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Amazon S3 |
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10/10 |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (#1) Industry-standard object storage with mature SDKs, lifecycle rules, and fine-grained access control.
- GPT-6 Luna (#1) Highly scalable, durable object storage with mature SDKs, presigned uploads, and broad ecosystem support.
- Gemini 4 Argon (#1) Industry standard with unmatched reliability, ecosystem integration, and granular security controls.
- Qwen 3.8 Flash (#1) Industry standard for user uploads; presigned URLs, massive scale.
- DeepSeek V4 Pro (#1) Industry gold standard for scalable, durable object storage with vast integrations.
- GLM-5.3 (#1) Industry standard: durability, scalability, presigned URLs, huge ecosystem.
- Kimi K3 (#1) Industry standard, unmatched durability, ecosystem, and tooling.
- MiniMax M3 (#1) Industry standard; unmatched durability, scalability, and ecosystem of integrations.
- Mistral Large 4 (#1) Industry standard for scalability, durability, and global reach.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra (#1) Industry standard, infinite scale, massive ecosystem
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| 2 |
Cloudflare R2 |
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10/10 |
4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
- Gemini 4 Argon (#2) S3-compatible storage with zero egress fees, saving massive costs on bandwidth-heavy apps.
- DeepSeek V4 Pro (#2) Zero egress fees make it extremely cost-effective for high-bandwidth uploads/downloads.
- Kimi K3 (#2) Zero egress fees, S3-compatible API, great performance at edge.
- MiniMax M3 (#2) Zero egress fees makes it ideal for user-generated content at scale.
- Mistral Large 4 (#2) Zero egress fees make it unbeatable for high-traffic uploads.
- GPT-6 Luna (#3) S3-compatible storage with no egress fees, making user-upload delivery cost-predictable.
- Qwen 3.8 Flash (#3) Zero egress fees, S3-compatible, ideal for upload-heavy apps.
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (#4) S3-compatible storage with zero egress fees, ideal for user-facing downloads.
- GLM-5.3 (#4) Zero egress fees, S3-compatible, fast global edge delivery.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra (#4) Zero egress fees, S3-compatible, global network
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| 3 |
Google Cloud Storage |
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10/10 |
2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (#2) Strong durability, global buckets, and clean signed-URL support for direct browser uploads.
- GPT-6 Luna (#2) Reliable object storage with straightforward signed URLs, strong security controls, and excellent scaling.
- GLM-5.3 (#2) Reliable, integrates well with GCP, strong signed URL tooling.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra (#2) Excellent performance, global edge, strong integration
- Mistral Large 4 (#3) Excellent performance and deep integration with Google ecosystem.
- Gemini 4 Argon (#4) High-performance, globally scalable object storage with strong Firebase and Google ecosystem ties.
- DeepSeek V4 Pro (#4) Strong consistency, multi-regional options, and tight GCP ecosystem integration.
- Kimi K3 (#4) Reliable, fast, integrates well with GCP-based backends.
- MiniMax M3 (#4) Strong global CDN integration and reliable performance for media uploads.
- Qwen 3.8 Flash (#5) Reliable, signed URLs, strong IAM; scales effortlessly.
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| 4 |
Azure Blob Storage |
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9/10 |
3 | 4 | 8 | | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (#3) Scalable blob storage with good SAS token controls and tight integration with Azure apps.
- GLM-5.3 (#3) Enterprise-grade, deep Microsoft ecosystem and compliance options.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra (#3) Enterprise-grade, seamless Microsoft stack integration
- GPT-6 Luna (#4) Enterprise-grade storage with robust access controls, direct-upload patterns, and broad Azure integration.
- Mistral Large 4 (#4) Enterprise-grade security with seamless Microsoft integrations.
- DeepSeek V4 Pro (#5) Best fit for Microsoft-centric stacks with hot/cool/archive tiering built in.
- Kimi K3 (#5) Strong enterprise option with solid SDKs and compliance.
- MiniMax M3 (#5) Excellent for apps already in Azure with strong enterprise security.
- Gemini 4 Argon (#8) Best-in-class enterprise integration for web applications already running within the Microsoft stack.
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| 5 |
Backblaze B2 |
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10/10 |
5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
- DeepSeek V4 Pro (#3) Affordable S3-compatible storage with generous free tier and low per-GB pricing.
- MiniMax M3 (#3) Cheapest S3-compatible storage, great for budget-conscious web apps.
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (#5) Very low storage cost and S3-compatible API, good for large volumes of uploads.
- GLM-5.3 (#5) Cheapest storage, S3-compatible, free egress via Cloudflare.
- Mistral Large 4 (#5) Cheapest S3-compatible storage with simple, predictable pricing.
- GPT-6 Luna (#6) Affordable S3-compatible object storage with dependable performance and useful lifecycle features.
- Qwen 3.8 Flash (#6) Cheapest reliable S3-compatible storage with low egress.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra (#6) Lowest cost, simple pricing, S3-compatible API
- Gemini 4 Argon (#7) Exceptionally affordable raw storage pricing with reliable S3-compatible APIs.
