# Cloudflare R2 vs MinIO

| Attribute | Cloudflare R2 | MinIO |
|---|---|---|
| **Vioscale score** | 74.3 (26% (low)) | 49.3 (43% (low)) |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"hybrid":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | A self-hosted, scalable object storage platform built for enterprise AI applications, offering S3-compatible access with data governance, security, and deployment flexibility across edge, on-premises, and cloud environments. |
| integrations.count | 2 | 12 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"AWS S3"},{"name":"Cloudflare Workers"}]` | `[{"name":"S3"},{"name":"S3 Express"},{"name":"SFTP"},{"name":"Apache Iceberg"},{"name":"Delta Lake"},{"name":"Databricks OpenSharing"},{"name":"Delta Sharing"},{"name":"Unity Catalog"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"Spark"},{"name":"NVIDIA STX"},{"name":"Ray"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"cli":true,"web":true}` | `{"cli":true,"linux":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"usage","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Standard Storage","summary":"$0.015/GB beyond free tier; Class A operations $4.50/M; Class B operations $0.36/M","features":["S3-compatible API","Zero egress fees","Global edge access","Workers integration"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.015,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"requests"},"kind":"metered","amount":4.5,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"requests"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.36,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"General-purpose object storage with standard performance operations","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"storage":"10 GB-month","class_a_operations":"1 million","class_b_operations":"10 million"}},{"free":false,"name":"Infrequent Access Storage","summary":"$0.01/GB storage; Class A $9.00/M; Class B $0.90/M; Retrieval $0.01/GB","features":["S3-compatible API","Zero egress fees","Lower storage cost"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.01,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"requests"},"kind":"metered","amount":9,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1000000,"unit":"requests"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.9,"currency":"USD"},{"per":{"qty":1,"unit":"GB"},"kind":"metered","amount":0.01,"currency":"USD"}],"description":"Reduced-cost storage tier for infrequently accessed data","contactSales":false}],"summary":"Free tier includes 10 GB-month standard storage. From $0.015/GB-month beyond free allocation.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.cloudflare.com/plans","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T09:06:16.718Z","startingPrice":{"unit":"GB","amount":0.01,"currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free, single-node, community-supported","features":["Full-featured single-node deployment","Community Slack and documentation support"],"description":"Single-node deployment with community support","contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise Lite","features":["Horizontally scalable multi-node architecture","Lite SUBNET subscription with health diagnostics and security reporting","Optional direct-to-engineer support (<5 day SLA)"],"description":"Multi-node deployment for teams with capacity requirements under 400 TiB","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{"max_capacity":"400 TiB"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","features":["Dedicated virtual onboarding","Enterprise SUBNET with team governance","24/7/365 direct-to-engineer support (<4 hour SLA)","Panic Button support"],"description":"Full-featured enterprise deployment with dedicated support and governance","contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"MinIO MemKV"}],"summary":"Free single-node tier; enterprise tiers via custom quote. 60-day trial available.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.min.io/pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T09:06:22.833Z","freeTrialDays":60}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | low | low |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":0.01,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | no |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |

## Capabilities (File Storage)

| Capability | Cloudflare R2 | MinIO |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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: Vioscale. Generated 2026-09-01T16:57:01.661Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*