Storj
Distributed cloud storage with local-like performance and significantly lower costs than traditional providers
- Vendor
- Storj Labs Inc.
- Also known as
- storj
Available in: US, EU
What is Storj?
A decentralized, S3-compatible cloud storage platform that breaks encrypted data into pieces and distributes them across a global network of storage nodes. It delivers performance comparable to local file access while reducing storage costs through distributed architecture.
Storj 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.
Object Storage from $5/month minimum; Object Mount from $29/month. Free 30-day trial with 25 GB storage.
Object Storage Standard
Pay-as-you-go distributed object storage with competitive egress pricing
Object Storage Advanced
Advanced tier for higher-volume use cases with same pricing structure
Object Mount Teams
License to mount Storj Object Storage as a local filesystem
- storage
- 500 GB/month
Object Mount Any S3
License to mount any S3-compatible storage as a local filesystem
What Storj 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- CLI
- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (21)
Independently observed- Arq Backup
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Security & compliance
Independently observed- SOC 2 Type IIactive
Storj FAQ
Common questions about Storj, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Storj?
A platform that allows files to be encrypted, fragmented, and stored across a globally distributed network of computers. Users retrieve their own data through an S3-compatible interface. It is indexed under File Storage.
Source: https://www.storj.io/
Is Storj free?
Storj offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://www.storj.io/blog/announcing-pioneer-2-and-tardigrade-io-pricing
What platforms does Storj support?
Storj 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.storj.io/blog/announcing-pioneer-2-and-tardigrade-io-pricing
Can Storj be self-hosted?
We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Storj, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.
Source: https://www.storj.io/blog/announcing-pioneer-2-and-tardigrade-io-pricing
What security certifications does Storj have?
We have independently confirmed HIPAA and GDPR for Storj. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Storj not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Source: https://www.storj.io/object-storage/compliance/hipaa
Storj alternatives
Other file storage we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- MinIOlow · 41%
- Amazon S3A scalable, durable cloud object storage service for storing and managing massive amounts of datamedium · 73%
- Cloudflare R2Distributed object storage without data transfer feeslow · 21%
- 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 Storj
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 Storj, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 48 | 0.16 | 7.5 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 55 | 0.12 | 6.3 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 100 | 0.06 | 6.3 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 96 | 0.05 | 4.9 | ✓ |
| Price level | 80 | 0.04 | 3.4 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 38 | 0.05 | 1.9 | ✓ |
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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 | Versioning, Open source, Erasure coding, Object lock worm, Object versioning, S3 api compatible, Encryption at rest, Customer managed keys, Object lock immutability | mediumsource · 2026-09-28 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 20 | mediumsource · 2026-09-28 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: regional · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-09-28 · 75% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sla pct | 99.95 | mediumsource · 2026-08-19 · 60% |
Security
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