | `{"versioning":true,"storage_tiering":true,"object_lock_worm":true,"object_versioning":true,"s3_api_compatible":true,"encryption_at_rest":true,"lifecycle_policies":true,"event_notifications":true,"customer_managed_keys":true,"cross_region_replication":true,"multi_region_replication":true,"object_lock_immutability":true,"free_or_discounted_egress":true}` | `{"storage_tiering":true,"s3_api_compatible":true}` |
| integrations.count | 19 | 2 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Apache Iceberg"},{"name":"Dremio"},{"name":"DuckDB"},{"name":"HighByte Intelligence Hub"},{"name":"Ryft"},{"name":"AWS CloudFront"},{"name":"AWS Lambda"},{"name":"AWS API Gateway"},{"name":"AWS Analytics Services"},{"name":"AWS Bedrock"},{"name":"Asana"},{"name":"Brave Search API"},{"name":"Pokee AI"},{"name":"Tailscale"},{"name":"TrendAI Vision One"},{"name":"Orca Security"},{"name":"Cast AI"},{"name":"LucidLink"},{"name":"Vanta"}]` | `[{"name":"AWS CLI"},{"name":"Flexify.IO"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"S3 Standard","features":["Full availability and durability guarantees"],"description":"General-purpose storage with frequent access","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"S3 Intelligent-Tiering","features":["Automatic tiering between access tiers","No retrieval charges","Up to 80% cost reduction"],"description":"Automatic cost optimization through access pattern monitoring","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"S3 Tables","features":["Native Apache Iceberg support","Automatic table compaction","Higher transaction throughput"],"components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"gb"},"kind":"metered","note":"first 50 TB per month","amount":0.0265,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Optimized for Apache Iceberg analytics","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"S3 Glacier Flexible Retrieval","features":["Cost-effective archival storage"],"description":"Long-term archival with retrieval fees","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"S3 Glacier Deep Archive","features":["Deep archival for compliance and long-term retention"],"description":"Lowest-cost archival storage with longer retrieval times","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"S3 Express One Zone","features":["Fastest cloud object storage","Single availability zone"],"description":"Highest-performance storage class","contactSales":false}],"addOns":[{"name":"Management & Insights"},{"name":"Data Transfer"},{"name":"API Requests"}],"summary":"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.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://aws.amazon.com/s3/pricing/?loc=ft","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T09:05:23.304Z","startingPrice":{"unit":"gb","amount":0.0265,"currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":false,"name":"Standard Tier","summary":"$0.15/GiB/month","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GiB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.15,"currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"High Performance Tier","summary":"$0.30/GiB/month","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GiB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.3,"currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false}],"summary":"From $0.15/GiB/month (standard) to $0.30/GiB/month (high performance). Flat pricing across all regions.","currency":"USD","freeTier":false,"sourceUrl":"https://www.digitalocean.com/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-10-13T10:28:43.988Z","startingPrice":{"unit":"GiB","amount":0.15,"currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | no |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":0.0265,"currency":"USD"}` | `{"amount":0.15,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.99 | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | yes | - |
| security.fedramp | yes | - |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | - |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.trust_center | https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/?nc2=h_dsc_aa_cmp | - |

## Capabilities (File Storage)

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

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T17:47:39.964Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*