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Storage 7.7/10

S3-compatible object storage with ZERO egress fees and a free tier of 10 GB storage plus 1M Class A and 10M Class B operations each month.

Cloudflare R2 scores 7.7/10 for free value in Storage. The main constraint: Free 10 GB stored + 1M Class A ops + 10M Class B ops each month, with ZERO egress fees and no minimum retention; beyond the free tier storage is $0.015/GB-month.

Category Storage Kind S3-compatible object storage Caveats A Cloudflare account is required; beyond the free monthly allotment storage is $0.015/GB-month with $4.50/M Class A and $0.36/M Class B operations. Renewal monthly Card required No Eligibility anyone

Free value score

7.7 / 10
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Overall 7.7/10
value = 7.7/100
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Storage value 6.8/10
value = 8.33 $/mo
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Egress/API fit 8.3/10
value = 8.3/100
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Access friction 8.8/10
value = 8.8/100
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Key metrics

10 GB Storage
1M ops/mo Write ops Class A free/month
10M ops/mo Read ops Class B free/month
$0 egress Egress Zero egress fees on all classes

What you get

Free 10 GB object storage each month

ZERO egress fees on every storage class

1M Class A + 10M Class B free operations/month

S3-compatible API, no minimum retention

Limitations

  • 10 GB free storage (monthly)

    The first 10 GB-month of object storage is free each month; beyond it, storage is billed at $0.015/GB-month.

  • 1M Class A + 10M Class B free operations/month

    Each month includes 1 million Class A (write/mutate) and 10 million Class B (read) operations free; overages are $4.50/M Class A and $0.36/M Class B.

  • Zero egress fees

    Egress (data transfer to the Internet) is free on every R2 storage class, with no per-GB charge regardless of volume.

Sources

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