- Kimi K3 (#10) Cheapest reliable storage with S3-compatible API.
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| 6 |
Uploadcare |
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8/10 |
6 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | | 7 | |
- Qwen 3.8 Flash (#2) Turnkey uploader UI, transformations, and delivery built in.
- Kimi K3 (#3) Purpose-built upload pipeline with CDN, transforms, and widgets.
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (#6) Purpose-built upload widget and file processing, saving time on common upload flows.
- Mistral Large 4 (#7) Purpose-built for user uploads with built-in processing pipeline.
- GPT-6 Luna (#8) Purpose-built upload workflows add validation, transformations, and CDN delivery with little infrastructure work.
- Gemini 4 Argon (#10) Complete file handling platform offering polished upload widgets, CDN delivery, and virus scanning.
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| 7 |
Supabase Storage |
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6/10 |
| 5 | 5 | 10 | | 6 | 8 | 8 | | |
- GPT-6 Luna (#5) Developer-friendly uploads integrated with authentication, policies, and a familiar PostgreSQL-backed platform.
- Gemini 4 Argon (#5) Seamless integration with Postgres Row Level Security makes user permission management effortless.
- GLM-5.3 (#6) Easy auth-integrated uploads, great for startups on Postgres stacks.
- Kimi K3 (#8) Simple S3-backed storage ideal if already using Supabase.
- MiniMax M3 (#8) Best integrated option for apps using Supabase; built-in auth and RLS.
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| 8 |
Wasabi |
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6/10 |
10 | | | 9 | 7 | | | 7 | 6 | 5 |
- Nemotron 3 Ultra (#5) Hot storage pricing, no egress fees, S3-compatible
- Mistral Large 4 (#6) No egress or API fees at a fraction of competitor costs.
- DeepSeek V4 Pro (#7) No egress fees and no complex tiers, ideal for frequent access workloads.
- MiniMax M3 (#7) Flat-rate pricing with no egress fees, ideal for predictable costs.
- Qwen 3.8 Flash (#9) Flat cheap storage, though egress rules need watching.
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| 9 |
DigitalOcean Spaces |
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6/10 |
| 9 | 9 | | 6 | 7 | | 6 | | 7 |
- DeepSeek V4 Pro (#6) Simple S3-compatible object storage with predictable flat pricing, great for SMBs.
- MiniMax M3 (#6) Simple S3-compatible API with predictable pricing for small teams.
- GLM-5.3 (#7) Simple flat pricing and CDN, ideal for small teams.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra (#7) Simple pricing, CDN included, developer-friendly
- GPT-6 Luna (#9) Accessible S3-compatible storage with simple setup and integrated CDN for smaller web applications.
- Gemini 4 Argon (#9) Simple, predictable pricing with a built-in CDN that suits small to mid-sized projects.
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| 10 |
Cloudinary |
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7/10 |
8 | 10 | 6 | 8 | | 9 | 6 | | 9 | |
- Gemini 4 Argon (#6) Unbeatable for media-heavy apps needing automatic on-the-fly image and video transformations.
- Kimi K3 (#6) Best-in-class media management, though pricing grows quickly.
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (#8) Excellent for images and video with on-the-fly transformations and CDN delivery.
- Mistral Large 4 (#9) Optimized for images/videos from users with automatic transformations.
- GPT-6 Luna (#10) Excellent image and video upload handling with automatic transformations and delivery optimization.
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| 11 |
Firebase Storage |
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4/10 |
| 7 | | 4 | | 8 | | 9 | | |
- Qwen 3.8 Flash (#4) Easy SDK auth rules; great for rapid web/mobile app builds.
- GPT-6 Luna (#7) Simple client SDKs and Firebase Authentication rules make direct user uploads easy to implement.
- GLM-5.3 (#8) Slick client SDKs with security rules for mobile/web apps.
- MiniMax M3 (#9) Tight Firebase integration simplifies auth-based uploads for mobile apps.
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| 12 |
UploadThing |
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3/10 |
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- Gemini 4 Argon (#3) Purpose-built for modern web frameworks with the fastest, cleanest developer experience for uploads.
- DeepSeek V4 Pro (#8) Purpose-built for web app file uploads with easy type-safe SDK and presigned URLs.
- MiniMax M3 (#10) Developer-friendly abstraction over S3 with strong Next.js integration.
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| 13 |
Filestack |
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3/10 |
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- Qwen 3.8 Flash (#7) Powerful ingestion APIs for imports from many sources.
- Kimi K3 (#7) Mature upload widgets and processing, but costly at scale.
- Mistral Large 4 (#8) Developer-friendly upload SDK with malware scanning included.
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| 14 |
Dropbox |
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2/10 |
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- Claude Haiku 5.5 (#7) Reliable file sharing platform with a documented API, though less suited to large app backends.
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| 15 |
Linode Object Storage |
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1/10 |
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- Nemotron 3 Ultra (#8) Flat pricing, S3-compatible, good performance
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