Cloudflare R2
Distributed object storage without data transfer fees
- Also known as
- cloudflare-r2
Available worldwide
What is 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.
Cloudflare R2 pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Usage-based pricing. Standard: from $0.015/GB/month storage. Infrequent Access: from $0.01/GB/month. Free tier includes 10GB/month storage with per-operation allowances.
Standard
FreeStorage tier optimized for frequent access patterns
- storage
- 10 GB/month
- class_a_operations
- 1 million/month
- class_b_operations
- 10 million/month
- S3-compatible API
- Global distribution
- Zero egress fees
Infrequent Access
Lower-cost tier for infrequently accessed data with retrieval fees
- Lower storage cost
- Higher operation costs
- Data retrieval fees
What Cloudflare R2 does
The capabilities that matter for file storage, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- 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
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (2)
Independently observed- AWS S3
- Cloudflare Workers
Cloudflare R2 FAQ
Common questions about Cloudflare R2, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is 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. It is indexed under File Storage.
Source: https://www.cloudflare.com/plans
Is Cloudflare R2 free?
Cloudflare R2 offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $0.01. 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.cloudflare.com/plans
What platforms does Cloudflare R2 support?
Cloudflare R2 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.cloudflare.com/plans
Can Cloudflare R2 be self-hosted?
We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Cloudflare R2, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.
Source: https://www.cloudflare.com/plans
What security certifications does Cloudflare R2 have?
We have independently confirmed GDPR for Cloudflare R2. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Cloudflare R2 not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Cloudflare R2 alternatives
Other file storage we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- StorjDistributed cloud storage with local-like performance and significantly lower costs than traditional providershigh · 75%
- MinIOlow · 41%
- Amazon S3A scalable, durable cloud object storage service for storing and managing massive amounts of datamedium · 73%
- SeaweedFSA distributed storage system with S3-compatible object storage and horizontal scalinglow · 28%
- DigitalOcean SpacesCloud storage service that works like Amazon S3, with scalable capacity and configurable performance tierslow · 21%
- JuiceFSCloud-native file system that abstracts object storage as a shared POSIX file systemlow · 6%
Compare Cloudflare R2
Side by side against other file storage, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Cloudflare R2, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 100 | 0.06 | 6.3 | ✓ |
| Price level | 80 | 0.04 | 3.4 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 46 | 0.05 | 2.3 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 9 | 0.05 | 0.4 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.16 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 5 | 0.12 | 0.0 | - |
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All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 5 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 62% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | S3 api compatible, Free or discounted egress | mediumsource · 2026-10-12 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 1 | mediumsource · 2026-10-12 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-10-12 · 75% |
Pricing
Security
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