Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) vs Object Storage
Head-to-head comparison · Storage
At a glance
- Only Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) offers a free tier.
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Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)
AWS
Amazon S3 is AWS’s core object storage layer, handling massive datasets with high durability and global accessibility. It excels at storing unstructured data like backups, media assets, or static website content, ensurin…
CATEGORY
Storage
PRICING
See pricing page
FREE TIER
Available
TIER
free
Free for 12 months
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Object Storage
Linode (Akamai)
Linode’s Object Storage offers an Amazon S3-compatible bucket system primarily for storing application data, static content, and backups. It handles the heavy lifting of content distribution and persistent storage withou…
CATEGORY
Storage
PRICING
Pay-as-you-go
FREE TIER
None
TIER
pay-as-you-go
Pricing Tiers
AMAZON SIMPLE STORAGE SERVICE (S3)
Free Tier
Free/month
GET/SELECT
$0.4000/1M requests
Glacier Instant Retrieval
$0.004/GB/month
Intelligent-Tiering
$0.0230/GB/month
On-Demand
$0.0036/GB/month
On-Demand
$0.0007/GB
On-Demand
$0.1000/1M Objects
On-Demand
$0.005/GB
OBJECT STORAGE
Minimum Fee
$5.00/month
Outbound Transfer
$0.005/GB
Storage
$0.0200/GB/month