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Comparison

Cloudflare R2 vs DigitalOcean Spaces

No leader: the top candidate Cloudflare R2 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.

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Cloudflare R274
DigitalOcean Spaces62
Score
Vioscale score
Cloudflare R274 / 100low · 26%
DigitalOcean Spaces62 / 100low · 26%
Pricing
Free tier
Cloudflare R2✓
DigitalOcean Spaces–
Model
Cloudflare R2freemium
DigitalOcean Spacescommercial
Price level
Cloudflare R2low
DigitalOcean Spaceslow
Starting price
Cloudflare R2$0.01
DigitalOcean Spaces$5
Transparent
Cloudflare R2✓
DigitalOcean Spaces✓
Integrations
Count
Cloudflare R22
DigitalOcean Spaces2
Security
Gdpr
Cloudflare R2✓
DigitalOcean Spaces–
Market
Availability
Cloudflare R2Available worldwide
DigitalOcean SpacesAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

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

Capabilities
S3 API compatible
Cloudflare R2-
DigitalOcean Spaces-
Storage tiering
Cloudflare R2-
DigitalOcean Spaces-
Multi region replication
Cloudflare R2-
DigitalOcean Spaces-
Erasure coding
Cloudflare R2-
DigitalOcean Spaces-
Object versioning
Cloudflare R2-
DigitalOcean Spaces-
Object lock immutability
Cloudflare R2-
DigitalOcean Spaces-
Encryption at rest
Cloudflare R2-
DigitalOcean Spaces-
Customer managed keys
Cloudflare R2-
DigitalOcean Spaces-
Free or discounted egress
Cloudflare R2-
DigitalOcean Spaces-
Open source
Cloudflare R2-
DigitalOcean Spaces-
CDN integration
Cloudflare R2-
DigitalOcean Spaces-

What each one is

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

Cloudflare R2

A cloud-based object storage service with S3-compatible APIs that eliminates data egress fees and vendor lock-in, integrating directly into Cloudflare's serverless and edge computing platform.

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.

Cloudflare R2

from $0.01/GBUsage-basedFree tier

Free tier includes 10 GB-month standard storage. From $0.015/GB-month beyond free allocation.

  • Standard StorageFree
    • S3-compatible API
    • Zero egress fees
    • Global edge access
    • Workers integration
  • Infrequent Access Storage$0.01/GB storage; Class A $9.00/M; Class B $0.90/M; Retrieval $0.01/GB
    • S3-compatible API
    • Zero egress fees
    • Lower storage cost
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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
Cloudflare R2✓
DigitalOcean Spaces✓
CLI
Cloudflare R2✓
DigitalOcean Spaces✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Cloudflare R2✓
DigitalOcean Spaces✓

Integrations

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

Cloudflare R2

2 total
  • AWS S3
  • Cloudflare Workers
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.