vioscale
Comparison

DigitalOcean Spaces vs SeaweedFS

No clear leader: SeaweedFS (63.1) and DigitalOcean Spaces (62.4) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

DigitalOcean Spaces full profile →SeaweedFS full profile →
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DigitalOcean Spaces62
SeaweedFS63
Score
Vioscale score
DigitalOcean Spaces62 / 100low · 26%
SeaweedFS63 / 100low · 35%
Pricing
Free tier
DigitalOcean Spaces–
SeaweedFS✓
Model
DigitalOcean Spacescommercial
SeaweedFScommercial
Price level
DigitalOcean Spaceslow
SeaweedFSfree
Starting price
DigitalOcean Spaces$5
SeaweedFS–
Transparent
DigitalOcean Spaces✓
SeaweedFS✓
Integrations
Count
DigitalOcean Spaces2
SeaweedFS6
Security
Disclosure policy
DigitalOcean Spaces–
SeaweedFS✓
Vulnerabilities
Adoption
Dependent repos
DigitalOcean Spaces–
SeaweedFS1
Github stars
DigitalOcean Spaces–
SeaweedFS34,292
Activity
Commits last 30d
DigitalOcean Spaces–
SeaweedFS100
Release
Cadence days
DigitalOcean Spaces–
SeaweedFS3
History
DigitalOcean Spaces–
SeaweedFS20 items
License
Spdx
DigitalOcean Spaces–
SeaweedFSApache-2.0
Language
Primary
DigitalOcean Spaces–
SeaweedFSGo
Market
Availability
DigitalOcean SpacesAvailable worldwide
SeaweedFSAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

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

SeaweedFS

SeaweedFS is an open-source distributed storage system supporting S3-compatible object access, file systems, and analytics table formats. It combines tiered storage across local clusters and cloud providers, designed to efficiently handle billions of files with consistent O(1) access performance.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

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
as of verify ↗

SeaweedFS

Open sourceFree tier

Free and open source (Apache license)

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
DigitalOcean Spaces✓
SeaweedFS✗
Linux
DigitalOcean Spaces✗
SeaweedFS✓
CLI
DigitalOcean Spaces✓
SeaweedFS✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
DigitalOcean Spaces✓
SeaweedFS✓
Self-hosted
DigitalOcean Spaces✗
SeaweedFS✓
On-premise
DigitalOcean Spaces✗
SeaweedFS✓
Hybrid
DigitalOcean Spaces✗
SeaweedFS✓

Integrations

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

DigitalOcean Spaces

2 total
  • AWS CLI
  • Flexify.IO
Independently observed

SeaweedFS

5 total
  • DuckDB
  • Apache Spark
  • Trino
  • Dremio
  • RisingWave
Independently observed

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