AWS S3 alternatives
11 object storage services compared against AWS S3 on storage per GB-month. AWS S3 is kept in the table and highlighted, because it is the number everything else here is measured against.
List prices checked
Ranked by storage per GB-month
Cheapest first. "vs AWS S3" shows how many times cheaper or dearer each one is on the same axis.
| # | Service | Provider | storage per GB-month | vs AWS S3 | Free tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IDrive e2 | IDrive | $0.0060 | 3.8× cheaper | 10 GB free, with egress included up to 3x stored data |
| 2 | Backblaze B2 | Backblaze | $0.0069 | 3.3× cheaper | 10 GB of storage, with free egress up to 3x data stored |
| 3 | Storj | Storj | $0.0070 | 3.3× cheaper | 25 GB of storage and 25 GB of egress per month |
| 4 | Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage | Wasabi | $0.0080 | 2.9× cheaper | 30-day trial; no egress or API request charges |
| 5 | Cloudflare R2 | Cloudflare | $0.015 | 1.5× cheaper | 10 GB-month of storage, plus zero egress fees at any volume |
| 6 | Scaleway Object Storage | Scaleway | $0.018 | 1.3× cheaper | 75 GB of egress free every month |
| 7 | Azure Blob Storage | Microsoft | $0.018 | 1.3× cheaper | 5 GB of hot block storage for 12 months |
| 8 | Google Cloud Storage | $0.020 | 1.2× cheaper | 5 GB-month always free in US regions | |
| 9 | DigitalOcean Spaces | DigitalOcean | $0.020 | 1.2× cheaper | None |
| 10 | Linode Object Storage | Akamai | $0.020 | 1.2× cheaper | None |
| 11 | AWS S3you are here | Amazon Web Services | $0.023 | — | 5 GB of standard storage for 12 months |
| 12 | Oracle Object Storage | Oracle | $0.025 | 1.1× dearer | 20 GB of storage, always free |
Source: Amazon Web Services pricing (May 2026). Published list prices only — committed-use discounts, regional variation, and per-request charges are not included. Not yet independently re-checked against the vendor’s page.
Questions
- What is the best alternative to AWS S3 in 2026?
- On storage per GB-month, IDrive e2 is the cheapest alternative — roughly 3.8× cheaper than AWS S3. Cheapest is not automatically best: check the free tier, the region list, and what each one does not charge for before switching.
- How many alternatives to AWS S3 are there?
- 11 in this dataset, all object storage services with published list prices. The table ranks every one of them on storage per GB-month with AWS S3 highlighted in place, so you can see exactly where it sits rather than taking a "top 5" on trust.
- Is switching from AWS S3 worth it?
- It depends on which axis dominates your bill. S3-compatible buckets billed on three separate axes: gigabyte-months stored, gigabytes transferred out, and API requests. Providers compete by zeroing one axis and recovering it on another, so the cheapest option depends entirely on your read pattern. Run your own volumes through the comparison pages linked below before migrating — a provider that is cheaper per unit can still be more expensive for your particular usage shape.
- Are there free alternatives to AWS S3?
- 9 of them publish a free tier — they are marked in the table. Check whether each is permanent or a 12-month trial; the two look identical on a pricing page and are very different a year in.