Cloudflare R2 vs Oracle Object Storage
Cloudflare R2 is cheaper across every workload modelled here.
List prices checked
Rate cards side by side
Only the axes at least one of them bills on. A dash means that provider does not charge for it.
| Billing axis | Cloudflare R2 | Oracle Object Storage | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storage | $0.015/GB-mo | $0.025/GB-mo | 1.7× Cloudflare R2 |
| Data transfer out | Free | $0.0085/GB | — |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes | — |
Source: Cloudflare pricing (May 2026) · Oracle 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.
Monthly cost for three real workloads
The rate cards applied to identical usage. This is where the winner changes.
| Workload | Cloudflare R2 | Oracle Object Storage | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|
| Side projectA personal site or small app with modest traffic, a few gigabytes of assets, and one small always-on process. | $0.30 | $1.36 | Cloudflare R2saves $1.06/mo (78%) |
| Growing SaaSA funded product serving a few thousand daily users, with an image-heavy frontend and two application servers. | $7.50 | $21 | Cloudflare R2saves $14/mo (65%) |
| Media-heavy siteA publisher or video product where delivery dominates the bill and compute is almost an afterthought. | $30 | $136 | Cloudflare R2saves $106/mo (78%) |
Workload definitions are identical on every comparison page, so figures here can be read against any other pair in the same category.
What each one is for
Cloudflare R2
by Cloudflare
S3-compatible storage with no egress charge at all, at any volume, permanently. For read-heavy workloads it is not marginally cheaper than S3 but cheaper by an order of magnitude.
Free tier: 10 GB-month of storage, plus zero egress fees at any volume
Oracle Object Storage
by Oracle
Priced above S3 on storage and roughly a tenth of it on egress, which inverts the usual trade-off and suits data that is written rarely and read constantly.
Free tier: 20 GB of storage, always free
Common questions
- Is Cloudflare R2 or Oracle Object Storage cheaper in 2026?
- Cloudflare R2 is cheaper in all 3 modelled workloads.
- What is the difference in egress cost between Cloudflare R2 and Oracle Object Storage?
- Cloudflare R2 does not charge for data transfer out at all, while Oracle Object Storage charges $0.0085 per GB. On a read-heavy workload that difference is the entire comparison.
- Which has the better free tier, Cloudflare R2 or Oracle Object Storage?
- Both publish one. Cloudflare R2: 10 GB-month of storage, plus zero egress fees at any volume. Oracle Object Storage: 20 GB of storage, always free.
- What do these estimates not include?
- Committed-use and reserved discounts, regional price variation, per-request API charges, support plans, and minimum retention periods. All of those move real invoices, sometimes by a lot. These figures compare published list prices for the same workload, which is the comparison the rate cards alone cannot give you.